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Zurich Life Assurance plc is a member of Zurich Financial Services group, an insurance-based financial services provider with a global network of subsidiaries and offices in North America and Europe as well as in Asia Pacific, Latin America and other markets. Founded in 1872, Zurich Financial Services group is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. It employs approximately 60,000 people serving customers in more than 170 countries.

As one of Ireland's most successful life insurance companies, we offer a full range of Eagle Star Pension, Investment and Protection products. We gained recognition for our excellent investment performance at the most recent MoneyMate & Investor Magazine Awards (2008) when the company was named ‘Best Investment Fund Manager’ and was awarded ‘Best Balanced Managed Pension Fund’ and ‘Best Balanced Managed Investment Fund’.

Our investment team, based in Blackrock, Co. Dublin, is responsible for funds under management of approximately €9.1 billion, of which pension assets amount to €5.2 billion (as at 31st December 2009).

We are committed to the provision of excellent customer service. We have won a number of industry service awards, including the Professional Insurance Brokers Association ‘Broker Service Award of Excellence’ 2009, for the seventh year in a row, and we are fourteen times winner of the Irish Brokers Association ‘Service Excellence Award’. We are a market leader in providing policyholder information online through our innovative website, www.zurichlife.ie

We have a strong commitment to good corporate citizenship and are a founder member of Business in the Community Ireland (BITC).