Zurich Canada Appoints Healey as Sr. VP, Distribution & Regional Management

Zurich Canada has appointed Patrick Healey as senior vice president, Distribution and Regional Management.

Healey will be responsible for leading and managing broker relationships and supporting market-facing underwriting colleagues towards the goal of continuing to make Zurich more customer focused, the company said in a statement.

His appointment takes effect May 1, and he will be based in Toronto. Healey will work with members of the Canadian senior management team, led by Zurich Canada CEO and Chief Agent Patrick Lundy.

“As a Zurich employee for the past five years, Patrick has delivered strong results for the company,” said Randall Clouser, head of Marketing, Distribution and Regional Management for Zurich North America. “He has demonstrated the ability to successfully communicate Zurich’s strengths and market differentiators to our brokers and how we help our customers understand and protect themselves from risk.”

Prior to this appointment, Healey served as vice president and national segment head for Zurich North America’s Commercial Markets business unit, based in Schaumburg, Ill. His ability to understand customer needs and build strong relationships with brokers helped him drive significant profitable growth in the Real Estate segment, the company said. And prior to that role, he did similar work — building Zurich’s international business among middle-market customers in the United States.

“Patrick will be a strong addition to Zurich Canada’s senior management team,” said Patrick Lundy, president and CEO of Zurich Canada. “The results he has achieved with Zurich show that he is well-suited to the task of strengthening relationships with our key distribution partners so that brokers are well informed about all the ways that Zurich is a global leader in managing risk.”

Source: Zurich Insurance Group

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