Zurich NA taps Chubb veteran for US middle market expansion

Zurich North America has hired an insurance industry veteran to help expand its business in the US middle market.

Carl Sutter (pictured) has been appointed as head of distribution for the US middle market.

Sutter joins Zurich from Chubb, where he served as senior vice president of partnership services for their TPA subsidiary ESIS. Previously, he held several leadership roles of increasing responsibility at Chubb and its predecessor ACE USA, including senior vice president and national distribution leader and senior vice president and national corporate risk segment leader.

In his new role, Sutter will be responsible for the strategic management of Zurich’s distribution model in the middle market business unit. He will also manage Zurich’s regional field distribution team, which represents all Zurich business units in the marketplace and includes executive leaders spanning the entire Zurich organisation.

He will report to Alex Wells, head of US middle market and become a member of the middle market senior leadership team and Zurich North America’s leadership Team.

Wells said: “With his extensive leadership and distribution experience, Carl will be instrumental in making sure we implement our distribution management strategy, which is a critical component of our strategic business plan.”

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