Zurich NA Names Higginbotham Head of Professional Liability & Cyber Zurich North America, headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, has named Kara Higginbotham as head of professional liability and cyber for U.S. national accounts, leading a team of underwriters who serve Zurich’s …
Zurich North America was ordered by a California jury to pay three former employees a total of about $80.2 million to end a wrongful termination case earlier this month. Melinda Brantley, Nicholas Lardie, and Daniel Koos worked as claims examiners …
Tanabe to Succeed Ruser as WCRI CEO The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) has named Executive Vice President Ramona Tanabe as CEO as of May 1. She succeeds John Ruser, who has served in the position since 2015 and will …
Zurich Creates Role to Support Energy and Construction Clients With Sustainability Zurich North America has created three roles to support its construction and energy customers in their sustainability objectives. “Climate change is one of the most urgent risks confronting our …
Estée Lauder’s Burrell Joins GEICO as Chief Marketing Officer Insurer GEICO announced Damon Burrell has joined the company as chief marketing officer. Burrell will oversee all of GEICO’s marketing efforts. Burrell reports to CEO Todd Combs. Most recently, Burrell served …
Betz to Lead New Applied Surety Operation Applied Underwriters continues its specialty lines expansion with the launching of Applied Surety Underwriters. Based in Houston, this new division will focus on large, commercial and contract surety business worldwide. Joshua Betz, the …
Zurich Names Martino Regional Vice President For Midwest Region of U.S. Middle Market Unit Zurich North America has named Trey Martino as regional Vice President for the Midwest region of its U.S. middle market unit. He will be based in …
Zurich North America announced the following changes: Jason Meador, currently head of Captives at Zurich North America, has been appointed to lead the Rural Community Insurance Services crop insurance business following the impending retirement of head of RCIS Mike Day. …
Zurich North America Names Peterson Regional Executive for the East Region Zurich North America has named Andy Peterson as regional executive for the East region. Peterson, who has been with Zurich since 2008, will begin his new role effective January …
Chubb Limited announced that Fran O’Brien has been appointed deputy chief risk officer. Currently senior vice president, Chubb Group and division president, North America Personal Risk Services, O’Brien in her new global role will help support all Chubb’s enterprise risk …
