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Zurich NA Head of Professional Liability: Some Cyberrisks Are Unquantifiable
View the video version of this interview here. Following is an edited transcript of the interview. Q: What have you seen in the cyber market in the past several years? A: The past ...
Source: BestWire   Date: March 28, 2023
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Zurich North America Names Head of Sustainability Underwriting
Zurich Insurance Group Ltd. have current Best's Financial Strength Ratings of A+ (Superior) and A (Excellent). (By Barbara Edwards, BestWire: Barbara.Edwards@ambest.com)
Source: BestWire   Date: December 16, 2021
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Zurich Head of Commercial: Puerto Rico Offers Lesson in Catastrophe Impact, Resilience Needs
You recently returned from Puerto Rico. Tell us about that trip. A: Zurich sponsored a roundtable and tour of Puerto Rico to get lessons learned from post the storms of what can ...
Source: BestWire   Date: May 30, 2018
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NY Appeals Court Overturns $6.5 Million Claim for Sandy Crane Collapse
Zurich American Insurance Co. and four other insurers in relation to the damaged crane. The plaintiffs, Extell West 57th Street LLC and Lend Lease (US) Construction LMB INC., are ...
Source: BestWire   Date: December 24, 2015
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Zurich Global Corporate North America CEO: Early Use of Drones Can Cut Years Off Recovery
Annual Conference & Exhibition in New Orleans. View the video version of this interview at: http://www.ambest.com/v.asp?v=riordan415 Following is an edited transcript of the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: April 29, 2015
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Zurich Global Chief Underwriting Officer: Sandy Made Insurers Think About Risk Engineering in a New Way
Zurich Global Corporate, North America. Hart spoke to Best's News Service at the recent Risk and Insurance Management Society's annual conference in Los Angeles. Q: Will Hurricane ...
Source: BestWire   Date: May 14, 2013
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Insurers Respond to Uptick in Volatile Global Cat Losses With Focus on Risk Management
... Fire and Casualty Co., the Alfa Mutual group, the Farmers Insurance Group and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. - submitted their own discounted rates, in some cases offering higher ...
Source: BestWire   Date: February 27, 2013
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Advisen: Soft Market Lingers Despite Japan Quake
Japan earthquake and tsunami. "Largely, we can expect more of the same," Dave Bradford, executive vice president and chief knowledge officer at Advisen, said during a "State of the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: April 14, 2011
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Zurich Estimates $200 Million in Chile Quake Claims
Industry insured losses for the 8.8-magnitude quake are estimated to be as high as $10 billion, which could make it one of the costliest quakes for insurers since the 6.7-magnitude ...
Source: BestWire   Date: April 23, 2010
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Zurich Sponsors $225 Million Earthquake Cat Bond
The excess-of-loss reinsurance protection from Lakeside Re II Ltd. replaces the expiring 2006 Lakeside Re Ltd. transaction, the company said in a statement. "Lakeside II aligns ...
Source: BestWire   Date: December 28, 2009
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Aon Places $190 Million Earthquake Bond for Munich Re
Zurich American Insurance Co. and its affiliates. The deal was facilitated by Aon Capital Markets. The three-year notes were issued by Lakeside Re Ltd., a Cayman Islands-based ...
Source: BestWire   Date: December 22, 2006
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Judge Denies Silverstein Legal Claims Against World Trade Center Liability Insurers
Southern District of New York, Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein found that, with the exception of one excess insurer, the evidence shows "clearly and indisputably" that the insurers ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 9, 2006
Update: Zurich Agents Get Back to Basics in Battle to Adjust Katrina Claims
This time the strategy backfired. "In this situation, our advanced team found a couple of locations, but those locations got wiped out by the hurricane," Engel said. "We had to ...
Source: BestWire   Date: October 17, 2005
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Zurich Agents Get Back to Basics in Battle to Adjust Katrina Claims
This time the strategy backfired. "In this situation, our advanced team found a couple of locations, but those locations got wiped out by the hurricane," Engle said. "We had to ...
Source: BestWire   Date: October 17, 2005
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Court Rules: Twin Towers Insurance Dispute Can Go to Jury
The three insurers--Federal Insurance Co., a unit of Chubb Corp.; Lexington Insurance Co., a unit of American International Group Inc.; and Zurich American--represent approximately ...
Source: BestWire   Date: December 20, 2002
Five Insurers Ask Judge to Rule on WTC One Loss or Two
The insurers--Allianz Insurance, Hartford, Royal Indemnity, St. Paul and Zurich American--are seeking summary judgment in the case. They argue their circumstances are different ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 18, 2002