Zurich Insurance

Interview: MDS

Jose Manuel Dias da Fonseca, president of Portuguese broker MDS, chairman of broking network Brokers Link and a non-exec director of Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford, answers Insurance Insight’s questions.

Insurers fail in pleural plaques bid

Insurers Axa, Aviva, RSA and Zurich have failed in their efforts to overturn Scottish legislation allowing claims to be brought for asbestos-related conditions, such as pleural plaques.

Disease claims - ELTO: location, location, location

Difficulties inherent in identifying the relevant insurer in a long-tail disease claim led to the creation of the Employers' Liability Tracing Office. Anne Griffiths and Alan Hunter explain what is needed to make it work.

Q1 nat-cats to cost Zurich $500m

Zurich has estimated that aggregate claims of approximately US$500m for the five natural disasters to hit the Asia-Pacific region since the beginning of the year.

Insurers shut Bahrain offices

A host of international insurers have closed their offices in Bahrain as civil unrest continues to sweep through the Gulf state.

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