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AI Innovations Dominate the 2025 Zurich Innovation Championship

On October 16, 2025, Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) welcomed startups, industry experts, AI pioneers, customers and investors to its inaugural Innovation Festival. This event sparked new connections and fresh thinking, bringing together some of the brightest minds shaping the future of insurance.

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Nearmap, Zurich advance property underwriting with AI integration

Zurich North America embeds high-resolution aerial imagery and AI-powered roof scoring from Nearmap into underwriting systems to help assess risk efficiently and tailor coverage to the risk.

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Zurich’s Agentic AI Hyper Challenge generates over 200 prototypes to accelerate insurance innovation

Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) has completed the first phase of its Agentic AI Hyper Challenge, the first dedicated global initiative of its kind in the insurance industry focused on Agentic AI.

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Creating a Dazzle

Meet the Zurich Innovation Championship mascot, Zeek the Zebra

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What T. rex can teach us about innovation

If evolution favors the nimble and agile, as opposed to the biggest and meanest, then working with startups puts us on the right path for the future.

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Building an innovation mindset

Startups with great technology and groundbreaking solutions have featured in the Zurich Innovation Championship for more than six years. But the program has also embedded a new culture of innovation in Zurich’s businesses around the world. Learn more…

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Zurich's global startup program crowns nine winners of Innovation Championship 2024

The nine winners of Zurich Insurance Group’s (Zurich) global startup program, the Zurich Innovation Championship, showcase a breadth of initiatives in line with the company’s ambition to leverage technology to transform its customer experience.

The origins of innovation can lie in the most unexpected of places. But where do these moments of inspiration and great ideas come from? Three innovative startups give the lowdown on their creative journeys.

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How do entrepreneurs innovate?

Where do entrepreneurs find inspiration and great ideas? Innovative startups give the lowdown on their creative journeys.

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Zurich Innovation Championship announces 13 winners

Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) has picked 13 startups to transform the world of insurance and find new ways to serve customers, in the latest edition of the Zurich Innovation Championship.