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Zurich Insurance adopts new ESG index
21 July 2021
Reporter Rebecca Delaney

Zurich Insurance has shifted almost $1 billion of its passive US equity mandates to MSCI’s newly-developed ESG index

SRS hires Luigi Koch as Switzerland representative
21 April 2021
Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

Luigi Koch has joined Strategic Risk Solutions Switzerland as a local country representative

SRS continues expansion with three new appointments in Switzerland
26 January 2021
Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

Strategic Risk Solutions has expanded into Switzerland with a new office based in Zurich. Markus Beck, Georg Balint and Maria Sandoval have all left Aon to join SRS new Swiss team

Chubb promotes Michael Kessler and Jeremiah Konz
13 January 2021
Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

Chubb has appointed Michael Kessler as division president of the company's global cyber risk insurance business and Jeremiah Konz as chief reinsurance officer

Zurich and Farmers Exchanges agree to acquire MetLife’s US P&C
11 December 2020
Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

Zurich Insurance Group subsidiary Farmers Group has agreed to acquire MetLife’s property and casualty (P&C) business in the US together with the Farmers Exchanges for $3.94 billion

Zurich in talks to acquire MetLife’s US P&C business
23 November 2020
Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

Zurich Insurance Group, a Swiss multi-line insurer, has confirmed it is in discussions to acquire MetLife’s US property and casualty business

Captives set to benefit from revisions to Insurance Oversight Act in Switzerland
17 November 2020
Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

Diana Lafita of Loyens & Loeff revealed that captive insurance companies active in Switzerland are set to benefit from the partial revision of the Insurance Oversight Act

Petroleos Mexicanos captive assigned ‘good’ ratings
05 October 2020
Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

A.M. Best has assigned a financial strength rating of B++ and a long-term issuer credit rating of “bbb+” to Kot Insurance Company AG, based in Switzerland

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