Firm analysis

Zurich Assurance Ltd complaint analysis

A public analysis page covering published Financial Ombudsman decisions involving Zurich Assurance Ltd, including outcome context, product mix, complaint themes, and representative cases.

Page summary

981 published decisions involving Zurich Assurance Ltd, with product mix, upheld-rate context, complaint themes, precedent signals, and representative cases.

Published decisions

981

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

28.9%

283 upheld decisions

Latest published decision 30 Jan 2026

Published decisions

981

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

28.9%

283 upheld decisions

Leading product

Investment and pensions

438 decisions

Leading complaint theme

Delay In Claim Handling

131 tagged decisions

Zurich Assurance Ltd at a glance

Zurich Assurance Ltd appears in 981 published decisions in this corpus. 28.9% of those decisions were upheld, which gives a public view of how often complaints involving this firm ended in a fully upheld outcome in the final published set.

Investment and pensions is the firm’s clearest product exposure in the published decisions, with 438 decisions and an upheld rate of 25.3%.

  • Latest active year in the published data: 2026 (2 decisions)
  • Most common complaint theme: Delay In Claim Handling
  • Most common precedent signal: Disp

Volume and outcome trajectory

Zurich Assurance Ltd's decision trail runs from 2013 to 2026. That range gives enough public history to see whether complaint exposure has been broad-based or concentrated into certain years.

In the latest year represented here, Zurich Assurance Ltd appeared in 2 published decisions with an upheld rate of 0.0%.

  • 2026: 2 decisions, 0.0% upheld
  • 2025: 102 decisions, 30.4% upheld
  • 2024: 49 decisions, 30.6% upheld
  • 2023: 81 decisions, 38.3% upheld
  • 2022: 78 decisions, 21.8% upheld

Themes, products, and precedent signals

Delay In Claim Handling is the strongest complaint-theme signal tied to Zurich Assurance Ltd in the published decisions. In this corpus, those themes are the most stable public proxy for complaint “type”.

Disp, Cobs, Conc are the most visible precedent signals in the firm’s published decisions. That gives extra context on the rules and fairness arguments appearing most often around the firm.

  • Investment and pensions: 438 decisions
  • Second complaint theme: Affordability Assessment Failure
  • Second precedent signal: Cobs

Representative cases

Recent published decisions in this slice

5 examples shown

DRN-449372430 Jan 2026Not upheld

Zurich Assurance Ltd · Insurance

My final decision is that I don’t uphold this complaint. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mrs J , Mr K, Mr M, Mr D and Rev J as trustees of the G Trust to accept or reject my decision before 27 February 2026.

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DRN-564713830 Jan 2026Not upheld

Zurich Assurance Ltd · Insurance

My final decision is that I don’t uphold this complaint. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mr G, Ms G, Ms G and Ms G as trustees of the G Trust to accept or reject my decision before 27 February 2026.

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DRN-599126722 Dec 2025Upheld

Zurich Assurance Ltd · Insurance

DRN-5991267 The complaint Mr D complains that Zurich Assurance Ltd has turned down claims he made on a personal Level Protection Plan. What happened The circumstances of this complaint are well-known to both parties. So I’ve simply set out a summary of what I think are the key events. M... (5 pages)

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DRN-603263118 Dec 2025Upheld

Zurich Assurance Ltd · Insurance

DRN-6032631 The complaint Mr and Mrs E are unhappy that Zurich Assurance Limited declined a claim made under their personal protection insurance policy, which includes critical illness benefit for their children (‘the policy’). What happened I issued my provisional decision, explaining... (4 pages)

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DRN-517601517 Dec 2025Upheld

Zurich Assurance Ltd · Insurance

DRN-5176015 The complaint Mr and Mrs W complain about a reviewable whole of life policy they hold with Zurich Assurance Ltd. They’re unhappy with the outcome of a policy review held in 2022 which meant that the premiums needed to increase significantly in order to maintain the sum assur... (4 pages)

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