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Zurich Australia appoints Head of Health Services

23 October 2024

Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) today announced the appointment of Antony Vriens to the position of Head of Health Services.

The role is responsible for leading the delivery of health services to customers and members across Zurich’s Retail and Group Life segments, with a focus on supporting their whole health journey across physical, mental, financial and social wellbeing. 

Dr Vriens has over 20 years’ experience in financial services across Australia, Asia Pacific and New Zealand. Most recently, he held the position of Vice President, Head of Insurance Technical Services at Manulife Asia, which included responsibility for the Chief Underwriter, Chief Claims Manager and Chief Medical Officer and development of the Asia Health Strategy.

Prior to this, Dr Vriens held several positions at Suncorp, including Chief Medical Officer and Head of Claims in Australia, and Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of its Retail Life Business in New Zealand.

Dr Vriens said, “As a leading global insurer and one of the largest retail life insurers in Australia, Zurich has a strong reputation for its delivery of health and wellbeing solutions that support customers throughout their health journey.”

“I am delighted to be leading Zurich’s Health Services team, which provides support to several critical areas of the business and plays an important role in driving Zurich’s continued momentum across the prevention and resilience space,” Dr Vriens said.

Dr Vriens will be based in Sydney and will commence in the role on 11 November 2024.


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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 company 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 multi-line insurer serving people and businesses in more than 200 countries and territories. Founded 150 years ago, Zurich is transforming insurance. In addition to providing insurance protection, Zurich is increasingly offering prevention services such as those that promote wellbeing and enhance climate resilience.

Reflecting its purpose to ‘create a brighter future together’, Zurich aspires to be one of the most responsible and impactful businesses in the world. It is targeting net-zero emissions by 2050 and has the highest-possible ESG rating from MSCI. In 2020, Zurich launched the Zurich Forest project to support reforestation and biodiversity restoration in Brazil.

The Group has about 60,000 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.