All the headlines from our Zurich Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 8 2019 // Zurich Insurance Group AG said it expects to beat all its financial targets for the 2017-2019 period as the global insurer enters the the final stretch of a three-year turnaround.“In 2016, we gave ourselves ambitious...
Jul 10 2019 // Zurich Insurance Group has appointed Alison Martin to the role of chief executive officer Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) and Bank Distribution with immediate effect. Martin will continue to oversee the Group Risk...
Jul 3 2019 // Zurich Insurance Group announced that Amanda Blanc, CEO EMEA and Bank Distribution and a member of the group’s executive committee, has tendered her resignation. Blanc joined the company in October 2018.Zurich said...
Jun 24 2019 // More than 4,000 people are seeking damages from MGM Resorts International related to the Las Vegas Strip mass shooting that left 58 people dead, the casino giant said in a lawsuit alleging its insurance company has failed...
Jun 7 2019 // Zurich Insurance Group announced the appointment of Conny Kalcher to the position of chief customer officer.She will lead the newly created Customer Office as part of Zurich’s drive to further elevate customer...
May 21 2019 // Brian Winters has been appointed head of Sales and Distribution, U.S. Commercial Insurance, for Zurich North America.Zurich said the appointment is part of its effort to strengthen relationships with customers and brokers....
May 9 2019 // Zurich Insurance is on track to meet or beat its financial targets to 2019 and is seeing positive trends in property and casualty (P/C) insurance pricing.Europe’s fifth-biggest insurer made the forecast on Thursday...
Feb 26 2019 // Schaumburg, Illinois-based insurer Zurich North America has acquired 100 percent ownership of Sea Pine Technologies, a Dallas-based company specializing in digital applications for the marketing of vehicle protection...
Feb 8 2019 // Zurich Insurance’s reported 2018 net income after tax of $3.72 billion, a 24 percent jump from $3.0 billion it reported in 2017 – primarily driven by growth in its life business and improved underwriting in its...
Nov 8 2018 // Zurich Insurance posted a 2 percent rise in nine-month property and casualty premiums and confirmed its financial targets on Thursday despite a hit from larger-than-expected natural catastrophe losses.“We are pleased...
Oct 23 2018 // Schaumburg, Illinois-based Zurich North America has entered into an agreement with program administrator Allied Public Risk LLC to provide a full range of insurance coverage to select cities, towns, boroughs, counties and...
Oct 15 2018 // Valerie Butt has been named Head of Casualty for Zurich North America Commercial Insurance. Butt will lead the casualty business with responsibility for new and renewal business. Butt takes on the role that was vacated...
Sep 18 2018 // Insurer Zurich North America has tapped Karen Reutter to lead its Construction unit.Reutter, who recently led the construction practice of a major insurance broker, also worked in Zurich’s construction business from...
Aug 31 2018 // Zurich Insurance Group believes a competition will help it find cutting-edge startups and entrepreneurs with whom to collaborate in the insurtech space.The Swiss insurer launched what it is calling the Zurich Innovation...
Aug 15 2018 // Zurich North America has named Eric Cittadino as leader for Diversified Programs, Specialty Auto and Aftermarket within the Programs unit of Alternative Markets. He replaces David Banks who has decided to retire at the end...
Aug 10 2018 // Zurich Insurance announced the appointment of Saad Mered to CEO and chief agent of Zurich Canada, effective Oct. 1, 2018.Mered is currently chief claims officer for Zurich Insurance Group. In his new role, Mered will...
Jul 13 2018 // Zurich North America has brought Deirdre Manna on board as the new head of Government and Industry Affairs.Manna leads Zurich’s engagement with elected officials at the state and federal level on public policy issues...
Jun 11 2018 // Zurich Insurance Group has acquired a minority stake in CoverWallet, a digital business insurance agency startup.CoverWallet, which launched in 2016, said the investment builds on commercial partnership between the two...
May 31 2018 // The rise of the apprentice: a European tradition comes to the U.S.The growing number of apprenticeships in the U.S. has more to do with European companies importing the practice into their American operations than with the...
May 21 2018 // Brian Benjamin, a longtime insurance executive with experience in professional liability lines, has joined Zurich North America as head of Management Solutions.Benjamin will be accountable for the performance of the...