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Zurich share price drop blamed on 'destructive history of acquisitions'

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The 2% fall in Zurich’s share price yesterday (28 July) against a backdrop of a marginal market-wide uptick has been attributed to the “destructive history of acquisitions in the insurance sector and Zurich specifically”.

That is the verdict of Jefferies Equity Research, which has responded to Zurich's announcement that it is evaluating a potential acquisition approach for RSA by outlining that investor preference is

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