Zurich Financial Services is an insurance provider based out of Switzerland. They provide core business services worldwide particularly in Europe, Asia Pacific, North America and Latin America. This case study reviews the SEC’s charges against the fraudulent financial reporting of Zurich’s reinsurance group, which operated under the name Zurich Re and was later spun off to Converium in a 2001 public offering. The commission’s complaint alleged that Zurich aided and abetted Converium’s violation of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. Beginning in 1999, Zurich improperly designed three reinsurance transactions that eventually lead to the material misstatements of Converium’s earnings and financial performance. Eventually, the fraudulent reporting lead to financial statements showing net proceeds of $1.6 billion from the sale of securities through the Converium IPO. These transactions lead to the SEC’s investigation of the reinsurance transactions and associated profits and underreported losses. ………………….