A coalition of 32 environmental and indigenous groups on Thursday urged insurers to stop underwriting the Trans Mountain pipeline to pressure Canada to cancel its plan to expand the project, which carries crude from Alberta’s oil sands to British Columbia’s …
The insurance industry is facing a complicated cocktail of massive political and economic uncertainty, climate risks, huge shifts in technology and increasing regulatory burdens. These are just some of the industry challenges cited by Jon Dye, chief executive of Allianz …
Zurich Insurance Group has appointed Alison Martin to the role of chief executive officer Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) and Bank Distribution with immediate effect. Martin will continue to oversee the Group Risk Management function for a limited period …
Zurich Insurance Group announced that Amanda Blanc, CEO EMEA and Bank Distribution and a member of the group’s executive committee, has tendered her resignation. Blanc joined the company in October 2018. Zurich said Blanc’s successor will be announced in due …
Zurich Insurance Group announced it is accelerating actions to progress towards a low-carbon economy “amid an increasing climate crisis.” Its actions range from committing to UN targets for global temperature rise, to helping clients cut their exposure to fossil fuels, …
Europe’s biggest insurers refuse to sell policies to coal miners and arms producers. A Dutch firm may go further by denying coverage to gambling companies and nuclear-power generators. The asset-management arm of ASR Nederland NV already has a list of …
Zurich Insurance Group announced the appointment of Conny Kalcher to the position of chief customer officer. She will lead the newly created Customer Office as part of Zurich’s drive to further elevate customer excellence across the organization, said Zurich in …
Zurich Insurance Group said it has completed the acquisition of the life insurance businesses of Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ), becoming a major life insurer for retail customers in the Australian market. The A$2.85 billion (US$2 billion) …
Zurich Insurance is on track to meet or beat its financial targets to 2019 and is seeing positive trends in property and casualty (P/C) insurance pricing. Europe’s fifth-biggest insurer made the forecast on Thursday despite a 2 percent fall in …
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 …
