John J. Amore
Retired Chief Executive Officer of the General Insurance Division, Zurich Financial Services Group
John J. Amore retired as a member of the Group Executive Committee of Zurich Financial Services Group, now known as Zurich Insurance Group, Ltd., in 2010, for which he continued to act as a consultant through 2012.
From 2004 through 2010, he served as CEO of the Global General Insurance business segment after having served as CEO of the Zurich North America Corporate business division from 2001 through 2004. He became CEO of Zurich U.S. in 2000, having previously served as CEO of the Zurich U.S. Specialties business unit. Before joining Zurich in 1992, he was vice chairman of Commerce and Industry Insurance Company, a subsidiary of American International Group, Inc. (“AIG”). John served as a delegate for the Geneva Association and is an Overseer Emeritus of the Board of Overseers for the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science at St. John’s University in New York. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the W. F. Casey Foundation, Brooklyn, New York and the Board of Trustees and Finance, Audit and Investment Committees of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.