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Former Banker And Zurich Insurance CEO Martin Senn Found Dead

A former banker and Swiss insurance company CEO has been found dead in an apparent suicide at a holiday resort. It comes three years after a former chief financial officer of Switzerland’s Zurich Insurance Group was also found dead after committing suicide. The Independent reports: Zurich Insurance Group said Martin Senn, who ran the company for six years until last December, killed himself on Friday. He was 59. Swiss police from the eastern Graubünden region were called to a holiday resort apartment in the town of Klosters, near Davos, regional police spokesman Roman Rueegg said. He denied to comment on the suspected cause of death. In a brief statement issued on Monday, Zurich Insurance expressed its “great shock and sadness” at Mr Senn’s death and said “his family informed us that Martin took his life last Friday.” The company said it would not be making any further comment, “out of respect to Martin and to his family.” Mr Senn, who was a Swiss national, left the company at the end of last year saying there had been “some setbacks” but the company was in good shape overall. He described his time at Zurich as “very intense” when he announced he was stepping down. [...]