ZURICH (Reuters) – The widow of Zurich Insurance's late finance chief on Wednesday rejected a report into his suicide, telling the Swiss company's annual shareholder meeting she could not accept the findings of an investigation into his death.

Zurich Insurance defended the report into Pierre Wauthier's suicide, deflecting criticism by the CFO's widow and his family members, who also spoke at the meeting.

Fabienne Wauthier, dressed in black, said her family could not accept the results of probe, which exonerated the insurer and its former chairman Josef Ackermann of responsibility.

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