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About Zurich
Life Insurance

Zurich Life is a part of the Zurich Financial Services Group. Zurich was founded in 1872, headquartered in Switzerland and has network of subsidiaries and offices in North America, Europe and Asia.

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Zurich Life provides several types of insurance plans to UK residents. If you are over 18 and under 75 years old you can apply for live cover from £5,000 to up to £2,000,000 for the term from 5 to 25 years. Zurich Life Insurance is available as for smokers as well as non-smokers and start from just 17p a day.

Main types of life insurances that Zurich Life offers are:

Zurich Life assurance
Zurich Life's life assurance plan provides a lump sum payment to the beneficiaries in the event of the accidental death of the insured. In the instance that the policy holder is diagnosed with a terminal illness (i.e. less than 1 year to live), the company will provide the cash benefit early to allow the families to plan out their finances. Furthermore, the life assurance policy can also be used by policy holders for the purposes of inheritance tax planning.

Zurich Critical illness
The critical illness program of the company also provides a lump sum payment for the beneficiaries if the policy holder is diagnosed with an illness. The company gives policy holders a list of covered illnesses on the onset of the agreement and should they be diagnosed with a condition that is on the list, Zurich Life will definitely provide their beneficiaries with the specified lump sum payout.

Zurich Mortgage protection
This program provides a cash payout to the beneficiaries if the policy holder dies while within the plan's term. Other instances that will also require the cash benefit include a specific operation or when the policy holder becomes critically ill. Throughout the term, the coverage will decrease on a monthly basis until it reaches zero at the end of the program's term.

Zurich Income protection
The policy holders of this particular program will be provided with a monthly income in the event of an acquired disability. If the policy holder is no longer able to earn a living because of the said disability, then Zurich Life will provide the beneficiaries with a monthly payout to ensure that they will still be able to survive financially.

Zurich News

22/10/2009
London, United Kingdom, 22 October, 2009 – The UK branch of Zurich Insurance plc (“Zurich UK”) announced today that it has written to some 51,000 general insurance customers and other parties in the UK to inform them of the loss of a back-up data tape in South Africa and the remedial actions being taken. The customer letters also set out the precautionary measures that Zurich UK recommends that customers can take as well as the steps that Zurich UK has in place to support them.  More

31/07/2009
Zurich, July 31, 2009 – Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich) has appointed Stephen Lewis (40) to the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), General Insurance in the United Kingdom, effective October 5, 2009. In this role he will report to Markus Hongler, CEO Western Europe. The appointment is subject to regulatory approval. More

09/02/2009
Zurich’s UK General Insurance Business reports a Gross Written Premium of £2,097 million for 2008, an increase of 2% on the previous year.  The insurer is also able to report that its Combined Ratio has improved by 9.2 percentage points. More