Zurich enters passive market with Middle East adviser offering
Zurich International Life has launched a set of low cost passive funds that will offer financial advisers a simple investment solution for their customers in the Middle East.
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Latin America drags on Zurich Q1 life results
Asia Pacific was the only Zurich region to report a rise in new business value (NBV) during Q1, while Latin America was the outlier in an otherwise positive set of annual premium equivalent (APE) results.
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Zurich partners with Mercer in Middle East
Zurich is to launch a workplace savings scheme in a deal with investment consultants Mercer.
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Pensioners risk turning their retirement stream into a flood
Retirees in drawdown are at risk of running out of money in retirement, as a third have no investment experience and two in five are not getting any financial advice or guidance, research from Zurich UK has found.
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Middle East clients dying younger warns Zurich
The average age of life insurance claimants in the Middle East is just 50, according to Zurich International Life’s yearly claims statistics.
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Zurich sells Openwork stake in early exit
Zurich has sold its 25% stake in Openwork two years earlier than expected, handing majority ownership to the IFA network’s partners.
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Zurich names successor for chief executive EMEA
Gary Shaughnessy is to step down as chief executive for Zurich Europe, Middle East & Africa in the fourth quarter of 2018 for health reasons. His successor has been named as Axa’s Amanda Blanc.
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Zurich ramps up high net worth offering with UK acquisition
Zurich UK has agreed to acquire Oak Underwriting in a move that the company believes will transform the firm’s scale in the high net worth sector.
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PEOPLE MOVES: Marlborough, CISI, State Street
Marlborough hires a head of business development from Brooks Macdonald, the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment appoints a board chairman, while a former Blackrock employee joins State Street to head ETF model portfolios.
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Vexed UAE firms act over Insurance Authority rule delays
As the Abu Dhabi headquartered Insurance Authority drags its heals on finalising sector reform, many businesses are anticipating what the incoming regulations will mean for them and pressing ahead with new strategies.
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Zurich Int’l Life rolls out online portfolio management tool
Advisers and their clients will be able to digitally rebalance investments using a digital offering launched by Zurich International Life.
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Are life cos ready for looming IoM Conduct of Business Code?
It is now less than a year until the Isle of Man Conduct of Business Code comes into force, International Adviser spoke to several firms headquartered on the island to see how they are preparing for the introduction of the regulation.