ADVISORY/Zurich North America to Host "Managing Transplant Outcomes" Panel Discussion during Transplantation Conference.

Business Editors

ADVISORY...for Monday (April 29)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Zurich North America 

What:    Experts from the medical, insurance and business
         communities will examine strategies for managing
         transplant outcomes at a special panel discussion
         during the 2002 Trends, New Technologies and
         Management in the Field of Transplantation Seminar
         in New Orleans.

Who:     Members of the press are invited to the discussion,
         which features:

         Dr. Jeffrey Steers, M.D., Director of Transplantation,
         Mayo Clinic, who will discuss how new technologies
         in the field of transplantation can enable more people
         to receive transplants and increases survivor rates.

         Richard Richiski, Executive Vice President, Zurich
         North America, who will address new ways in which
         insurance is being used to help customers receive
         the best possible care while managing transplant
         costs.

         Tim Koch, President, SRI, who will focus on disease
         management as it relates to transplants and the
         impact of using a highly specialized transplant
         medical center.

         John Hackworth, PH. D, consultant, who will address
         how HMOs and employers can maximize outcomes through
         quality care and cost management.

         Robert Alvin, Vice President of Administration,
         National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, who
         will discuss the growing need for transplant
         insurance as an employee benefit.

     And a University of Miami liver transplant survivor who will
                  share recent first-hand experience.

When:    Monday, April 29, 2002
         6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Where:   New Orleans Hilton
         Horizons Room, Riverside
         Poydras At Mississippi River
         New Orleans, LA

Sponsored by Special Risk International (SRI), the three-day Trends, New Technologies and Cost Management in the Field of Transplantation Seminar (April 28-30, 2002) is expected to attract more than 100 medical directors, case managers and employee benefits managers from across the country who want to learn more about the latest care and cost management trends in organ transplantation.

Zurich North America (www.zurichna.com) is a leading commercial property-casualty, health and accident 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, Warranty, 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+ (superior) by A.M. Best and AA-(very strong) by Standard & Poor's. Zurich North America is a member of the Zurich Financial Services Group.

The Zurich Financial Services Group (www.zurich.com) is a global leader of integrated financial services, providing its customers solutions in the areas of financial protection (non-life insurance and structured solutions) and asset gathering (life insurance and asset management). The Group focuses its activities on key markets (North America, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Europe) and selected other markets where it has or can reach a competitive position. The Group achieved gross premiums of $56 billion in 2001. Founded in 1872, Zurich is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. It has offices in more than 60 countries and about 70,000 employees.