Awards 2010: Insurer of the year: Zurich Financial Services

 

As insurers move towards Solvency II, a key challenge is to view risks in a holistic way, so that they are considered on the basis of the entire balance sheet, rather than the silo-based approach that has been a feature of risk management in the past. And one insurer that has proved itself able to look at risks in such a way is Zurich Financial Services (ZFS). This year saw the upgrading of its Global Risk Assessment Module (Gloram), which enables ZFS’s customers to look at risks not only from