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Zurich North America
Zurich North America enhances underwriting efficiency with Convr AI
24th December 2025
Zurich North America, the commercial property and casualty insurer, is expanding its relationship with Convr AI to improve underwriting efficiency and better serve its customers through Convr's AI-powered underwriting workbench. Founded in 2016, Convr AI is a modularised artificial intelligence (AI) underwriting, data, and intelligent document automation workbench company serving commercial ... Read the full article
Zurich North America appoints Jim Villa as Global Head of A&H
10th December 2025
Zurich North America, the commercial property and casualty insurer, has announced the appointment of Jim Villa as Global Head of Accident & Health (A&H), Specialities. Villa brings nearly 35 years of industry experience, joining Zurich from Arch Insurance Group, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President, Strategy and Distribution, ... Read the full article
Zurich North America appoints Tom Morelli as US Head of Energy
3rd December 2025
Zurich North America, the commercial property and casualty insurer, has announced the appointment of Tom Morelli to the newly created role of U.S. Head of Energy, where he will lead a new strategic business unit within Specialties. Based in New York, Morelli will be responsible for shaping the technical and strategic ... Read the full article
Moore named Head of Group Captives for Zurich North America
30th September 2025
Zurich North America has announced the appointment of Matthew Moore as Executive Vice President - Head of Group Captives. In his new role, Moore will be based in Chicago and report to Alex Wells, EVP & Head of Middle Market at Zurich North America. The executive will be responsible for the strategy ... Read the full article
Cowbell partners with Zurich to expand insurance offerings for US SMEs
26th June 2025
Cowbell, a cyber insurance provider focused on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has expanded its product lineup in the US by launching Zurich Select Plus, a co-branded insurance offering developed in partnership with Zurich North America. Distributed through the E&S channel, the new suite includes Directors & Officers (D&O), Employment Practices ... Read the full article
Zurich NA establishes new Specialties business unit led by Kelly Kinzer
16th January 2025
Zurich North America has created a Specialties business unit encompassing its Construction, Surety and Financial Lines businesses, placing Kelly Kinzer, previously Head of Construction, to lead it. Kinzer started her career at Zurich in the Construction Underwriting Training Program and later worked in various roles at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty ... Read the full article
Bernard promoted to Head of Industry Practices for U.S. Middle Market at Zurich
14th November 2024
Stan Bernard has been promoted to Head of Industry Practices for the U.S. Middle Market at Zurich North America, taking over the role from Lynn Zeitler, who will be retiring in December after 31 years with Zurich. In his new role, Bernard will collaborate to implement strategic plans and drive growth ... Read the full article
Zurich NA appoints AIG’s Nora Hattauer as Head of Financial Lines
10th October 2024
Zurich North America, a commercial property and casualty insurer, has appointed Nora Hattauer as Head of Financial Lines for its U.S. National Accounts and Middle Market businesses. Based in Atlanta, Hattauer will oversee the direction, management, and performance of Zurich's Financial Lines strategic business unit, which provides insurance solutions for Directors ... Read the full article
Zurich North America promotes Sivasubramaniam as Head of ZRS, NA
13th September 2024
Zurich North America, the commercial property and casualty insurer, has promoted Arooran "Aroo" Sivasubramaniam to Head of Zurich Resilience Solutions (ZRS) for North America, effective immediately. In his new role, Sivasubramaniam will lead the growth of risk management services for ZRS and report to Dirk De Nil, Global Head of Zurich ... Read the full article
Chris Nolan promoted to Head of Surety US, Zurich North America
23rd August 2024
Zurich North America, the commercial property and casualty insurer, has promoted Chris Nolan to Head of Surety in US National Accounts, succeeding Bob Murray, who retired in June. In the role, Nolan will oversee both contract and commercial surety, which provides both account-based and transactional surety bonds for Zurich's customers across ... Read the full article
Former Fortitude Re CEO Bracken named Zurich NA CFO
25th June 2024
Zurich North America has hired insurance executive James Bracken as Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Peter Hirs, who is set to return to Zurich Insurance Group in Switzerland as Group Head of Mergers & Acquisitions. As Zurich North America CFO, Bracken will be tasked with overseeing Actuarial, Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR), ... Read the full article
Zurich North America names Meador Head of Direct Markets
30th January 2024
Zurich North America has announced key leadership changes in its Direct Markets and Crop businesses, with Jason Meador appointed Head of Direct Markets as Vince Santivasi retires. Santivasi is to stay on through April 5 to assist in Meador’s transition. Santivasi’s retirement comes after two decades with Zurich. During that time, he ... Read the full article
Zurich NA unveils cyber insurance offering targeted for middle market businesses
11th July 2023
Zurich North America has unveiled a cyber insurance offering designed specifically for middle market businesses. The Zurich Cyber Insurance Policy Concierge Suite includes not only cyber insurance coverage, but also loss-prevention and resilience services such as a breach coach and a cybersecurity hotline available 24/7. Cyber Concierge, which has the ability to ... Read the full article
Zurich & ICS launch Envision Re as sustainability-focused group captive
10th January 2023
Zurich North America has collaborated with Innovative Captive Strategies (ICS) to launch Envision Re, Ltd., a captive insurance company that will bring together businesses that want to optimise their risk management programs while reducing their carbon footprint. Dawn Hiestand, Head of Group Captives at Zurich North America, commented, "Envision Re's sustainability ... Read the full article
Advisen-Zurich survey reports cyber resilience uptake, though concerns remain
31st October 2022
The annual Information Security and Cyber Risk Management study from Zurich North America and Advisen indicates that 86% of respondents now have cyber insurance, up 3% from 2021 and the highest percentage in the history of the survey, though increasing premiums and restrictions for cyber coverage have created frustration for ... Read the full article
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