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ZURICH EXTENDS TITLE SPONSORSHIP OF NEW ORLEANS PGA EVENT

Zurich Financial Services Group agreed a deal to sponsor the New Orleans annual PGA event for another two years, extending the deal to 2010.

The Zurich Classic of New Orleans will be held in the last two weeks of March 2008 and hopes to attract top players. Neither Zurich nor PGA revealed the value of the deal extension.

As New Orleans still recovers from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, Zurich chief executive James Schiro announced on Monday: “I can look to my shareholders, I can look to my employees and know what we're doing here is helping change lives and helping people recover."