Zurich hires Aon's Marco Royer as new head of liability in Canada

Zurich Insurance Group has appointed Marco Royer as new head of liability for Zurich Canada, with effect from July 1.

Royer was most recently head of Canadian reinsurance broking team at Aon, responsible for all Canadian reinsurance placement in the London market. He has more than 30 years of experience in the European and Canadian insurance marketplaces, having previously worked at Gen Re for 18 years leading teams in Paris, London and Montreal.

In his new role, 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.

He 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.

Royer will be a member of the Zurich Canada executive team and will coordinate effective execution of portfolio management, distribution management, risk services and claims management. He will report to Zurich Canada CEO Saad Mered.

“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.”

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