April 1, 2022
Zurich Insurance Group announced it is bringing forward by 20 years its target to achieve net-zero emissions in its operations. It now aims to reach the goal by 2030, after implementing plans announced on March 31 last year to achieve …
March 30, 2022
Zurich Insurance said it has removed the letter “Z” from its social media branding as a result of Russia’s use of the letter during its war in Ukraine. “The Zurich brand has been around for 150 years. It is a …
March 21, 2022
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Zurich, HDI Global and Fusion. A summary of these new hires follows here. Zurich Names UK Chief Sustainability Officer Zurich Insurance Co. announced that Chief Operating Officer John Keppel will be …
March 17, 2022
The glass tower in Paris where AXA SA, one of the world’s largest insurers, has its temporary headquarters looks as if a giant feral cat has ripped chunks out of it. In recent months that jagged feeling extends inside, too, …
March 14, 2022
Allianz and Swiss Re said on Monday they were cutting back on Russian business as European financial institutions turn their backs on Russia. The German insurer and Swiss reinsurer join banks Deutsche, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase which have exited …
February 25, 2022
More than 126,000 commercial buildings in London are at risk from flash flooding. Climate change will heighten that threat. Those are the findings of a new study by Zurich Insurance Group, which mapped every commercial and mixed use property in …
February 10, 2022
Zurich Insurance expects continued revenue and profit growth in the next two years, its chief financial officer said on Thursday, after the Swiss insurer reported its biggest annual profit since the financial crisis. Insurers were gloomy about the outlook when …
January 31, 2022
io.insure, the world’s first online mergers and acquisitions (M&A) insurance marketplace for small and medium-sized business (SME) transactions, announced it has launched in Australia. The io.insure marketplace is designed to bridge the significant risk protection gap in the niche M&A …
January 21, 2022
Some of the world’s biggest insurers are bracing as a second wave of multi-million-pound lawsuits, brought by struggling British pubs, restaurants and bakery chains over lockdown losses, starts hitting London’s courts next week. Zurich, MS Amlin, Liberty Mutual, Allianz and …
January 20, 2022
Zurich Insurance Group has worked hard to turn around its financial results over the past five years by bringing underwriting back to the organization, with a greater focus on selecting the right risks, pricing them accordingly, properly structuring programs and …