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REIT review shows signs of stability

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... 'four stars'. Perpetual's Wholesale Property Securities fund was taken 'off hold' and awarded a 'two stars' rating and Zurich Investments' Aust Property Securities fund's rating remained stable with a 'four stars' rating. The rating reflected conviction ...

Advisers prepare for spike in insurance sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
Around one third of advisers who use CommInsure and Zurich as their primary risk provider expect their level of business with these firms to increase by more than 20 per cent next year, new research shows. CoreData research also indicates one in five ...

Top 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... Netherlands - ING. Japan: Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho, Nomura, Sumitomo Mitsui Insurance groups: Aegon, Allianz, Aviva, Axa, Swiss Re, Zurich According to the Financial Times, the FSB will ask these institutions "to start drawing up so-called living wills ...

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 ...

Super funds eye catastrophic investing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... three-month LIBOR plus 3 per cent to as much as three-month LIBOR plus 20 per cent per year. Niklaus Hilti, the group's Zurich-based head of insurance-linked strategies, said that ILS are a great diversifier to a typical super fund portfolio because ...

FSP reviews insurer line up

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... statement from the firm noted that FSP's survey looks at the services provided by AIG, Aviva, Axa, CommInsure, ING, Tower and Zurich. Each of the providers are assessed by advisers on a range of factors including underwriting, new policy processing ...

Campbell wins 2009 AFA Adviser of the Year

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... Salvia from Southern Financial Strategies and William Webster from Financial Services Partners. The award, sponsored by Zurich, recognises an adviser that excelled in seven key areas including practice management, education and contribution to the community. ...

AFA announces Adviser of the Year finalists

... including contribution to the 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 ...

Zurich launches heart awareness campaign

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
Zurich is launching a heart health awareness campaign directed at financial advisers to help clients learn about heart-related diseases risks. Men fare worse than women with this distorted perception on their health status, according to results released ...

Zurich signs on to XPLAN Risk Researcher

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
Zurich risk products' real-time insurance premium validation has been added to XPLAN Risk Researcher. The announcement follows the introduction of real-time confirmation of CommInsure risk insurance premiums, which was also implemented by IRESS. The ...