subsidiary industry insurance founded 1949 1949 headquarters woodland hills california key people jack d. miller chairman of the board kari l. van gundy president and chief executive officer owner fairfax financial number of employees 1466 2014 1 website www.thezenith.com zenith insurance company is a us insurance company headquartered in california specializing in workers compensation insurance . it has been an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of canadian fairfax financial since 2010 . 2 zenith operates nationally in the workers compensation insurance business and conducts business through independent agencies and brokers . history edit zenith national insurance corporation was established in 1949 . in 1971 zenith went public and was listed on the nasdaq stock market . 3 in 1978 stanley zax was hired as zenith s chief executive officer . 4 in 1987 the company was listed on the nyse under the ticker symbol znt . 5 in 2010 fairfax financial agreed to buy zenith in a deal that valued the company at around 1.3 billion us . 2 6 the deal was negotiated by fairfax ceo prem watsa . 4 a group of zenith shareholders sought to prevent the sale by going to court but a court dismissed their claims on april 22 2010 . 4 the combined company became seventh largest workers compensation insurer in california . 5 in 2015 the company was part of a settlement with the city of san mateo arising from the collapse of lehman brothers . 7 references edit fairfax insurance . fairfax . retrieved 8 june 2015 . a b fairfax to buy all of zenith . the canadian press . toronto star . 19 february 2010 . retrieved 8 june 2015 . http www.sec.gov archives edgar data 109261 000104746903008809 a2095692z10 k.htm a b c feeley jef 22 april 2010 . zenith national investors lose bid to halt buyout . bloomberg . retrieved 8 june 2015 . a b zenith merger will make fairfax 7th largest workers comp writer in calif . insurance journal . february 19 2010 . fairfax to buy zenith national for 1.3 billion . new york times . 18 february 2010 . retrieved 8 june 2015 . county reaches 6.5 m settlement with lehman brothers auditors . san mateo daily journal . 19 may 2015 . retrieved 8 june 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title zenith insurance company & oldid 743513487 categories companies based in los angelesinsurance companies of the united stateshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 00 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view