Darren Wickham joins Zurich Life & Investments’ leadership team as Group insurance head
Strengthening Zurich’s capability and commitment to the Group Life market
Zurich Life & Investments has appointed Darren Wickham to the leadership team role of Head of Group Insurance, to provide focus and support to Zurich’s portfolio of superannuation fund and corporate group insurance partners.
Darren has deep and specialised knowledge of group insurance and retirement income. He joins Zurich from TAL, where he has spent the last nine years of his career, most recently as Executive General Manager - Group Life.
This rounds out a nearly 30-year career as an actuary and specialist in superannuation and retirement income and benefits, including as a partner in Mercer’s Retirement, Risk and Finance practice and a former Actuary of the Year.
Justin Delaney, CEO of Zurich Life & Investments said, “We are excited to have Darren join our executive team and to lead the Group insurance business for Zurich in Australia. Darren brings deep market and technical experience to complement the global capability of Zurich’s international corporate life and pensions business.”
“Group Insurance is a key growth platform for Zurich Australia; one where we have significant opportunity and capability since our acquisition of OnePath Life. Darren’s appointment is symbolic of our commitment to existing superannuation partners and our ambition for further growth.”
Darren’s appointment is a key partner-facing role that complements Zurich’s other recent leadership appointments. He will join Zurich in March 2021.
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Zurich Financial Services Australia is a life insurance, commercial insurance and investments specialist that has been participating in the Australian market since 1920. Since its acquisition of OnePath Life from ANZ in 2019, the organisation provides life insurance to more than 1.5 million Australian customers under both the Zurich and OnePath Life brands. Further information about Zurich Financial Services Australia is available at www.zurich.com.au.
Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) is a leading global multi-line insurer founded more than 150 years ago, which has grown into a business serving more than 82 million customers in more than 200 countries and territories, while delivering industry-leading total shareholder returns. Reflecting its purpose to ‘create a brighter future together,’ Zurich offers protection services that go beyond traditional insurance, to support its customers in building resilience. Since 2020, the Zurich Forest project supports reforestation and biodiversity restoration in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. The Group has more than 65,000 employees and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Zurich Insurance Group Ltd (ZURN) is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and has a level I American Depositary Receipt (ZURVY) program, which is traded over-the-counter on OTCQX. Further information is available at www.zurich.com.