Other 2009 Insurance Executive Forum speakers:
Seraina Maag is president of Zurich’s Specialty Products business unit in North America. She joined Zurich’s Specialty Products business unit as chief financial officer in 2006, after spending four years running Investor Relations and Rating Agencies for Zurich Financial Services in Switzerland. In that role, Maag was responsible for managing the group’s relationships with investors, analysts, and rating agencies on a global basis. Prior to joining Zurich in 2002, Maag was a partner and financial analyst for Neue Zuercher Bank in Zurich.
She also spent more than 10 years with Swiss Re in Zurich and Melbourne, Australia. While at Swiss Re, she held a variety of senior management positions in areas including finance and underwriting surety and property and casualty lines. Maag holds an M.B.A. from Monash Mt. Eliza Business School in Australia. She is a chartered financial analyst (CFA), as well as a member of the CFA Institute and the Association of Professional Insurance Women (APIW).
In 2009, Maag was nominated as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, which annually identifies 200- 300 exceptional young leaders who share a commitment to shaping the global future.