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Tech will bond insurers and planners: AFA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
Financial planners aiming to better control and boost their insurance advice business will have to place their bets with high tech information exchange and electronic filing systems, according to AFA financial adviser of the year, Phil Young. Speaking ...

Funeral insurance goes online

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
Zurich Financial Services Australia is adding funeral cover to its online product range. Zurich unveiled the new online offering that aims to help fund the expenses associated with funerals as part of its ongoing strategy to make life insurance accessible ...

Zurich extends political risk insurance to EMs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
Zurich Financial Services Australia is providing political risk insurance for carbon credit projects in the emerging markets for the first time. This development will protect companies against risk of a range of government actions that might prevent ...

ING buys Pinnacle Partners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
ING Australia's spending spree continues after it purchased Melbourne based financial planning dealer group Pinnacle Partners. The dealer group will be integrated into the ING Australia owned Millennium3, which bought Zurich Financial Services Australia's ...

ING snaps up Zurich advisory group

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) has sold its 141-strong advice and insurance broker advisory group Financial Lifestyle Solutions (FLS) to ING-owned Millennium3 Financial Services. Millennium3 is one of Australia's largest financial services ...

Zurich creates investment and life account role

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
Zurich Financial Services has appointed Nick Langton to the newly created role of national key accounts manager of its Investments and Life Risk divisions. The role was created to provide a greater focus on the relationship between the firm and its ...

Macquarie grows Life team

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
Macquarie Life today announced three new additions to its national team. Daniel Longden has been appointed head of product and actuarial, Suzanne Evans as senior underwriter and Robert McNeil as business development manager, Queensland. Longden joins ...

Zurich ramps up sales

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed two senior sales executives to its investments team. Kristine Wade has been appointed national sales manager, investments, and will bring over 12 years sales experience in the financial services sector ...

Retirees short on yield

Australian retirees are struggling to find quality long term, high yield products to fund their retirement as domestic and overseas share markets continue their strong performance, according to a Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) report. ...

Simpler Super needs tune-up: Zurich

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
The Federal Government's Simpler Super reforms have made positive inroads in enabling Australians to understand superannuation but further improvements are needed, according to a report by Zurich Financial Services. While the 'Simplified Superannuation ...