Insurers Zurich and Chubb Raise Cover for Canada Oil Sands Pipeline: Filings May 13, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn, Simon Jessop and Noor Zainab Hussain Major insurers Zurich and Chubb increased their insurance cover for a Canadian oil sands pipeline over the last year, Canadian...
Zurich Insurance’s Former CEO and Chairman Gerber Dies May 12, 2020 Fritz Gerber, a former leader of Zurich Insurance Group, has died. Gerber was 91. He passed away on May 10,...
Brand and Waterman Appointed to New Roles in Zurich’s Commercial Insurance Team May 8, 2020 Zurich Insurance Group announced it has appointed Ralph Brand as global head of Casualty, Financial Lines and Cyber, and Chris...
UK Regulator Seeks Court Review in July to Resolve COVID-19 Insurance Dispute May 8, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn and Kirstin Ridley Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) aims to get business interruption insurance policies examined by a court as soon as July,...
Zurich Canada Appoints Snider as Head of Risk Services May 7, 2020 Chris Snider has been named head of Risk Services for Zurich Canada. Formerly the manager of Risk Services – Property,...
Two Law Firms Seek British Businesses to Join Biz Interruption Lawsuit Against Allianz May 6, 2020 Two law firms said on Tuesday they were gathering companies in Britain for a potential group lawsuit against German insurer...
Many Japan Firms Resist Telecommuting, Raising COVID-19 Risk for Call Center Staff May 5, 2020 By Makiko Yamazaki and Yuki Nitta Almost a month after Tokyo declared a state of emergency, dozens of call center employees for telecom KDDI Corp still...
Top Insurers Face Lawsuit from UK Hospitality Sector on Rejected Biz Interruption Claims April 30, 2020 By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn Top insurers such as AXA, RSA, QBE and Zurich face a potential multi-million-pound lawsuit from British pubs, hotels, restaurants and...
Zurich Expands Marine Insurance Platform into Additional Countries, Regions March 25, 2020 Zurich Insurance Group is expanding the roll-out of a new marine insurance platform for small and medium cargo, following its...
Zurich Insurance Partners with Cyber-Security Specialist CYE February 26, 2020 Zurich Insurance Group has created a new offering together with cyber-security company CYE to shield businesses against the growing risks...