Real Estate - The Zurich Difference
Whether you own or manage an office building, retail outlet, industrial warehouse, residential apartment building or condo association, we can offer a coverage solution.
Comprehensive coverage for property, casualty and specialty needs with customizable options and capacity to write large property portfolios is our specialty. Although our reach is global, we understand the unique issues and needs of the Canadian real estate industry.
Coverage breadth
Zurich provides a bundled solution offering the following coverages:
- Property
- Time Element
- Liability
- Automobile
- Equipment Breakdown
- Builders Risk and Blanket Builders Risk
- Terrorism
- Environmental Impairment – Z Choice™ REEL or Enhanced Pollution endorsement
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Target customer
Zurich targets customers that invest in real estate for a profit with locations that are primarily fire-resistive or non-combustible construction.

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Ease of doing business
Zurich provides:
- Seamless account management so underwriters from all disciplines consider an entire account
- Capability and capacity to manage accounts with locations across Canada and around the world
- A compliant solution for properties in the U.S. and elsewhere
- Significant capacity with up to $315M per location
- Knowledgeable local underwriters with regional commitment and authority
- Dedicated international program underwriters consider your risk from a global perspective, optimizing limits, retentions, terms and conditions so they match your risk management approach while taking into account the many local country variances that can affect your program
- Total account underwriting strategy with ability to handle portfolios with challenging exposures
- Access to our proprietary claims assessment tool to help analyze your claims data and identify loss trends to determine appropriate risk management actions
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Financial strength
With a 130 year history and a strong future, Zurich Financial Services Group enjoys excellent third-party ratings and significant capacity
- Solid financial strength: A.M. Best A+/stable, Standard & Poor’s AA-/stable and Moody’s Aa3/stable
- Programs for risk exposure available in more than 170 countries through the Zurich Group
- A global practice with over $1.8B in GWP in real estate
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