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“SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zurich, a leading property and casualty insurance provider globally and in North America, today named Scott Rasor as head of Zurich North America Commercial's Construction group. Rasor previously served as senior vice president for Construction, specializing in residential and specialty risks. He will be based in Zurich in North America's Schaumburg headquarters…Rasor joined Zurich in 1995 as a liability major case supervisor in claims. After a variety of roles spanning 16 years, he then moved to underwriting where he held several roles of increasing responsibility. Prior to his most recent appointment, Rasor served as head of market for Architects and Engineers as well as residential products such as the Homebuilders Protective and Volume Builders Policies. He was also responsible for underwriting and the technical quality of the Subguard, Construction Professional Liability, Property & Builders Risk and Project Risk insurance serving the large and middle market segments of Construction's portfolio…Rasor has an associate degree in mechanical engineering, a bachelor's degree in safety from Northern Illinois University and a master of business administration degree from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. He is a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter and holds several professional designations in claims…”

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“SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zurich, a leading property and casualty insurance provider globally and in North America, announced today that it is further committed to expanding its presence in the U.S. energy casualty insurance market. Zurich, which has a strong presence in various sectors of the energy industry, including mining, oil and gas, utilities, power generation, and alternative energy through both its Global Energy and U.S. Energy Casualty units, has expanded its team of experienced and dedicated leaders to include Greg Cropp, vice president of Energy Excess Casualty, and Marie Gwin, vice president of Energy Primary Casualty. Both have joined Zurich North America Commercial's Energy Casualty business unit. Cropp joins Zurich's U.S. Energy Excess Casualty team after nearly seven years with AIG, where most recently, he served as senior vice president, Global Marine and Energy Excess Casualty. Prior to AIG, he served for seventeen years at Chubb with roles including Mid-Atlantic region manager and Affinity Program marketing underwriter. Cropp’s responsibilities with Zurich will include oversight and management for the umbrella practice strategy, customer-centric leadership, setting direction, and accountability for production, profitability, and compliancy of the energy umbrella practice. Gwin assumes her new role as vice president, Primary Energy Casualty, for Zurich's U.S. Energy Casualty business, after nearly 28 years with Zurich, where she began as an underwriter in commercial insurance. Most recently, she served as vice president and chief underwriting officer for Energy Casualty. In her new role, Gwin's responsibilities include oversight and management for the primary casualty practice strategy, customer-centric leadership, setting direction, and accountability for production, profitability, and compliancy of the energy primary casualty practice. Both Cropp and Gwin will report directly to Patrick Lundy, head of Energy, North America Commercial.”

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“SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zurich, a leading property and casualty insurance provider globally and in North America, announced today that Steve Gillen has joined Zurich in a key new role as Global Head of Marine Claims. Effective immediately, Gillen will work closely with regional marine leadership and regional claims organizations to enhance Zurich’s claims proposition in support of the global marine specialty practice, and enhance claims capabilities in support of Zurich’s marine business. Gillen has more than 25 years of extensive experience in marine claims and risk engineering, most recently serving as senior vice president and president, Chartis Marine Claims Adjusters, Inc. Prior to his time at Chartis, Gillen held numerous senior level positions within the industry. Additionally, he has served as chairman of the Service Committee for the American Institute of Marine Underwriters for the last eight years, and is an adjunct professor with the American Institute of Marine Underwriters. He also holds the designation of U.S. Coast Guard Licensed Master…”

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“SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zurich, a leading property and casualty insurance provider globally and in North America, announced today that Doug Bergen has been appointed southwest regional property manager for its Global Corporate in North America business unit. Bergen will be located in Zurich’s Glendale, Calif. office…Bergen previously served as global property segment manager for Zurich’s large international property business. In his 18 years at Zurich, Bergen has served in a number of roles in Global Corporate, having spent time managing both the Western and Southeast regions. Bergen graduated from the University of South Dakota with a Bachelor of Science degree in history and math.”

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“SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zurich North America Commercial congratulates Seraina Maag, president of its Specialties business unit for being named one of Business Insurance’s 2009 ‘Women to Watch.’ Several hundred women are nominated, and the select winners are honored for ‘doing outstanding work in insurance, reinsurance, risk management, employee benefits, and related fields.’ According to Business Insurance, the winners must meet the following criteria: ‘achievements within the past three years, impact on the wider industry (not just within a woman's own organization), and role in promoting the advancement of women.’ ‘This award is a reflection of the energy and focus Seraina brings to her work,’ said Mike Foley, CEO of Zurich North America Commercial. Maag has been with Zurich since 2002, and joined Specialties as chief financial officer in 2006, after spending four years running Investor Relations & Rating Agencies for Zurich Financial Services in Switzerland…Prior to arriving at Zurich, Maag was a partner and financial analyst for NZB Neue Zuercher Bank in Zurich. She also spent more than 10 years with Swiss Re both in Zurich and in Melbourne, Australia. While at Swiss Re, she held a variety of senior management positions in areas including finance and underwriting surety and property & casualty lines…” In 2009, Maag was nominated as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, which annually identifies 200-300 exceptional young leaders who share a commitment to shaping the global future...”

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“SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zurich Financial Services Group has been named the best overall property insurer and workers' comp insurer by the readers of Business Insurance. Now in its fifth year, the Business Insurance Readers Choice Awards invite the publication’s readers to vote for the insurance industry companies they believe offer the best overall combination of quality, value, service and innovation. In addition to earning two Readers Choice awards, Zurich also was named to the Silver Circle as runner-up in the category of liability insurer.  ‘Zurich clearly has made a big impact on its customers during the past year, to win this level of recognition from Business Insurance readers across the admitted insurer categories,’ said Business Insurance Editor Regis Coccia. ‘Consistency is difficult to maintain for any company, but Zurich has done that in winning two Readers Choice awards and in being named to the Silver Circle as runner-up.’ ‘This is a great honor for Zurich and our employees from the readers of Business Insurance, many of whom are our valued customers,’ said Mike Foley, CEO of Zurich North America Commercial. ‘Our hard work is paying off.’”

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“SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zurich in North America announced today that it is offering its risk insights on how to prepare a commercial facility for winter hazards like snow and ice in a Web-based education program. The program titled, ‘Winter hazard control program: what you need to do to prepare’ is designed for business owners and facility, safety and risk managers. There is no charge to view the program. ‘Zurich's team of risk engineers researches statistics and analyzes our claims data in order to identify trends and issues affecting our customers,’ said Armand Fernandez, chief risk engineer for Zurich Services Corporation…”