Assicurazioni Generali SpA is exploring strategic options for its Swiss insurance operations, according to people familiar with the matter. The Italian company is working with advisers to study alternatives including a potential sale of part or all of the business, …
Zurich Insurance Group’s investment in CoverWallet is bearing fruit, with Zurich now providing insurance for small and medium-sized businesses in Switzerland via CoverWallet’s online platform. CoverWallet uses analytics and state-of-the-art technology to simplify how small businesses buy insurance. Zurich acquired …
Gallagher, the insurance broker, risk management services and consulting firm, broadened its footprint in continental Europe by acquiring a 65 percent stake in specialist Swiss broker Hesse & Partner AG and Hesse Consulting GmbH. Terms of the transaction were not …
Switzerland’s financial center is in the midst of a power shift. The Alpine country’s less fashionable insurers, long overshadowed by glamorous private banks around Zurich’s posh Paradeplatz and Lake Geneva, are on course to surpass banks as a bigger contributor …
