Zurich Financial Services (Zurich) through its International Surety, Credit and Political Risk group has entered into a partnership with Italian financial services group SACE. The deal has been struck through Zurich's North American operation and will work in concert with the Italian insurance and financial group SACE, which is controlled by the country's Ministry of Economy and Finance. The partnership…

The US Health Reform law mandates that by 2014, US citizens must have health insurance coverage or otherwise pay a hefty US$695 annual fine. It is estimated that the Health Reform will reduce the number of the uninsured from 19% of US citizens in 2010 to 8% by 2016. The Health Reform law imposes new regulations and fees on insurers, and although it expands coverage to the millions of uninsured Americans,…