Zurich Canada names new Head of Liability

News provided by

Apr 10, 2019, 12:04 ET

TORONTO, April 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Marco Royer has been named Head of Liability for Zurich Canada.

Royer will be a member of the Zurich Canada Executive Team and will report to Zurich Canada CEO Saad Mered. His first day at Zurich will be July 1.

Royer will be responsible for leading the market-facing underwriting teams in Zurich Canada's liability portfolio, including casualty, energy casualty, construction liability, environmental liability and commercial automobile.

Royer will also oversee Zurich Canada's Alternate Risk Transfer team and will be responsible for the development and growth of the healthcare and public sector industry verticals.

He will also work closely with other Zurich Canada executives to coordinate effective execution of portfolio management, distribution management, risk services and claims management.

Royer comes to Zurich with more than 30 years of experience in the European and Canadian insurance marketplaces. He has a strong technical casualty underwriting background and has held ascending levels of leadership responsibilities, including 18 years at Gen Re, where he led teams in Paris, London and Montreal. Following Gen Re, he joined Aon Benfield as vice president and casualty specialist, then Quebec regional manager and head of Facultative Operations, reporting directly to the CEO.

In this most recent position, Royer was the head of the Canadian-London team, responsible for all Canadian reinsurance placement in the London market.

"We are very excited to have a leader of Marco's caliber and deep experience and relationships in the Canadian market joining us," Mered said. "With his addition to Zurich Canada, we continue to build a diverse, experienced and proven senior leadership team that will enable the transformation and repositioning of Zurich's presence in Canada."

Marco has certified as a Chartered Financial Analyst and is a member of London UK CFA Society. He also holds a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from McGill University in Montreal. He is also a board member of La Fondation OLO in Montreal whose mission is to help low-income families bring healthy babies into the world and teach them healthy eating habits early on.

About Zurich

SOURCE Zurich North America