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Zurich wins group insurance mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
A $30 billion superannuation fund chose Zurich to provide group insurance for its 250,000 members. Brighter Super members will see their insurance provider change to Zurich Financial Services Australia from 1 July 2023. Zurich replaces incumbent group ...

Summerhayes named Zurich chair

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
Former APRA chair Geoff Summerhayes has been appointed as chair of Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich). Summerhayes boasts an impressive track record in financial services as former executive board member of APRA and as chief executive of Suncorp ...

Financial services leaders recognised: 2023 Australia Day Honours

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
... Bell was posthumously awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the financial services sector. Former Zurich Australia Superannuation chair Winsome Hall was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the community through ...

Bravura restructures operating model, makes new appointments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
... UK wealth management company Quilter. He has also held chief information officer accountability on behalf of Aviva and Zurich. Bravura chair Neil Broekhuizen said: "We welcome Adam to Bravura as part of a strengthened global executive team in support ...

Industry fund tops personal super tables

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2023
... performing personal super options. Meanwhile, the worst performing personal super options were predominantly from retail funds. Zurich SP - Zurich Managed Growth EF (0.6% p.a.), SSMPPS - Smartsave Balanced (1.5% p.a.) and FirstChoice WPS - FirstChoice ...

K2 Asset Management enlists GAM for long short fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2023
The equity funds manager is set to bring in Zurich-based investment giant GAM Investments (GAM) to oversee its Select International Absolute Return Fund. The new partnership will see GAM serve as investment manager of the fund, which was set up by K2 ...

What you read in 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... Glidepath: Destination at 6.10% pa, and AustralianSuper - Conservative Balanced with 5.51% pa. The worst balanced options were Zurich - Capital Stable with 0.59% pa, OnePath - OptiMix Conservative on 1.13% pa, and ClearView - IPS Active Dynamic 50 at ...

OnePath Life sued over utmost good faith duties breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
... provide procedural fairness when handling their claims. ASIC is seeking declarations and pecuniary penalties. In response, Zurich - which has owned OnePath Life since 2019 - said it is considering the matters raised by ASIC and is committed to working ...

Zurich Australia adds chief information officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... Budhiraja is currently chief information and technology officer at Sun Life Financial. He will commence in the new role with Zurich on January 16 in Sydney. He brings more than two decades' experience in senior roles within financial services, including ...

Zurich Australia appoints investment chief

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
Zurich Australia has promoted Mathew Drennan to chief investment officer, effective December 1. Previously, Drennan served as head of savings and investments, having held this position since March 2018. A spokesperson for Zurich said: "He brings a wealth ...