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Zurich supplies more tools for life risk trade

Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) has launched a new tool kit and workshop to enhance office managers' understanding of the operation of life companies and help them improve their customer service and business development skills. The Zurich ...

Zurich Financial says first-half net profit up 93%

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2004
Swiss insurance giant Zurich Financial Services today reported a first-half net profit of $US1.5 billion ($A2.1 billion), up 93% from $US752 million ($A1.05 billion) in the same period last year, and roughly in line with analysts\' expectations. The ...

ATO targets retiree strategy

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2004
... would be one of the most common retirement income planning strategies around. It\'s extremely popular,\" Zurich Financial Services technical manager Sam Wall told the Financial Review. Australia\'s 300,000 self-managed superannuation funds are the biggest ...

New Zurich Financial Services Australia chief executive

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2004
Zurich Financial Services Australia (ZFSA) on Friday announced it had appointed former Pathos Partner chairman and chief executive Tom Brown as the chief executive, succeeding John Butler. Brown commenced his career at Royal Insurance Group in Australia ...

High fees weigh on Zurich ratings: Morningstar

Morningstar has given Zurich Financial Services' Australian fixed interest fund a 3/5 sector strength rating due to the "relatively high" fees, which it said outweigh the fund's benefits. "The relatively high fees charged for Zurich's Australian fixed ...

APRA says Zurich policyholders funds are safe

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2004
The prudential regulator on Tuesday sought to allay fears that policyholders of Zurich Financial Services Australia could be exposed to any fall-out from its probe into the insurer. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) confirmed yesterday ...

Zurich sells Singapore insurance business to QBE

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2004
The Swiss insurance group Zurich Financial Services said on Friday that it had agreed to sell its Singapore subsidiary to Australia's QBE Insurance. The price of the sale of 100% of Zurich Insurance Singapore's share capital is being kept confidential ...

Zurich launches new managed equity fund initiative

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2004
Zurich Financial Services has launched a new managed equity fund initiative designed to meet the specific needs of its investors more effectively. The financial services provider said the fund initiative for the $1.3 billion of Australian equity fund ...

Zurich offers IT services

Zurich Financial Services and Online Business Technologies (OBT) have joined to provide outsourced IT services to financial advisers. The partnership will give advisers access to OBT's application and hosting services through Zurich Australia's Dealer ...

Zurich boss says insurers hampered by weight of reforms

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2004
The boss of Zurich Financial Services has taken aim at the Australian government over what he believes is the regulatory overkill being imposed on the insurance industry. Chief executive John Butler said the increasing weightiness of compliance documents ...