Zurich North America helps feed 600 children alongside PGA TOUR golfer Justin Rose through Blessings in a Backpack

Schaumburg, Ill., October 18, 2012 /3BL Media/ - During its 100 year anniversary of insuring America this year, Zurich is building upon its “100 Ways” program, completing 100+ projects of service for communities across U.S. and Canada in 2012, by continuing to support Blessings in a Backpack alongside PGA TOUR golfer Justin Rose through the “Birdies for Blessings” program.

For every birdie Rose makes on TOUR, he and his wife Kate donate $80, the cost to feed one child on the weekends for a year, to Blessings in a Backpack, an organization helping ensure underprivileged school children across America are receiving proper nourishment on the weekends, and in turn, Zurich matches their contribution.

Jennifer Torneden, head of Golf Ambassador Sponsorship Program for Zurich in North America presented a check for $24,240 to the Justin and Kate Rose Foundation on Oct. 15, 2012.

“As part of our 100 years of insuring America, we’re proud to continue to support such great causes like Blessings in a Backpack as part of our relationship with the PGA TOUR,” said Torneden. “Caring about people and our communities through active engagement is important to our heritage and who we are as a company today.”

Zurich is proud to support the PGA TOUR's mission of "Together, anything's possible" through its combined support of Blessings in a Backpack, which contributes more than $110,000 to the program annually.

For more information about Zurich’s 100-year anniversary insuring America, please visit www.Zurichna.com/100.

About Zurich
Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) is a leading multi-line insurance provider with a global network of subsidiaries and offices in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East as well as other markets. It offers a wide range of general insurance and life insurance products and services for individuals, small businesses, mid-sized and large companies as well as multinational corporations. Zurich employs about 60,000 people serving customers in more than 170 countries. The Group, formerly known as Zurich Financial Services Group, is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, where it was founded in 1872. The holding company, Zurich Insurance Group Ltd (ZURN), is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and has a level I American Depositary Receipt program which is traded over-the-counter on OTCQX. Further information about Zurich is available at www.zurich.com.

In North America, Zurich is a leading commercial property-casualty insurance provider serving the global corporate, large corporate, middle market, specialties and programs sectors. Life insurance offered in the United States is issued by Zurich American Life Insurance Company, an Illinois domestic life insurance company. For more information about the products and services it offers and people Zurich employs around the world, go to http://www.zurichna.com/zna/aboutzurich/zna-home.htm. 2012 marks Zurich's 100 year anniversary of insuring America and the success of its customers, shareholders and employees. Further information about Zurich's 100 year anniversary of insuring America is available at http://www.zurichna.com/100.