Zurich NA establishes new Specialties business unit led by Kelly Kinzer

Zurich North America has created a Specialties business unit encompassing its Construction, Surety and Financial Lines businesses, placing Kelly Kinzer, previously Head of Construction, to lead it.

Kinzer started her career at Zurich in the Construction Underwriting Training Program and later worked in various roles at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty and Marsh & McLennan, where she was Senior Vice President.

She has also previously spent four years at Willis Towers Watson, where she progressed to Executive Vice President and Head of Construction Broking for North America.

Kinzer rejoined Zurich in 2019, serving as Head of Construction Property and Head of Construction Casualty before her promotion to Head of Zurich Construction in 2022.

Zurich has additionally revealed that it is bringing together a Customer and Distribution Management (CDM) function, with John Diaz, previously Head of U.S. Middle Market Underwriting, set to lead CDM.

According to the firm, Both Kinzer and Diaz will report directly to Zurich North America CEO Kristof Terryn, and will join the Zurich North America Executive Committee and the Group Leadership Team.

Terryn said, “These adjustments to our structure will position us to seize more opportunities for growth, simplification and innovation in North America, building on our strong results over the past three years.

“Kelly is the right person to lead the new Specialties unit, as she has successfully presided over strong growth in our market-leading Construction business over the past three-plus years.

“Similarly, John is a natural choice to lead the unified CDM function, as his work in Middle Market and National Accounts in recent years has focused extensively on bringing us closer to our distributors and customers in key markets and streamlining how we operate and deliver for them. The overarching goal with these changes is to best position us to understand, anticipate and act quickly to address our customers’ and brokers’ needs in a time of rapid change.”

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