Notice of Intention to make an application to the Federal Court of Australia for confirmation of a
Scheme for the transfer of the life insurance business of OnePath Life Limited to Zurich Australia
Limited under Part 9 of the Life Insurance Act 1995.
Notice is given that OnePath Life Limited ABN 33 009 657 176 (OnePath Life) and Zurich Australia
Limited ABN 92 000 010 195 (Zurich) propose to make a joint application to the Federal Court of
Australia seeking confirmation of a scheme under Part 9 of the Life Insurance Act 1995 (Cth) to transfer
the life insurance business of OnePath Life to Zurich (Scheme). On 31 May 2019, OnePath Life was
acquired by the Zurich group from the Australia and New Zealand Banking group and the Scheme is
being undertaken as part of an internal reorganisation of the Zurich group.
Should the Scheme be confirmed by the Federal Court of Australia:
• all of the life insurance business of OnePath Life will be transferred to Zurich; and
• Zurich will be substituted for OnePath Life under policies underwritten by OnePath Life,
on or about 1 August 2022.
The date fixed for the hearing of the application is 6 July 2022 at 10.15am AEST or on such other date
and time as the Federal Court appoints. The hearing will be held at the New South Wales Registry of the
Federal Court of Australia, which is located at the Law Courts Building, Queens Square, Sydney NSW
2000.
Any person who may be affected by the Scheme (Affected Policy Owners) can attend the Federal
Court hearing and request to be heard by the Federal Court on the application.
If you'd like to be heard at the hearing, it would assist if you could please contact our lawyers,
MinterEllison (Attention: James Beaton), Governor Macquarie Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney NSW 2000
(telephone 02 9921 8888) between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday, at least three business days before
the hearing date.
Affected Policy Owners aren’t required to take any action if they have no objection to the Scheme.
A copy of this notice, the Scheme, a summary of the Scheme approved by the Australian Prudential
Regulation Authority (Scheme Summary), the actuarial report prepared jointly by the appointed actuary
of OnePath Life (Mr Ian Wong) and Zurich (Mr Stuart Turner) on which the Scheme is based and an
independent actuarial report prepared by Mr Martin Paino of KPMG on the Scheme (Actuarial Reports)
will be available free of charge to view or download at www.zurich.com.au/scheme and
www.onepath.com.au/scheme from 28 April 2022.
Any person may also obtain a copy of these documents free of charge by calling or emailing the OnePath
Life and Zurich contact centre teams during the hours 8.30am to 5pm AEST Monday to Friday during the
period 27 April 2022 to 6 July 2022 (except public holidays in New South Wales) using the details
below:
OnePath Life Scheme Contact Centre:
Telephone: 1800 161 163 Email: part9scheme@onepath.com.au Website: onepath.com.au/scheme
| Zurich Scheme Contact Centre:
Telephone: 1800 161 164 Email: part9scheme@zurich.com.au Website: zurich.com.au/scheme
|
Copies of these documents will also be available for inspection during the hours of 9am to 5pm (local
time) Monday to Friday during the period 23 May 2022 to 24 June 2022 (except public holidays in the
relevant State or Territory) at the following locations. You can also request a free copy of the scheme
documents at these locations during these times.
New South Wales MinterEllison Level 40, Governor Macquarie Tower 1 Farrer Place Sydney NSW 2000 | Victoria MinterEllison Level 20, Collins Arch 447 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000
|
Queensland MinterEllison Level 22, Waterfront Place 1 Eagle Street Brisbane QLD 4000 | Australian Capital Territory MinterEllison Constitution Place 1 Constitution Avenue Canberra City ACT 2601
|
Western Australia MinterEllison Level 4, Allendale Square 77 St Georges Terrace Perth WA 6000
| Northern Territory MinterEllison Level 1, 60 Smith Street Darwin NT 0800 |
South Australia MinterEllison Level 10, Grenfell Centre 25 Grenfell Street Adelaide SA 5000 | Tasmania Dobson Mitchell Allport 59 Harrington Street Hobart TAS 7000 |
A Scheme Summary will be sent to policy owners who hold a OnePath Life policy, including any owner of
a OnePath Life policy that is a group policy.
If you are a Zurich policy owner, or an insured under either a OnePath Life policy or a Zurich policy but
are not the owner of that policy, you may also obtain a copy of the Scheme and associated documents in
the manner described above. To assist you in assessing whether you are an insured person, but not a
policy owner, of a OnePath Life or Zurich group policy, please note that OnePath Life and Zurich issue
policies with life insurance cover, investment benefits and/or annuities to:
who are the insureds; and
employees, who are the insureds.
If you are a member of a superannuation fund or an insured under a group policy, we recommend you
check whether the insurer is either of OnePath Life or Zurich.
There are currently two class actions commenced against OnePath Life. While the outcome of these
actions is currently unknown, after the Scheme takes effect the class action proceedings (if still on foot)
will be continued against Zurich rather than OnePath Life. No costs and expenses associated with the
class actions will be charged to OnePath Life or Zurich policy owners. Any such costs and expenses will be met by Zurich and will be borne by the Zurich Shareholder Fund.
Should you require further information or have any concerns about the proposed Scheme, please contact
OnePath Life’s Scheme Contact Centre on 1800 161 163 or Zurich’s Scheme Contact Centre on 1800
161 164.
We recommend that each Affected Policy Owner obtain a copy of and review the Scheme, the
Scheme Summary and the Actuarial Reports, which contain a discussion of the impact of the
Scheme on policy owners.
Signed by the Company Secretaries, OnePath Life and Zurich.
Cathy Manolios Joong Harrison