Landmark deal will help to deliver quality life insurance solutions to customers in the UAE
Dubai, United Arab Emirates– Zurich International Life Limited (Middle East) (Zurich) and Standard Chartered announced today the signing of an exclusive distribution agreement. As part of it, Standard Chartered will offer Zurich’s comprehensive life insurance solutions to its customers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the next 10 years.
This agreement is designed to deliver quality insurance propositions to UAE customers and help raise awareness on the importance of protection.
“We are pleased to work together with Zurich to introduce best-in-class insurance solutions for our clients across the network in the Middle East” said Gautam Duggal, Regional Head of Wealth Management for Africa, the Middle East and Europe – Head of Wealth Management for the UAE, Standard Chartered Bank. “Thanks to this distribution agreement, our clients in the UAE will now have better access to high quality, tailored life insurance products and services that suit their savings and protection needs.”
While signing the distribution agreement, Walter Jopp, CEO of Zurich Middle East, said: “I am delighted to formalise our cooperation with Standard Chartered in the UAE. The bank’s focus on customer centricity, paired with Zurich’s long standing expertise in the region, will allow us to fulfil customers’ financial needs. Zurich is a global insurance leader and we have been offering financial solutions to UAE customers through distribution partners for almost 30 years. This agreement underlines Zurich’s continued commitment to the region and reinforces its market leading position.”
Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) is a leading multi-line insurer that serves its customers in global and local markets. With about 54,000 employees, it provides a wide range of property and casualty, and life insurance products and services in more than 210 countries and territories. Zurich’s customers include individuals, small businesses, and mid-sized and large companies, as well as multinational corporations. The Group is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, where it was founded in 1872. The holding company, 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 about Zurich is available at www.zurich.com.
About Zurich International Life is a part of Zurich Insurance Group and fully authorised under the Isle of Man Insurance Act 2008 and is regulated by the Isle of Man Financial Services Authority, which ensures the company has sound and professional management and provision has been made to protect plan holders.
Zurich International Life Limited in the Middle East is registered in Bahrain under Commercial Registration No. 17444, is licensed as an Overseas Insurance Firm – Life Insurance by the Central Bank of Bahrain and in Qatar authorised by the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority. In the UAE it is registered (Registration No. 63) under UAE Federal Law Number 6 of 2007, and its activities in the UAE are governed by such law.
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