Zenith National Insurance Corp. is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. Zenith National Insurance Corp. is the holding company for Zenith Insurance Company and its subsidiaries, including ZNAT Insurance Company ("Zenith").

Since 1977, Zenith Insurance Company has been a specialist in workers' compensation

Workers' compensation

Workers' compensation is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee's right to sue his or her employer for the tort of negligence...

. Zenith conducts business in 45 states and the District of Columbia through independent insurance agencies. Zenith also offers property, liability and auto insurance to agricultural businesses in California.

In May 2010, A.M. Best Company affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) of Zenith National Insurance Corp. and its subsidiaries.

Officers

• Stanley R. Zax – President, Chairman of the Board & CEO
• Michael E. Jansen – Executive Vice President & General Counsel and Secretary
• Hyman J. Lee Jr. – Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
• Jack D. Miller – Executive Vice President
• Davidson M. Pattiz – Executive Vice President
• Kari L. Van Gundy – Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Board of directors

Zenith National Insurance Corp.

• Andrew A. Barnard – President and Chief Operating Officer, Fairfax Ins. Group
• Anthony F. Griffiths – Independent Business Consultant and Corporate Director
• Alan D. Horn – Chairman, Rogers Communications Inc.
• Michael E. Jansen – Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Zenith National Insurance Corp. and Zenith Insurance Company
• Bradley Martin – Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Corporate Secretary, Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited
• Brandon W. Sweitzer – Senior Fellow of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States
• Kari L. Van Gundy – Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Zenith National Insurance Corp. and Zenith Insurance Company
• V. Prem Watsa
  Prem Watsa
  Prem Watsa was born in 1950 in Hyderabad, India and is the founder, chairman, and chief executive of Fairfax Financial Holdings, based in Toronto, Ontario....
  
   – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited
• Stanley R. Zax – Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Zenith National Insurance Corp. and Zenith Insurance Company

Zenith Insurance Company

• Michael E. Jansen – Executive Vice President & General Counsel
• Jack D. Miller – Vice Chairman
• Kari L. Van Gundy – Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
• Stanley R. Zax – President, Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer

Ratings

A.M. Best

A.M. Best

A.M. Best Company, Inc., headquartered in Oldwick, New Jersey, is a rating agency designated as a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission....

: A (Excellent)

S&P Financial

Standard & Poor's

Standard & Poor's is a United States-based financial services company. It is a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks and bonds. It is well known for its stock-market indices, the US-based S&P 500, the Australian S&P/ASX 200, the Canadian...

: A- (Strong)

Moody's Investors Service: A3 (Good)

External links

• http://www.prweb.com/releases/PrimeInsurance/WorkersCompensation/prweb8941770.htm
• http://www.thezenith.com/index.html
• http://www.indeed.com/cmp/Zenith-Insurance-Company