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Management shake up at Zurich

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
Zurich Financial Services Australia has embarked on a series of management changes as it aligns itself closer to its parent global structure. Zurich will maintain two clear operating businesses, general insurance, and life insurance and investments ...

Zurich taps small business owners insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) has upgraded its life insurance products, with some of the key features designed to appeal to the small business owners (SBO) market. Zurich has introduced three new levels of cover to its Income Replacement ...

TOWER, CommInsure tie as top insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... Insurance Finalists: Asteron and AXA Winner: Tower Australia Life Cover TPD Finalists: Onepath and Tower Australia Winner: Zurich Risk Innovation No finalists Winner: BT Teleclaims and Asteron Healthy Plus Service Quality Finalists: Macquarie Group and ...

Proposed reforms could hurt insurance levels: AFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... Australians are often significantly underinsured or more commonly... not insured at all," he said in a statement. Klipin cited a Zurich consumer survey from December that found a majority of consumers - 57 per cent - are less likely to seek financial ...

Zurich recruits Macq Private Wealth head

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
Zurich Investments has appointed three new members to its investment team, including the former head of money market at Macquarie Private Wealth. As an investment specialist, Angus Crennan will report to Patrick Noble, senior investments specialist ...

Commission ban to widen underinsurance gap: survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... For example, one respondent said, "I couldn't afford to come up with that kind of money needed to pay for the insurance." Zurich commissioned the survey in December last year and was conducted by market researcher, Loyalty Zone. Participating in the ...

Diamond Asset Advisors arrive in Aus

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
It's an asset class that is worth more 'in the rough' and local investors can get their hands on it through a Zurich-based firm with links to famous jeweler Harry Winston, which visited Melbourne last month to scope the local market. Diamond Asset Advisors ...

Zurich poaches IUS Life team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
For three years, Zurich's Group Risk business in Australia has stayed relatively below the radar. That will now change after the insurer scored a hiring coup - successfully recruiting the key team of rival IUS Life, including general manager, Phil Collins. ...

Mobile internet tools take flight

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... solely on their iPad. Tower unveiled its Accelerated iQuote life insurance app for both the iPhone and iPad in November, and Zurich also has an iPhone app for life insurance quotes. In October, dealer group Synchron conducted its training course for ...

Aus Ethical head of distribution departs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... with time as a director of a superannuation consulting and accounting practice, and many years in corporate super with Zurich Australia, among others. He has also worked previously at Absolute Capital and SRI firm, Glebe Asset Management. Australian ...