Zurich Insurance
Expertise in action: Data validation in the broker space
The insurance industry has invested heavily in its capabilities to detect and stop fraud in recent years. And this is as true at the front end with data validation as it is with claims fraud at the back.
Expertise In Action - Big data: Digital distortion
As brokers of all sizes embrace technology, data quality must be of the highest standard to ensure inaccuracies are stamped out.
Expertise In Action - Big data: Thinking big
‘Big data’ has long been hailed as the next big thing in insurance – so why have firms been so slow to harness its undoubted potential?
Judge dismisses £60k claim for nightclub accident
A judge has thrown out a £60 000 claim for an alleged nightclub dance floor accident citing lack of credible evidence.
Zurich UK CRO Dodds exits the business
Zurich’s chief risk officer for UK general insurance Gerald Dodds has left the company after 10 years in the role.
Cross-border insurance: a new opportunity?
As prudential regulation across Europe is set to become unified with the planned implementation of Solvency II, Katie Marriner looks at how the likelihood of cross-border insurance becoming a reality is being considered.
Career file: Ian Passmore - Passmore makes way as Zurich streamlines structure
Endsleigh managing director Ian Passmore is to step down as Zurich brings the business into a single management structure with the rest of its personal lines division.
Market Moves - 10 April 2014
Who has moved where in the insurance industry this week.
Industry questions FCA’s decision to probe commercial claims handling
Regulator reveals more thematic reviews to be undertaken in 2014/2015
Endsleigh MD Passmore makes way as Zurich streamlines structure
Zurich has revealed that UK managing director for personal lines Tim Holliday will lead combined personal lines and Endsleigh businesses following the integration to a single management structure.
Zurich hails successful appeal against £95k car hire bill
Zurich has welcomed a court of appeal ruling that the insurer should not have to pay £95 000 in car hire and storage charges because the claimant should have bought a replacement car at an earlier stage.
BIA Countdown: Young achievers look back: Q&A with Nichola Williams and Phil Cunningham
As part of Post’s countdown to the 20th anniversary of the British Insurance Awards in July, we spoke to two past winners of the Young Achiever accolade.
Zurich infographic: Managing modern construction challenges
The way in which work that is carried out in both the design and construction phases of a project is undergoing substantial change.
Cyber Crime: Hack attack
As the demand for cyber insurance products grows, insurers are being required to service the market as well as protect their own businesses from cyber attacks.
BIA Countdown: 20 years of commercial lines
As part of Post’s countdown to the 20th anniversary of the British Insurance Awards in July, we spoke to commercial lines specialists who have experienced wins over the years, asking them how the industry has changed since the first BIAs in 1994.
In Series: Data: Down the data rabbit hole
Data is expected to drive change in the insurance industry, with greater volumes set to create distinct opportunities.
Covéa looks to Zurich for personal lines hires
Covéa has appointed two Zurich employees as key account managers in its personal lines distribution team.
Broker Network extends Zurich partnership
Broker Network has renewed its partnership deal with Zurich – a relationship that has lasted more than 15 years.
Zurich job cuts to 'primarily impact' Switzerland, UK and Ireland
Following this week's announcement that Zurich is cutting 800 jobs, a spokesman has confirmed that the primary locations impacted by the changes will be Switzerland, the UK and Ireland.
Interview: Bill Paton: The other side of the telescope
When Bill Paton departed Zurich after three decades in general insurance, he took a short hop to law firm DAC Beachcroft to view life from the other side of the table.
Zurich to cut 800 jobs globally
Zurich is looking to cut 800 jobs across its global operations as the insurer looks to reduce costs and save $250m annually.
Zurich brand to disappear from comparison sites
Zurich-branded home and motor insurance products will no longer be offered on aggregator sites, the insurer announced today.
In Series: Data: A smarter approach to flood risk
How can the industry use increasingly sophisticated data to assess flood risk more accurately?
Bryant touted as Lloyd's Hong Kong frontrunner after leaving Zurich
Dylan Bryant is being touted as the frontrunner to become Lloyd's general representative in Hong Kong after leaving his role as regional head of IPZ customer, distribution and marketing, Asia-Pacific, Zurich.