BR's Professional Liability Insurance for Lawyers is underwritten by Zurich North America.

Zurich North America (www.zurichna.com) is a leading commercial property-casualty insurance provider serving the multinational, middle market and small business sectors in the United States and Canada. Headquartered in Schaumburg, Ill., Zurich North America has 11,650 employees and wrote $10.9 billion in premiums in 2001. Zurich North America includes the Zurich U.S. business units as well as Universal Underwriters Group and Zurich North America Canada. The Zurich U.S. pool of companies is rated A (Excellent) by A.M. Best and A+ (Strong) by Standard & Poor's. Zurich North America is a member of the Zurich Financial Services Group.

The Zurich Financial Services Group (www.zurich.com) is an insurance – based financial services provider that focuses its activities on its key markets of  North America, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. Founded in 1872, the group is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. It has offices in approximately 60 countries and employs more than 70,000 people.