
Zurich Financial Services Group, a Fortune 500 company, was founded in 1872 as the first multinational insurance company in Switzerland and a financial service institution with insurance as its core business
Founded in 1872 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich) is the first multinational insurance company in Switzerland.
Zurich Financial Services Group is a financial services organization with insurance as its core business, with a global network of branches and offices in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and other markets. Zurich Financial Services Group is one of the top 100 companies in the Fortune Global 500. It was ranked 63rd in the latest list published in 2006. Zurich Financial Services Group's financial strength is based on a robust and focused business development strategy and has been awarded an "A" rating by Standard & Poor's.
In 1998, Zurich Group merged with British American Tobacco Financial Services to form Zurich Financial Services Group, and successfully merged British American Financial Services (including Eagle Star with property insurance, Allied Dunbar from life insurance), and Farmers from the United States and other internationally renowned financial service institutions, making the group even stronger and becoming one of the world's top ten most famous financial and insurance groups.
Zurich Financial Services Group owns the following well-known brands and companies: United Dunbar, Eagle Star Group, Farmers Insurance Group, Zurich Group, Tlaneid, etc., with total assets of 424 billion US dollars, premium income of 49 billion yuan, 35 million customers and 70,000 employees. Zurich Financial is a world-leading, internationally recognized global group engaged in financial and insurance services, with core business of non-life insurance, life insurance, reinsurance and asset management, with operations in more than 50 countries and regions.