Zurich Financial Services Group

• Foremost Adds Business Insurance to Portfolio in 2013

  By Staff Writer  |  December 14, 2012

  Specialty insurer Foremost will pick up the small business program from Zurich North America.

• Zurich Financial Now Zurich Insurance

  By Staff Writer  |  April 4, 2012

  Zurich Financial Services Group officially changed its name to Zurich Insurance Group.

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  Zurich to Name New Chairman

  By Staff Writer  |  March 14, 2012

  Zurich Financial Services Group says its board plans to name Josef Ackermann as chairman and Tom de Swaan as vice chairman after its annual general meeting on March 29.

• Zurich Net Income Up 10% for Year; Company to Propose Name Change

  By Staff Writer  |  February 24, 2012

  Zurich Financial Services Group says its 2011 fourth-quarter net income fell 46 percent to $557 million, but the company’s net income for the year climbed 10 percent to $3.8 billion.

• Zurich Net Income Up 10% for Year; Company to Propose Name Change

  By Staff Writer  |  February 16, 2012

  Zurich Financial Services Group says its 2011 fourth-quarter net income fell 46 percent to $557 million, but the company’s net income for the year climbed 10 percent to $3.8 billion.

• Hires and Appointments at BMS, Hughes/NAPSLO, Zurich, Grinnell Mutual, Hanleigh, Willis, Insureon, and Rosenfeld Einstein - Around the Industry

  By Staff Writer  |  February 8, 2012

  C&S/Colonial merger; AIG, EMC and Marsh all launch new programs; Oracle launches app, Crump sells to BB&T

• Zurich: Thailand Flood Losses Between $250M and $300M

  By Staff Writer  |  January 27, 2012

  Zurich Financial Services Group says it expects its losses from flooding in Thailand to range between $250 million and $300 million.

• Businesses See Economy as Greatest Risk in 2012, Two Studies Say

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com, Mark E. Ruquet  |  January 19, 2012

  Economic risk is the top concern on business professionals’ minds going into 2012, according to two new, separate surveys conducted by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) and the World Economic Forum.

• WEF: Financial Risk Trumps Environmental Concerns

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 12, 2012

  Experts and industry leaders see world-economic conditions having far greater consequences on society in the near term than environmental risks, according to a report from the World Economic Forum.

• Survey: Significant Number of Companies Deal with Business Interruption

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 1, 2011

  A survey reveals 85 percent of companies were affected by supply chain disruption over the last 12 months.

• Zurich Names Wauthier CFO

  By Staff Writer  |  September 15, 2011

  Pierre Wauthier has been named Zurich Financial Services Group’s chief financial officer and member of the group executive committee.

• Weather A Factor, But Not Cause For Automatic Loss For Companies

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com, Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 22, 2011

  Weather losses continue to be a factor in companies’ second-quarter results, but the ultimate impact on net income varies depending on the size of the company and the lines written.

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  UK Riot Losses to Eclipse $328 Million

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 15, 2011

  The Association of British Insurers says it expects insured losses of more than 200 million pounds from claims connected to the rioting and looting in London and other cities recently.

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  Zurich Reports First-Half Profit Despite $780M in Cat Losses

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 11, 2011

  Zurich Financial Services Group says 2011 first-half net income increased 20 percent over last year despite catastrophe losses of $780 million and challenges faced in the economy.

• Zurich Closer To Entering Latin America Market

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 21, 2011

  Zurich Financial Services Group says it has signed a definitive agreement with Banco Santander SA to buy a majority interest in the bank’s Latin America insurance operations.

• Zurich Steps Closer to Entering Latin America Market

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 15, 2011

  Zurich Financial Services Group says it has signed a definitive agreement with Banco Santander SA to buy a majority interest in the bank’s Latin America insurance operations.