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Funds management

Zurich Investments and Celeste Funds Management have announced a partnership to distribute Celeste’s Australian Small Companies Fund to the Australian market....

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Life/Risk

Serious questions have been raised about whether the Government even understood the existence of hundreds of thousands of ‘risk-only’ superannuation fund members when it ...

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Life/Risk

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s latest Life Insurance Institution-level statistics publication has managed to paint a picture of the industry as it was u...

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Policy & Regulation

Zurich has joined other insurers trying to capitalise on the current wellness trend by launching a health-tracking app that it hopes one third of new clients will use....

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Life/Risk

Zurich has flagged growing its business on the back of completing its acquisition of ANZ’s OnePath life insurance business....

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People & Products

Zurich has launched an on-demand self-serve ‘My Zurich’ portal for its life insurance, superannuation and investment clients to help give clients greater control and driv...

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Policy & Regulation

The transaction underpinning the transfer of the ANZ OnePath Pensions and Investments business to IOOF remains on track, but ANZ has made clear it is continuing to monito...

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Superannuation

Equity Trustees has announced it has finalised the acquisition of Zurich’s Australian superannuation trustee....

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Life/Risk

New research has confirmed what the life insurance already knew that most consumers simply don’t want to pay for life/risk advice – something which places new importance ...

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Financial planning

The planning industry faces an obstacle in ensuring consumers are aware that advisers are improving their education standards, if it wants to see the possible improvement...

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People & Products

Zurich has appointed a former ANZ senior exec as head of bancassurance and direct within its life and investments business....

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Awards

In the fifteenth year of the Money Management/DEXX&R Adviser Choice Risk Awards, MLC Life has maintained its top place on the podium as the Risk Company of the Year for 2...

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People & Products

Zurich Insurance Group has launched a research program in conjunction with the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University. ...

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers, in conjunction with Zurich Life and Investments, has named its Adviser of the Year and Practice of the Year. ...

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People & Products

Zurich has adopted UnderwriteMe’s Underwriting Rules Engine as it undergoes an overhaul and rebrand of its adviser-facing portal. ...

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