Zurich Investments has made six new sales appointments in key states.

"Zurich's focus and support of advisers and their clients is firmly embedded in our strategy and we want to ensure we continue to deliver high quality service as we grow the business," said Matthew Drennan, general manager - investments.

The new appointments include Tim Meggitt as national key account manager. He previously held senior roles at netwealth, Putnam and MLC.

Joe Tobias is the new Victorian and Tasmanian regional sales manager. He has 12 years industry experience and will handle adviser relationships while implementing regional business development strategies for Victoria/Tasmania. Prior to joining Zurich, Tobias worked at CBA, NAB and, most recently, Perpetual.

Several of the appointments were made on a state basis across Victoria, NSW and Queensland sales teams, including new business development managers Ray Killey, Nigel Waugh and Joanna Myers, with Sophie Koo as business support officer.

Killey is an internal appointment and moves from being with the Queensland team to those in Victoria.

Waugh has six years financial services experience and was previously a BDM with AXA UK in London. He has also worked at Asgard and Colonial First State servicing NSW advisers.

Meanwhile Myers will be the BDM for Queensland. Prior to joining Zurich, she held a variety of roles at BT Financial Group in wrap key accounts and corporate super.