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New risk specialist team strengthens Zurich’s content capabilities

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Zurich Financial Services Australia Limited (Zurich) has announced the establishment of a new risk specialist team, in anticipation of Macquarie’s life risk business (Macquarie Life) joining Zurich later this year.

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08 Aug 2016

Overconfidence and false expectations may explain why Australians hold less life insurance than their global peers

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Relative to their global peers, Australians have less savings, are less financially literate, and are more likely to underestimate the risks of death, illness and injury. Not surprisingly, Australians are

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08 Aug 2016

How Pokemon Go is reflecting investment behaviour

From Zurich Financial Services Australia

It’s been hard to miss the phenomenal popularity of Pokemon Go. Even in the office we’ve managed to capture a plague of Zubats that until recently we didn’t even know

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02 Aug 2016

Financial literacy the key to advisers’ reputation: research

From Zurich Financial Services Australia

Financial advisers believe improved consumer financial literacy is key to enhancing the reputation of their profession, and see themselves as being primarily responsible for driving that improvement. These are two

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01 Aug 2016

Macquarie Life leaders join Zurich Australia’s life insurance and investments business

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Zurich’s Life & Investments division has appointed two respected and experienced Macquarie Life personnel into senior management positions, in anticipation of Macquarie’s life risk business (Macquarie Life) joining Zurich later

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13 Jul 2016

Shining a spotlight on exceptional advisers and practices

From Zurich Financial Services Australia

Vision, leadership, excellence. These are the inherent qualities the AFA Adviser and Practice of the Year Award winners have embodied for more than a decade. And as the proud foundation

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06 Jul 2016

Advice and insight on the future of underwriting from Zurich’s Chief Underwriter

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Time is valuable and in today’s rapidly changing advice landscape, it’s becoming more important than ever to boost efficiency and focus on your core value proposition – providing quality advice

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16 Jun 2016

Living Wills and their role in Estate Planning

From Zurich Financial Services Australia

There can be few situations as distressing as the need to make hard decisions about the end of life of a loved one. When life – of any reasonable quality – can

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07 Jun 2016

The business of sharing: Zurich’s next investable megatrend

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The Digital Revolution has paved the way for the rise of a global socio-economic ecosystem dubbed the ‘sharing economy’. And it is growing at a phenomenal pace, thanks to the

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02 Jun 2016

Zurich appoints Head of Digital

From Zurich Financial Services Australia

Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) is pleased to announce the appointment of Marc Fabris to the newly created role of Head of Digital within its Life and Investments business. In

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19 May 2016

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