ThE financial -- Zurich Financial Services Group announces the appointment of Francis Bouchard to the position of Group Head of Government and Industry Affairs, effective April 1, 2012. Mr. Bouchard, currently Global Head of Sales, Distribution and Marketing for Zurich's Global Corporate business, succeeds Peter Buomberger who will retire at the end of June 2012.

The FINANCIAL -- ING announced on 17 February, that it has completed the sale of ING Direct USA to Capital One as announced on 16 June 2011.

The FINANCIAL -- Zurich Financial Services Group announced that the Board of Directors will propose a name change to the Annual General Meeting of shareholders on March 29, 2012.

The FINANCIAL -- ING confirms today that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has approved the acquisition of ING Direct USA by Capital One from ING Group.

The FINANCIAL -- How does a company earn a reputation? And what does it actually mean? To discuss these questions, some 30 participants from leading European businesses convened in Munich on January 25 for the first Allianz Reputation Day co-hosted by the Reputation Institute and Bain & Company.