All the headlines from our Zurich Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 18 2022 // Zurich North America announced the following changes: Jason Meador, currently head of Captives at Zurich North America, has been appointed to lead the Rural Community Insurance Services crop insurance business following...
Jan 3 2022 // Zurich Insurance will release about $1.2 billion of capital by selling its Italian life and pensions back book to Portuguese insurer GamaLife, the Swiss company said on Monday.The deal will also add 11 percentage points to...
Dec 22 2021 // Zurich North America has named Andy Peterson as regional executive for the East region.Peterson, who has been with Zurich since 2008, will begin his new role effective January 1, 2022, and report to Carl Sutter, head of...
Dec 16 2021 // Zurich Insurance Group agreed to acquire Estonia-based company AlphaChat, which provides conversational artificial intelligence (AI) technology for customer service automation, to further enhance the group’s digital...
Nov 18 2021 // Zurich North America announced it will significantly expand the Zurich Apprenticeship Program, doubling the number of participants in 2022.CEO Kristof Terryn said the insurer plans to hire approximately 70 apprentices in...
Nov 18 2021 // Zurich Insurance Group will no longer underwrite new greenfield oil exploration projects, Europe’s fifth-largest insurer said on Thursday in an investor day presentation that sought to burnish its green...
Nov 12 2021 // Zurich American Insurance Company, a provider of insurance products and services to businesses in multiple industries, has signed an agreement to acquire Special Insurance Services, Inc., a Texas-based program manager...
Sep 22 2021 // BOXX, the Toronto-based cyber insurer for small businesses, individuals and families, announced it has closed its oversubscribed US$10 million (C$12.7 million) Series A-round in a bid to accelerate growth and expand its...
Sep 17 2021 // Zurich Insurance Group AG is considering a sale of some of its general insurance assets in Australia as the Swiss firm seeks to streamline its portfolio, according to people familiar with the matter.The insurer is working...
Aug 13 2021 // Zurich Insurance Chief Executive Mario Greco wants governments to levy a carbon tax and remove the incentive for socially irresponsible companies to maximize profits by polluting the environment, he told...
Aug 12 2021 // Zurich Insurance Group’s on Thursday joined other big European insurers in reporting a strong rebound in earnings as the impact from COVID-19 on their businesses eased.Buoyant markets along with higher policy sales...
Aug 3 2021 // Zurich Insurance Group AG is nearing a deal to buy Deutsche Bank AG’s Italian financial promoters network, according to people familiar with the matter.Zurich has emerged as the leading candidate to buy DB Financial...
Jul 13 2021 // ZURICH – Switzerland’s markets watchdog FINMA on Tuesday named Zurich Insurance chief investment officer Urban Angehrn as its new boss, tapping an insurance industry veteran to lead the financial supervisor.Angehrn...
Jun 7 2021 // Neeren Chauhan has been named head of Strategy, Innovation & Business Development for Zurich North America.Chauhan joins Zurich after serving as vice president, Distribution Transformation and Market Share Growth, for...
May 12 2021 // Zurich Insurance does not expect to have a major exposure to the failure of supply chain financing firm Greensill Capital, the insurer’s chief financial officer said on Wednesday after it reported solid first-quarter...
Apr 1 2021 // Zurich Insurance Group said it will be taking further, deeper steps to help curb carbon emissions in line with the Paris Agreement’s goals to limit global warming.Targets will include its own internal operations,...
Mar 9 2021 // Jim Heintz has been appointed as underwriting manager for property/casualty insurer Zurich North America’s South Central area. In his role as underwriting manager for the South Central area, Heintz will be...
Feb 25 2021 // Sonia Kundi has joined the Zurich North America Group Risk Management team as Canada chief risk officer, effective immediately.She reports to North America Chief Risk Officer Colleen Zitt and will be a member of her...
Feb 19 2021 // Zurich Insurance Group has appointed Dirk De Nil as CEO of Nordics, in addition to his current role as CEO Benelux, expanding his management responsibility in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.He succeeds David...
Jan 19 2021 // Zurich Insurance Group will drop out of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 project in the face of looming U.S. sanctions against European companies that support construction of the $11 billion gas pipeline, two sources familiar...