Zurich Insurance
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Zurich continues Irish transfer
Italy, Portugal, Spain and Germany to follow UK business to Zurich Insurance Ireland.
Zurich rebrands property investors business
Real estate division undergoes restructure
Axa vows not to be “swayed” by politics in pleural plaques battle
Insurer will make appeal decision in the “next few days”
Insurers considering pleural plaques appeal
ABI Director Nick Starling: “This is not the end of the road”
Justice Secretary tells insurers to abandon plaques appeal
Kenny MacAskill tells insurers to "carefully reflect on what Lord Emslie has said".
Insurers defeated in latest effort to overturn Scottish plaques bill
Lord Emslie rejects the insurer's challenge.
AIG, Zurich and Ace units named in Chinese drywall lawsuit
'Chinese' drywall suit names 14 insurers, including AIG, Zurich and Ace
Interview: Mark Hodges - Back to the future
At the beginning of January, former Aviva GI boss Mark Hodges took over as chief executive officer of the insurer's UK business, a position last filled in 2007. He talks to Jonathan Swift about the decision to reinstate the role, his plans for Aviva and…
Vital ingredient
Despite claims handling being an intrinsic part of every insurer's reputation, Leigh Jackson ponders why the discipline is so under-represented at board level.
XL adds to professional lines underwriting team
Underwriters join from Zurich and Liberty
LV replaces Zurich on Cobra panel
Deals allows access to all LV products bar commercial motor.
Zurich appoints head of personal lines
Mark Coffey lands role with insurer’s broker division
CEO round up: How were the noughties for you?
Part one of Post's look back at what insurance bosses made of 2000 - 09.
Review of the year - general insurance: Watch the green grass grow
Jonathan Swift looks back at how general insurers have developed over the past 12 months and polls industry leaders on the successes and failures of 2009 as well as what they see in store for 2010.
Zurich to release California quake cat bond
S&P rates upcoming Zurich cat bond
RSA joins Power Place panel
Towergate arm to offer RSA products to brokers
Tony Emms named as new chairman of the CII's claims faculty
Zurich's Tony Emms (pictured, left is to take over as chairman of the Chartered Insurance Institute’s claims faculty from Gerry Loughney.