Zurich North America on Tuesday named former Chubb Ltd. executive Carl Sutter as head of distribution for its U.S. middle-market business unit, a new position.
Mr. Sutter will report to Alex Wells, head of U.S. middle market, the Schaumburg, Illinois-based unit of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd. said in a statement. He will also become a member of the middle market senior leadership team and Zurich North America’s leadership team.
He will manage Zurich’s distribution model in the middle market business unit and its regional field distribution team, which represents all Zurich business units and includes executive leader across the entire Zurich organization.
Mr. Sutter was previously senior vice president of partnership services for ESIS Inc., Chubb’s third-party administrator company.
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