Customers will always be the lifeblood of the insurance industry, and so carriers must find new and innovative ways to keep them around for the long haul.
Zurich Insurance Group AG overcame a record year for natural-disaster claims in the industry to deliver its first dividend increase since 2011. The shares rose the most since August 2016.
Zurich Insurance has been restructuring under Italian CEO Mario Greco who has been selling assets, cutting jobs and lowering the insurers risk profile.