About Zurich Financial Services Group
Zurich Financial Services Group was founded in 1872, is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, is Switzerland's first multinational insurance companies. Insurance Zurich Financial Services Group is the core business of financial services, its global network of branches and offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America and other markets. Zurich Financial Services Group is a Fortune Magazine (Fortune) 500 companies in the world top 100 enterprises. In 2006, the latest list ranked No. 63. Zurich Financial Services Group's financial strength based on sound and focused business development strategy, access to Standard & Poor's "A" rating.
In 1998 Zurich Financial Services Group and British American Tobacco companies merged to form Zurich Financial Services Group, and has successfully merged the British American Financial Services (including property and casualty insurance subsidiary of Eagle Star, Life of the Allied Dunbar), and the U.S. Farmers and other international well-known financial service institutions, the Group even stronger, as the world's most famous top ten financial and insurance groups.
Zurich Financial Services Group has the following well-known brands and companies: Joint Dunbar, Eagle Star Group, Farmers Insurance Group, Zurich Group, Terai Ned, with a total assets of $ 424 billion, 49 billion premium income, 35 million customers, 70,000 employees people. Zurich Financial is a world leader in household, internationally recognized in the global financial and insurance services group with core businesses in non-life insurance, life insurance, reinsurance and asset management operations in 50 countries and regions, as has the global strength and technology and understanding of local markets, making the group in the world based on the very few truly global financial services groups.
Zurich Financial Services Group in 2005 return on equity rate of 15.5%, 1.9%; Zurich Financial Services Group operating profit of $ 3.947 billion, growing 32% over last year; operating profit after tax return on shareholders' equity grew by 30% and up to each shares of $ 21.8. Standard & Poor's rating agency (Standard Poor) to give Zurich Group A + rating, the insurance industry well-known rating agency AMBest also are given A's excellent comment.
Insurance group Zurich Financial Services locations worldwide, including North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and other regional markets, currently employs approximately 55,000 people worldwide service to customers in over 120 countries.
