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The New South Wales Waratahs rugby union club in Australia has struck a partnership with insurance company CGU Insurance.

Australian insurance company Swann Insurance has struck a deal to become the main sponsor of the opening round of the 2015 Superbike World Championship (WSBK).

Australian private health insurer Nib Health Funds is using brand recognition from sports sponsorship to grow its customer base.

Australian A-League football club Western Sydney Wanderers has renewed a shirt sponsorship deal with insurance group NRMA.

Private health insurer Nib Health Funds has extended its naming rights sponsorship of the Perth Oval, a multi-purpose sports stadium in Western Australia.

Financial services company Credit Suisse has signed up as title sponsor for a new Tennis Australia event that will be staged on January 12 in Sydney to showcase the governing body’s shorter format of the sport.

French top-tier Top 14 rugby union club State Toulousain has penned a brace of sponsorship deals with Eden Park and Allianz France.

Insurance company AIA has agreed a two-year partnership with Football Federation Australia.

The CHI Geneva show jumping event has sealed a two-year extension to its principal sponsor deal with multinational financial services firm Credit Suisse and has added Japanese automotive manufacturer Honda as a new partner.

Belgian ProLeague football team RSC Anderlecht has agreed a three-year sponsorship deal with insurance and financial services company Allianz.

Insurance company Alka has signed up as the title sponsor of the Danish Superligaen, the top division of football in the country.

National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) conference the Pac-12 has agreed an expanded three-year partnership with mutual life insurance company New York Life.

US assurance, tax and consulting services provider McGladrey has signed a five-year extension to its title sponsorship of the PGA Tour’s annual golf tournament in Sea Island, Georgia.

Insurance company Pelayo has renewed a sponsorship deal with the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF).

Spanish insurance firm Mapfre has granted its backing to the country’s challenge for the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race, completing the fleet’s line-up of title sponsors with just over a week to go before the sailing event’s launch.

French insurance group AG2R La Mondiale has extended its sponsorship of its self-titled UCI World Tour cycling team until 2018.

Mutual life insurance company Penn Mutual has agreed a deal to become the title sponsor of the Collegiate Rugby Championship, the largest rugby sevens collegiate competition in the US.

NBA basketball team Memphis Grizzlies has agreed a partnership to make BlueCross BlueShield Tennessee its official health insurance partner for the 2014-15 season.