Insurance giant Zurich is looking to expand a scoring system of its external legal advisers, making it the second major Swiss institution to introduce a wide-ranging process to formally grade lawyers.

Zurich last week publicly stated it gives its law firms scores on around 10 criteria, including responsiveness, cost, billing promises and personalities. The system also judges how firms’ performance compares with the claims they make in their marketing material.

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