Zurich updates Innovation Championship programme to scout for problem solving startups

Joel Agard

Insurer introduces ‘venture client engine’ element to collaboration scheme, looking to build ‘eye to eye’ partnerships with startups

Insurer Zurich has today (12 March 2025) relaunched its Innovation Championship programme to focus on proactively scouting “zebra” startups or ringfencing internal technologies, such as application programming interfaces or artificial intelligence, that can be used to help tackle market-wide challenges for brokers and direct customers.

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