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Zurich
Allied, formerly Zurich Insurance, is a holding company formed when Zurich Insurance
merged with B.A.T. Financial Services. Zurich Allied owns 57% of the merged company,
called Zurich Financial Services. The third-largest insurance company in Europe (after AXA
and Allianz), Zurich Financial Services offers insurance, reinsurance, and asset
management. The company provides its services to 30 million customers through over 300
strategic business units.
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This company is an affiliate of one of what could be many
companies that have outstanding, unpaid claims
owed to Holocaust survivors, their heirs and beneficiaries, for life and property loss
resulting from the atrocities committed during the Holocaust. It is time for justice. |
To Contact Zurich
Zurich Allied AG
Mythenquai 2
8002 Zurich, Switzerland
Phone: +411 205-2121
Fax: +411 205-3618
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Zurichs Commitment
to Resolving Holocaust Era Claims
Zurich was the first insurance
company to sign the Memorandum of Understanding that led to the formation of the
International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims.
Delegate on the the
International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims.
Zurich formed its own
independent and international Commission of Eminent Persons to review and resolve
insurance claims.
(Arthur Andersen was retained as accounting advisors to Zurich.)
Zurich has undertaken an
advertising campaign in the United States in an effort to locate Holocaust survivors and
their heirs:
"A
Message from Zurich Insurance to Holocaust Survivors and Heirs"
Zurich Insurance Group remains committed to
thoroughly investigate and evaluate all inquiries on life insurance policies from the
World War II era and to honor all justified claims. Zurich believes that it has in place a
just, compassionate and equitable process for addressing claim of Holocaust survivors and
heirs of Holocaust victims. Moreover, Zurich welcomes and supports the initiative launched
by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to develop a mechanism for the
rapid resolution of Holocaust-related insurance claims.
In the period prior to and during World War II
Zurich, operating under the name of Vita Life, had developed a small life insurance
portfolio in various European countries. Through acquisitions in the sixties and nineties,
respectively, Agrippina Life in Germany and Geneva Life in Switzerland became members of
the Zurich Group. At all relevant times though, Zurich held a minor market position in
Germany and German occupied territories. Nevertheless, if you or a member of your family
has reason to believe that you are the beneficiary of a Zurich life insurance policy
dating from that time period, your inquiry can be channeled through your state insurance
commissioner's office or you may contact us directly at our Help Line telephone number
listed below. Any inquiry will be handled with expediency, understanding and compassion.
To further underline its commitment, Zurich has
also formed an independent four person intention Commission of Eminent Persons. Its
members are: John C. Whitehead, former Deputy Secretary of State during the Reagan
administration and currently Chairman of the Board of the International Rescue Committee;
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, President of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation and Senior Rabbi
of New York Citys Park East Synagogue; Margrith Bigler-Eggenberger, former Justice
of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, and Gyorgy Suranyi, President of the National bank of
Hungary. The Commission has been set up to review and help resolve Holocaust-related life
insurance cases submitted to the company.
You can reach us at our HELP LINE number (888)
301-9740.
Source: http://www.zurich.com.
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Legal Claims Against Zurich
Zurich Allied is is named as defendants in two class action lawsuits
that are currently before a U.S. federal court:
Winters et al. v.
Assicurazioni Generali SpA Consolidated, et al.
Cornell et al. v. Assicurazioni Generali SpA Consolidated, et al.
Zurich Allied is also a named defendant in an individual lawsuit brought
in a California state court:
Stern v.
Assicurazioni Generali SpA Consolidated, et al.
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Selected Financial Data
For the Six Months Ended
June 30, 1998
Revenue: $ 19,108 million
Net Income: $ 1,416 million
For the Year Ended
December 31, 1997
Revenue: $ 35,726
Net Income: $ 2,142
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Zurich Group's Executive Board
Rolf Huppi, CEO
David Allvey
William H. Bolinder
Peter Eckert
Martin Feinstein
Heinrich Focke
Gunther Gose
Alexander Park Leitch
Dirk Lohmann
Frank Schnewlin
Edmond D. Villani
Enlarged Group Executive Board
Richard F. Johnson
Adriano Passardi
Gunnar Stokholm
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Selected Subsidiaries
- Austria
- Zurich Kosmos, Vienna
- Zuritel, Vienna
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- Belgium
- Zurich Compagnie dAssurances, Brussels
- Zurich Compagnie dAssurances sur la Vie, Brussels
- Zurich International (Belgique) S.A., Brussels
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- Czech Republic
- Zurich Pojistovna, Prague
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- France
- Zurich Compagnies dAssurances, Paris
- Zurich International (France) S.A., Paris
- Eagle Star Vie S.A., Paris
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- Germany
- Zurich Versicherungs-Gesellschaft, Frankfurt/Main
- Zurich Versicherungs Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt
- Zurich International (Deutschland) Versicherungs- Aktiengesellschaft,
Frankfurt/Main
- Zurich Leen, Frankfurt/Main
- Zurich Rechtsschutz, Frankfurt/Main
- Agrippina Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft, Cologne
- Agrippina Rechtsschutzversicherung AG, Cologne
- DA Deutsche Allgemeine Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft, Eschborn
- DA Deutsche Allgemeine Leben Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft, Eschborn
- Patria Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft, Cologne
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- Italy
- "Zurigo" Compagnia di Assicurazioni, Milan
- Zurich International (Italia) S.p/A., Milan
- "Zurigo" Compagnia di Assicurazioni sulla Vita, Milan
- Minerva Vita S.p.A., Milan
- Sicurta 1879 Assicurazioni S.p.A., Milan
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- Poland
- Zurich Handlowy Insurance SA
- Zurich Handlowy Life Insurance SA
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- Spain
- Eagle Star Segiros Generlaes, Barcelona
- Zurich Espana, Compania de Seguros y Reaseguros, S.A., Barcelona
- Zurich Vida, Madrid
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- Switzerland
- Zurich Financial Services, Group Head Office, Zurich
- Zurich Insurance Company, Zurich Switzerland, Opfikon-Glattbrugg
- Alpina Insurance Company, Zurich
- Geneva General Insurance Company, Geneva
- Geneva Life Insurance Company, Geneva
- Orion Rechtsschutz, Basel
- Turegum Immobilien AG, Glattbrugg
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- United Kingdom
- Allied Dunbar, Swindon
- Eagle Star, Cheltenham
- Eagle star Life, Cheltenham
- Eagle Star International Life, Reading
- Eagle Star International Life, Isle of Man
- Home & Overseas, London
- Navigators & General, Brighton
- Zurich Insurance Company, Portsmouth
- Zurich International (UK) Limited, London
- Zurich Life Assurance Company Limited, Portsmouth
- General Surety & Guarantee Ltd, Wilmslow
- Sterling Assurance, Swindon
- Zurich Financial Services (Channel Islands), Jersey
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- United States
- Farmers Group, Los Angeles
- Farmers New World Life, Mercer Island
- Zurich-American Insurance Group, Schaumburg
- Empire Fire & Marine, Omaha
- Zurich Commercial, Baltimore
- Fidelity and Deposit Companies, Baltimore
- Maryland Netherlands Credit Insurance Company, Baltimore
- Universal Underwriteres Group, Overland Park
- Risk Enterprise Management Ltd., New York
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