State Government Insurance Office (Queensland)

For the insurance business in Western Australia, see SGIO (Western Australia).

The State Government Insurance Office (SGIO) was a statutory authority in Queensland, Australia.

History

State Government Insurance Office logo at former Family Services Building in Brisbane

The Queensland Government established the State Government Insurance Office (SGIO) on 1 February 1917. The existing State Accident Insurance Office became the Workers' Compensation Department of the SGIO. The SGIO was responsible for insuring state assets and offering life insurance and general insurance (house, car) to the Queensland public.

On 1 March 1986 it was merged into Suncorp.

External links

• SGIO Building with Alice Hampson Digital Story, State Library of Queensland as a part of the Hot Modernism Digital Story Collection