Zurich Insurance
Career file - Scott Egan: Towergate swoops in for Brit CFO as Patrick exits
Scott Egan will leave his role at Brit Insurance Holdings to join Towergate as group finance director, subject to FSA approval. Egan has been group chief financial officer at Brit since 2011.
Post Intelligence Benchmarking Financial and Professional Lines: Positive experience
The Insurance 360 Financial and Professional Lines report found standards to be high.
RTA Portal extension divides opinion due to lack of clarity and timescales
ABI welcomes changes but industry raises concerns over timescale for implementation.
Immediate medical triage may cut whiplash costs
Treatment Network boss Jonathan Cook told delegates that offering whiplash claimants immediate medical triage when they first phoned in their claim prompted 15% of callers to "spontaneously recover" from their injuries.
Fraud IFED: Funding the fraud force
While early results have been impressive, some still believe the industry funding the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department is a step in the wrong direction
The Co-operative and Zurich keen to move on PM motor premium initiatives
The Co-operative is hopeful the insurance summit with Prime Minister David Cameron will lead to stamping out fraudulent personal injury claims while continuing to settle genuine ones.
PM and insurers unveil six point plan after motor premium summit
The Prime Minister has committed to tackling the compensation culture, reducing legal costs and cutting health and safety red tape.
ABI to highlight insurer cost pressures at PM meeting
The Association of British Insurers has welcomed the chance to tell Prime Minister David Cameron "the unacceptable cost pressures" insurers face at the Downing Street meeting this evening.
Employers’ liability: A fund of last resort
The need for a fund of last resort for employers’ liability claims still divides the insurance community. While plans to create an Employers’ Liability Insurance Bureau have stalled, it still has supporters who are determined to see these proposals come…
ELIB could materialise if ELTO is not a success
Claims Club members have expressed concerns that the Employers' Liability Insurance Bureau could be introduced if the Employers' Liability Trading Office is not an overriding success.
Child abuse claims: Victims facing uphill battle for compensation
Local authority, church and legal expenses insurers have a role to play in sexual abuse litigation. However, government reform and a recent legal ruling may see this change.
Former RBSI and Zurich European boss Court resurfaces at Admiral
Admiral has appointed Annette Court as an independent non-executive director, subject to FSA approval.
Hodges reunites with former Aviva colleague Egan as Patrick quits Towergate
Towergate Insurance has appointed Scott Egan as group finance director.
ACIS develops system to speed up car body repairs and reduce claims costs
A new programme to help car body repairers cut cycle times and speed up workflow has been launched by ACIS.
The supply chain disappointment
Recent natural catastrophes have highlighted the need to insure supply chain risks, however, risk managers have said they want better products. Jane Bernstein finds out what more the insurance industry can do.
Zurich applauds request for global compliance database
Zurich has applauded Airmic's and FERMA's focus on increasing the clarity of international insurance requirements.
Zurich backs Airmic’s compliance database
Zurich has applauded Airmic's and FERMA's plans to develop a database of international insurance requirements
Zurich targets food and sports sectors
Zurich has launched mid-corporate sector-specific broker-sold products for the food & beverage sector and for sports, leisure & entertainment adding to its year-old Corporate Focus proposition.
Career development: Zurich gains CII status
Zurich has become the first UK composite to gain chartered status.
Directors' and officers': Under the spotlight
With boardrooms coming under increasing scrutiny, the potential for expansion in the D&O market is being recognised by savvy insurers, especially in the SME space.
Q&A Asia: Zurich
As part of Insurance Insight's new remit to cover Asia Francesca Nyman spoke to Zurich’s regional chairman for Asia Pacific and the Middle East, Geoffrey Riddell, to find out what the rapidly growing population means for the insurer.
Zurich's 2011 cat losses may trigger aggregate reinsurance
Zurich Financial Services expects the impact of the floods in Thailand and the increased cost of the earthquakes in New Zealand in the fourth quarter of 2011 to range between $200 and $250m (€189.9m).
Zurich’s Thai flood and NZ quake losses trigger aggregate reinsurance
Zurich has said it expects the impact of the floods in Thailand and the increased cost of the earthquakes in New Zealand in the fourth quarter 2011 to range between $200m - $250m (£160m).
Mergers & Acquisitions: Bucking the trend
As the market weighs up the value of assets such as Groupama and Brit’s UK arms, deal making by insurers appears to be buoyant, especially when compared to other industry sectors. But is this a trend that is set to continue?