All the headlines from our Zurich Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 21 2017 // Zurich North America CEO Mike Foley plans to leave his position at the end of 2017 after more than a decade with the Swiss insurance giant.His successor has already been chosen. She is Kathleen Savio, who has been...
Sep 1 2017 // Zurich Insurance Group announced that Alison Martin will join the group on Oct. 1, 2017 and will assume the role of group chief risk officer in January 2018.She will succeed Cecilia Reyes, Zurich’s current group...
Jul 27 2017 // Todd Cunningham has been named to head the Single-Parent and Sponsored-Cell Captives unit for Zurich North America.As part of its single-parent captive solutions, Zurich offers fronting, reinsurance, claims,...
Jul 6 2017 // Zurich North America has hired Yosha DeLong as vice president of cyber underwriting, a role that expands Zurich’s cyber resources as the cyber exposures continue to evolve beyond data security. DeLong will lead the...
Jul 6 2017 // Zurich Insurance Group’s board of directors announced it will elect the former group CEO of Swiss Re, Michel M. Liès, as its new chairman. The election will be held at the group’s annual general meeting on...
May 25 2017 // Zurich North America is bringing its Specialty Products business together with its North America Commercial Insurance as part of a continued streamlining of operations.The company said the move will provide easier access...
May 18 2017 // Zurich Insurance is deploying artificial intelligence in deciding personal injury claims after trials cut the processing time from an hour to just seconds, its chairman said.“We recently introduced AI claims handling...
Apr 28 2017 // Zurich North America, a provider of property and casualty insurance and a company dedicated to improving the lives of children and families, has made a $10,000 donation to the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House.Paul...
Feb 17 2017 // Zurich Insurance has created a new structure for its Commercial Insurance business in Asia Pacific (APAC), following the combination of its Global Corporate and Commercial units into a single division.“This...
Jan 25 2017 // Zurich North America has announced the name of its new North America Commercial Insurance unit and leadership team. This new unit brings together the former Commercial Markets and the former Global Corporate in North...
Jan 17 2017 // Zurich Insurance Group AG, Switzerland’s biggest insurer, plans to cut spending on large technology projects as it seeks to reduce costs, according to chief risk officer Cecilia Reyes.“Managing, harvesting the...
Jan 13 2017 // Six out of 10 organizations in Asia Pacific experienced at least one supply chain disruption in the past year, with one in four incidents costing more than US$1 million, according to a survey conducted by the Business...
Dec 12 2016 // Switzerland’s Zurich Insurance Group has agreed to buy Australia’s biggest travel insurance provider, Cover-More Group, for A$741 million ($551 million), stepping up its investment in the Australian...
Nov 17 2016 // Zurich Insurance Group AG plans to cut costs by $1.5 billion from 2015 through 2019 as Chief Executive Officer Mario Greco overhauls Switzerland’s largest insurer and seeks to boost the firm’s dividend.The new...
Oct 12 2016 // Zurich North America has appointed David Putz as head of Direct Markets and Programs effective January 1, 2017. Putz is currently head of Direct Markets for Zurich and with the retirement of current head of Programs, Roger...
Oct 3 2016 // Zurich North America’s new headquarters building in Schaumburg, Ill., has been completed as an LEED Platinum building as certified by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).The 783,800 square foot building will be...
Aug 19 2016 // Zurich Insurance (Hong Kong) has appointed Philip Chiu as the head of its Global Corporate Division, in a move from his previous position as Zurich’s head of Financial Lines in Asia.He will directly report to Keith...
Aug 11 2016 // Zurich Insurance Group AG said second-quarter profit fell 12 percent on higher restructuring charges and claims from natural catastrophes as Chief Executive Officer Mario Greco overhauls the company’s biggest...
Jun 30 2016 // Zurich Insurance Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Zurich Insurance Group, has completed the acquisition of MAA Takaful Berhad (MAAT), a leading provider of Takaful products in Malaysia, from MAA Group Berhad and Solidarity Group...
May 30 2016 // Former Zurich Insurance boss Martin Senn has committed suicide six months after leaving the company under a cloud, a tragedy that comes less than three years after Zurich’s finance chief took his own life.Senn, 59,...