John Amore

CEO General Insurance

1948, US Citizen

John Amore is a member of the Group Executive Committee and CEO Global General Insurance of Zurich Financial Services (Zurich). Mr. Amore joined Zurich US (now Zurich North America) in 1992. Before being named CEO of Zurich US in December 2000, he served as CEO of the Zurich US Specialties business unit. In July 2001 he became a member of the Group Executive Committee and was appointed CEO of the North America Corporate Business Division. He held this position until the end of August 2004. In April 2004 he was appointed Head of Global General Insurance, and since September 2004 he has been concentrating on this global leadership role.

Before joining Zurich, he was vice chairman of the Commerce and Industry Insurance Company, a member company of American International Group (AIG).

Mr. Amore is the immediate past chairman of the American Insurance Association and has served on its board since 2001. He serves as director on the board of overseers for the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science at St. John’s University in New York. He is an elected partner for the Partnership for New York City, an organization dedicated to maintaining the city’s position as a global center of commerce and innovation and serves on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors.

Mr. Amore graduated with a degree in management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach (US), and with an MBA in finance from New York University.