Zurich North America names professional liability, cyber leader

Zurich North America Monday named Kara Higginbotham head of professional liability and cyber for U.S. national accounts.

New York-based Ms. Higginbotham most recently headed corporate accounts for professional liability and cyber at Zurich North America.

She will continue to lead the corporate accounts team until her successor is named, a Zurich statement said.

Michelle Chia, who previously was head of professional liability and cyber, joined Axa XL, a unit of Axa SA,  in February.