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Advisers in clean bill of health

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... manager, Life Risk at Zurich. Conducted by the Heart Foundation in a joint initiative with Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich), national survey involved 1,200 Australian adults, 301 of which were financial advisers. Financial advisers are more ...

CommInsure and Zurich win insurance awards

MEDIA RELEASES  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
CommInsure has won 'Life Insurance Company of the Year' award while Zurich Financial Services Australia won the 'Treasurer's Award for Good Governance and Practice' at the 2010 Australia and New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards. The awards, in its ...

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
... 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 of their community ...

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 ...

Count buys DKN stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... 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 provides platform and product ...

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
... 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 but these companies ...

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 ...

AFA announces Adviser of the Year finalists

... community, practice management and educational qualifications. David Smith, chief executive at Zurich Financial Services Australia, said that the pressures of the unstable global economy have only made wealth and life protection paramount to advisers ...