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...
Insurers Rush to Exclude Coronavirus Epidemic from Event-Cancellation Protection February 13, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn and Noor Zainab Hussain Businesses looking to buy cancellation insurance for events around the world will not be able to get cover for the...
Financial Services CEOs in Davos Complain They Can’t Save Planet Without Clients’ Help January 21, 2020 By Viren Vaghela As the financial industry comes under pressure to avoid funding dirty energy, the heads of Citigroup Inc. and Zurich Insurance...
World Economic Forum Sounds Alarms About Climate Change Risks January 15, 2020 By Jill Ward The World Economic Forum is sounding alarm bells on climate change, with environmental risks occupying the group’s top five long-term...
Zurich Sees Hardening Rates, Improving Terms – in Market Not Seen Since 2002 January 13, 2020 By Patrick Winters Zurich Insurance Group AG expects to have more power to increase commercial insurance rates than it has seen in almost...
Zurich CEO Says Big Transnational M&As Won’t Solve Industry Fragmentation: Report December 2, 2019 The European insurance sector is too fragmented but large cross-border deals are not the solution to the problem, the head...
Zurich Adds Cyber Endorsements for Manufacturing Industry November 15, 2019 Zurich Insurance has rolled out new, industry-specific endorsements to its cyber insurance policy designed to expand coverages provided to the...