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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Zurich American Insurance Company
Current Parent Company: Zurich Insurance
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Penalty: $171,700,000
Year: 2006
Date: March 20, 2006
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Mega-Scandal: Price Fixing
Violation Description: Zurich American Insurance Company agreed to pay $151.7 million in restitution, $20 million to the states and reform its business practices to settle multistate allegations that it unlawfully rigged bids for commercial insurance and made undisclosed payments to brokers for steering clients to Zurich.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: Switzerland
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: insurance
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