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Australians seeing Centrelink as "life insurance substitute"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... see the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Centrelink as effective substitutes, suggests research commissioned by Zurich and the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA). The research, carried out by CoreData, is the basis for the Zurich/FPA ...

New guide teaches social media best practice

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Zurich Financial Services Australia has launched a series of case studies that promote best practice by financial advisers in the use of social media and digital marketing. The publication, the first of its kind for the industry, reflects the growing ...

UniSuper appoints legal specialists

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... relations. Humphries has held a range of operational and compliance roles with dealers and financial advisers including Zurich, DKN, Lonsdale and most recently as a consultant to Holley Nethercote Lawyers. UniSuper chief risk and legal officer, Sean ...

Zurich identifies investment megatrends

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
Zurich Financial Services has identified five megatrends which it believes will determine the most plausible investment opportunities for the medium to long-term. In a new whitepaper, titled "Investable Megatrends", the company identifies factors - ...

Insurance advisers focusing on client segmentation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... advice. As reported in Financial Standard, Connected Convenience, another recent Beddoes white paper - co-produced with Zurich and the Association of Financial Advisers - addresses this issue from a communications standpoint. It concluded that there ...

AIA sees $1.9bn premium growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... third in terms of a market share percentage over the year. Other groups reporting double digit percentage growth included Zurich (17.5%), MetLife (15%), and BT/Westpac (13.7%). TAL Group recorded $2.26 billion (4.8%) in inflows, ahead of AMP ($1.96 billion) ...

Advisers should beware industry "frenemies"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... industries, according to Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox. Speaking in Sydney at the launch of the AFA/Zurich/Beddoes Institute white paper, Connected Convenience, Fox said that multiple industries - including supermarkets selling ...

AFA awards deadline looms

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... operational excellence, people and performance and marketing. As reported in Financial Standard in May, the AFA partnered with Zurich for the 2015 awards, which will be judged by AFA chief executive Brad Fox, AFA national president Deborah Kent, Beddoes ...

Zurich appoints investment specialist

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed an investment specialist in its strategic accounts and research team. Charles Stodart joins Zurich from Five Oceans Asset Management, where he was an investment analyst for Asian equities and global ...

Tassie RBF awards GAM $100m mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... construct its diversified member options: RBF Growth, RBF Balanced, RBF Moderate, and lifecycle option, RBF MyPath. Based in Zurich, GAM is a purely active investment manager with $US127 billion in FUM. RBF has managed superannuation for Tasmanian public ...