Zurich North America Financial Enterprises Offers E-RiskEdge™ CD-ROM to Educate Businesses About E-commerce Risks

Dateline: 24/10/2002

New Interactive Tool Helps Companies Assess their E-commerce Exposure

SCHAUMBURG, IL, October 24, 2002-- Zurich North America Financial Enterprises announced today the release of its E-RiskEdge CD-ROM, an interactive educational tool designed to help companies learn how to protect themselves from e-commerce risks. Utilizing detailed scenarios that explore e-commerce exposures and quizzes that test knowledge of common e-commerce risks, users are provided immediate feedback on areas of vulnerability and recommended courses of action.

Dave O’Neill, vice president of e-Business Solutions, said, "Zurich recognizes the great potential -- and great dangers -- of conducting business online. For example, hackers and viruses, which represent the most serious e-commerce risks, cost businesses billions of dollars each year. The E-RiskEdge CD is designed to actively involve the user in recognizing the potential for problems before they happen and taking important preventative measures."

In addition, the CD-ROM contains information about the features and benefits of Zurich’s E-RiskEdge program, which provides broad coverage for many e-commerce exposures in a single, integrated policy. Loss examples and suggested E-RiskEdge solutions are also included to demonstrate how the policy would protect the user in real-world situations.

The E-RiskEdge CD-ROM can be obtained, at no cost, by calling 1-800-821-4635 or sending an e-mail to cynthia.brown@zurichna.com.

Zurich North America (www.zurichna.com) is a leading commercial property-casualty insurance provider serving the multinational, middle market and small business sectors in the United States and Canada. Headquartered in Schaumburg, Ill., Zurich North America has 11,650 employees and wrote $10.9 billion in premiums in 2001. Zurich North America includes the Zurich U.S. business units (Corporate Customer, Middle Markets, Small Business, Strategic Partnerships, Construction, Specialties, Zurich Global Energy, Surety & Financial Enterprises and Empire Fire and Marine), as well as Universal Underwriters Group and Zurich North America Canada. The Zurich U.S. pool of companies is rated A (excellent) by A.M. Best and A+ (strong) by Standard & Poor's. Zurich North America is a member of the Zurich Financial Services Group.

Zurich Financial Services is an insurance-based financial services provider with an international network that focuses its activities on its key markets of North America, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. Founded in 1872, Zurich is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. It has offices in approximately 60 countries and employs well over 70,000 people.

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