16 July 2002 - Eagle Star International Life and Zurich Life International have joined forces under the new name of Zurich International Solutions. The change will allow the combined international business to capitalise on the strengths of the two existing businesses and the growing Zurich name, while continuing to benefit from the experience and expertise already available from the rest of the Group.
The international business provides an innovative and comprehensive portfolio of high quality international financial solutions, in major currencies, to meet the retirement, investment and protection needs of individual customers and corporate business, employers and organisations around the world.
To coincide with the re-naming of the business, and the retirement of Antoine Meyer, David Sims has been appointed the new Managing Director of Zurich International Solutions, incorporating both the individual and corporate areas of the business. Having joined the Zurich Group in 1993, from Price Waterhouse Management Consultants, his previous responsibilities have included roles as Managing Director of Eagle Star Life and board directorships with Sterling Assurance, Zurich Life and Zurich IFA Group. David's core career background is in marketing and management consultancy and his most recent position was as Group Marketing Director for Zurich Financial Services in the UK.
Commenting on the re-brand and his appointment David said: "Zurich International Solutions remains committed to providing advisers around the world with financial solutions to meet their clients' needs and with a number of new initiatives in the pipeline, we aim to build further on our current market positioning. The business will also benefit from increasing strength of the Zurich brand, reduced costs, and the work that the Group is doing to focus both on supporting existing and new customer needs. This transition is a particularly exciting time to be joining an experienced team, and I'm looking forward to shaping a future strategy which ensures the business builds on its many existing strengths, develops new focus and stands out from the crowd."
