NU Online News Service, Aug. 6, 3:07 p.m. EDT

Zurich Financial Services reported second quarter net income of $892 million, a 31 percent decline from $1.3 billion for the period in 2008. However, the company noted the figure is a 147 percent increase over the previous quarter's results.

For the first six months of 2009, the Zurich-based financial services provider reported net income of $1.3 billion, a 53 percent decline from the first half of 2008.

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