Jun 5, 2014
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Although net profit rose in the first quarter of 2014 from the same period a year earlier, thanks to returns on its investments, Zurich Insurance is continuing with a plan to cut hundreds of jobs in Switzerland and elsewhere.
Although net profit rose in the first quarter of 2014 from the same period a year earlier, thanks to returns on its investments, Zurich Insurance is continuing with a plan to cut hundreds of jobs in Switzerland and elsewhere. A three-year programme aims to save Zurich Insurance 180 million euros by the end of 2015, with measures including cutting 800 jobs and removing management layers between the group and its business units.
English: http://www.thelocal.ch/20140515/insurer-zurich-sticks-to-swiss-job-cuts-plan
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