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ANZ wealth flows decline

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... four aligned dealer groups to IOOF Holdings for $975 million. Two months later, it sold its life insurance business to Zurich for $2.85 billion. ANZ sold its New Zealand's life insurance business to Cigna Corporation for NZ$700 million. ANZ retains ...

IFM Investors expands to Switzerland

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... its third European office to service its large investor base in the region. It has also appointed a manager for the new Zurich-based office. IFM Investors already manages about $710 million on behalf of Swiss pension funds in both public and corporate ...

Adviser, Practice of the Year named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  SATURDAY, 13 OCT 2018
... Kewin described both Robertson and TWD Australia as true advocates of great advice and great client outcomes. Likewise, Zurich Australia chief executive Tim Bailey said both are at the pinnacle of financial advice. "While the advice profession undergoes ...

Zurich launches new adviser portal

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
Zurich is phasing out its desktop quoting software ZXpress and ZLife platform to make way for a more efficient online portal for advisers. The Zurich Adviser Portal gives advisers a single login to access underwriting quotes, track client application ...

Zurich helps advisers quantify cost of care

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018
Latest research from Zurich is helping financial advisers quantify the cost of healthcare when providing insurance advice. The cost of care whitepaper debunks the mentality that Australia is "bulletproof" and that the social and healthcare system will ...

Adviser, Practice of the Year finalists named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... finalists for the Association of Financial Advisers' most coveted accolades have been announced. In partnership with Zurich, the AFA has announced the three finalists for the 2018 Adviser of the Year Award. This year, Capital Focused's Tom Dawe ...

Life insurance sector strengthens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... products to customers in Australia and New Zealand. ANZ sold its life insurance business for $2.85 billion in December 2017 to Zurich. The sale comprises two transactions, including $1 billion of upfront reinsurance commission from Zurich. Challenger ...

Foreign owners take over life insurance: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... products to customers in Australia and New Zealand. ANZ sold its life insurance business for $2.85 billion in December 2017 to Zurich. The sale comprises two transactions, including $1 billion of upfront reinsurance commission from Zurich. Global life ...

Zurich names executive lineup for new business

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
Zurich has named the executive team that will run its combined Australian life and investments business when its OnePath acquisition completes in early 2019. Long-time Zurich executive Tim Bailey will be the combined business' chief executive officer. ...

MetLife revamps relationship management and underwriting teams

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... Western Australia at AMP. Finally, Hadley Fredericks joined as a senior retail underwriter. He was a senior underwriter at Zurich Life and Macquarie Life and a field underwriter with AMP/AXA. MetLife Australia read of retail sales Matt Lippiatt said ...