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Zurich Insurance Group Names Group Chief Data Officer
Kasahara will be based in Zurich, the company said. Kasahara joins Zurich on Oct. 1 from PwC, where he was the managing partner for PwC Digital Intelligence, providing corporate ...
Source: BestWire Date: August 25, 2021
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Zurich Global Corporate CEO: Terror Insurance Probably Unaffected by Bin Laden's Death
Osama bin Laden, shot by U.S. special forces in a raid of his compound in Pakistan, executives attending the Risk and Management Society Inc. annual convention said. "In the short ...
Source: BestWire Date: May 4, 2011
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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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Ace Settles for $80 Million With Three States in Finite Reinsurance, Brokerage Probes
New York, Connecticut and Illinois. Those settlements will cost Ace $80 million pretax, a charge to first-quarter earnings that cut into an otherwise impressive performance. Ace ...
Source: BestWire Date: April 26, 2006
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Zurich's Total Settlement Costs Reach $325 Million After New, Three-State Deal
His investigators pointed to an e-mail from a Marsh & McLennan Cos. broker to a Zurich underwriter seeking a phony bid for an insurance contract that was being steered to American ...
Source: BestWire Date: March 27, 2006
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Tale of Two Trials: Contract Language Underlies Contradictory World Trade Center Verdicts
Silverstein contends the destruction was two events, not one. The federal jury in the Phase II trial agreed with Silverstein that the terrorism that brought down the structures ...
Source: BestWire Date: December 9, 2004

Silverstein Wins Two-Occurrence Verdict in Second World Trade Center Trial
New York agreed with leaseholder Larry A. Silverstein's argument that the nine insurers involved had bound under insurance agreements that allow the Sept. 11, 2001, destruction of ...
Source: BestWire Date: December 7, 2004

A.M. Best Affirms Financial Strength and Debt Ratings of Zurich Financial Services Group
...See detailed debt issues listed below). The outlook remains positive. The ratings reflect ZFS's improved earnings (earnings in the first half of 2003 were USD 0.7 billion -- an ...
Source: BestWire Date: September 3, 2003
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Westfield America Trust Resolves Dispute with Zurich Insurance
World Trade Center loss would go to binding arbitration. If Zurich is found to be obligated to provide the coverage, the obligation won't exceed $55 million, Westfield said. The ...
Source: BestWire Date: March 13, 2002