About Zurich

Zurich Insurance: A proud PGA TOUR title sponsor

Zurich Insurance is proud to be one of the longest-standing PGA TOUR title sponsors, with a 21-year history that began just months before Hurricane Katrina in 2005. This enduring partnership has transformed the Zurich Classic into more than just a golf tournament—it’s a catalyst for positive change both on and beyond the golf course.

Unique team format

Zurich is also proud to be a part of the Zurich Classic with its team format, the only two-man team event on the PGA TOUR.

Delivering resilience through insurance and risk management

Zurich delivers insurance and risk management services to help make businesses and people more resilient. As one of the largest providers of insurance solutions and services to businesses and individuals, Zurich serves mid-sized and large businesses, including over 90% of the Fortune 500. Recognized by Fortune as one of the “World’s Most Admired Companies,” Zurich has earned its reputation through dedication and excellence.

Values-driven and inclusive organization

Zurich is a values-driven, merit-based, results-oriented, and inclusive organization. The company recognizes that its people are central to its success and strives to maintain a work environment where employees’ voices and perspectives are diverse, behaviors and actions are inclusive, and everyone feels a strong sense of belonging. This inclusive culture ensures that Zurich employees can be at their best, driving the company’s performance and delivering exceptional service to its customers and society, now and in the future.

Part of a global insurance leader

Zurich North America is part of Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich), a leading multi-line insurer founded more than 150 years ago. Zurich has grown into a business serving more than 75 million customers in over 200 countries and territories, delivering industry-leading total shareholder returns.

Reflecting its purpose to ‘create a brighter future together,’ Zurich offers protection services that go beyond traditional insurance to support its customers in building resilience. Since 2020, the Zurich Forest project supports reforestation and biodiversity restoration in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest.

The Group has more than 63,000 employees and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Zurich Insurance Group Ltd (ZURN) is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and has a level I American Depositary Receipt (ZURVY) program, traded over-the-counter on OTCQX.

The Zurich Classic and its impact

Zurich North America has a special relationship with New Orleans, the host city for the Zurich Classic, and with the Fore!Kids Foundation, which plans and oversees the Zurich Classic and distributes the proceeds to nonprofits.

Since 2005, when Zurich became the title sponsor of the PGA TOUR event, Zurich has stood by the city and its people, from the depths of Hurricane Katrina through the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Zurich Classic was the first major sporting event to return to the city after Katrina in 2006.

Then, in 2020, when the pandemic forced the cancellation of the tournament, Zurich provided the charitable funding that a typical year’s tournament would generate—more than $1.5 million. Fore!Kids rapidly adapted to pandemic safety protocols to distribute those funds to nonprofits in the New Orleans area when people needed support more than ever.

Economic and charitable contributions

Since Zurich became the title sponsor, the Tournament has generated more than $700 million in economic activity for the New Orleans community. In that time—together with the Fore!Kids Foundation—Zurich Insurance has raised over $30 million for charitable organizations, supporting 200,000 children in need annually. Last year, the Zurich Classic set a record with more than $3.3 million in charitable donations.

Commitment to community resilience

Zurich’s commitment to New Orleans exemplifies how it collaborates with others to create resilience and help the communities it serves. Further information about Zurich’s involvement in golf and the Zurich Classic is available at https://www.zurichna.com/about/golf.