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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 ...

Zurich launches heart awareness campaign

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... with this distorted perception on their health status, according to results released today by Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) and the Heart Foundation in their joint second annual Zurich Heart Foundation Heart Health Index (the Index). The ...

Zurich expands Life Risk team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed Stuart Meyers as Life Risk Business Development Manager - NSW. Meyers has over 12-years experience as a BDM and has worked previously at ING and Asteron Life. "Meyers' appointment adds further experience ...

CommInsure signs UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... Finland's Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Australia's Insurance Australia Group (IAG), Zurich Financial Services Australia, Germany's Munich Reinsurance AG and UK's Standard Life. The insurer's clients, TWUSUPER and Vision Super, are also ...

Zurich upgrades insurance suite

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
Zurich Financial Services Australia improves the pricing of its life insurance products and revamps the firm's software to allow financial advisers to write insurance faster. The firm has cut the price of death cover and reduced the premium for TPD ...