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Zurich adds two to tele-underwriting team

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
Zurich Financial Services Australia has added more resources to its tele-underwriting team following a rise in demand from financial planners for the service. The firm has hired Pam Fitzgerald and Shayne Fortune to the team. Fitzgerald joins from a ...

AFA calls for top advisers

AFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... of the Year Award by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). The Adviser of the Year Award, sponsored by Zurich Financial Services Australia, recognises advisers who have provided outstanding services to their clients and contributed to the improvement ...

Zurich doubles death and TPD business

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
Zurich Financial Services Australia has doubled its death and total and permanent disability (TPD) business in a year. After launching LifeXpress service last year, the firm has continued to gain business in the retail life risk market. Colin Morgan ...

Australian dollar separates winners and losers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... It's not just international share investors that could benefit. Patrick Noble, senior investment specialist at Zurich Financial Services, said the some locally-listed companies including QBE, which transfer their earnings back into Australian dollars ...

Investment managers gain fraud insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... internal fraudsters after a local firm launched its suite of insurance products for financial services providers. Zurich Financial Services (Australia) launched two insurance options to the market today including the Fraud and Professional Liability ...

Count buys DKN stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... financial planning groups continue their buying spree. The purchase, worth over $5 million in ordinary shares, means Zurich Financial Services Australia still holds a 31 per cent shareholding and IOOF Holding holds a 19 per cent stake in the group. DKN ...

Treasury Group names distribution execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... withdrew from the retail market in Australia last year. Before joining Putnam, he was an investment specialist at Zurich Financial Services and, prior to that, was senior product manager at Rothschild Australia. Meanwhile, Lucinda Hill was also appointed ...

Zurich hires former AIG exec

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed former AIG UK executive, Shane Doyle, as general manager of general insurance after Andrew Barrowman announced he is stepping down from the role. Doyle previously worked at AIG for 15 years across a ...

Company sales earnings on hold till 2011: Zurich

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... least another calendar year, an investment expert predicts. Matthew Drennan, general manager of investments at Zurich Financial Services Australia, said overall, local listed companies posted reasonable profits due to aggressive cost cutting strategies ...

Zurich ramps up investment business

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
Zurich Financial Services Australia has promoted Matthew Drennan to general manager of investments as part of a strategy to expand its investments division. Drennan, previously director of investments at the firm, will report to David Smith, chief executive ...