Beale named top underwriter as Kerner to run US corporate
Zurich Financial Services has announced that Inga Beale will be its new global chief underwriting officer, replacing Mike Kerner who will become chief executive of Global Corporate in North America.
Christian Carl is joining Zurich to be in charge of group mergers & acquisition and group strategy.
Zurich said the appointments demonstrated “the institutional benefits of rotational assignments”.
Inga Beale (45) currently serves as head of organisational transformation and mergers & acquisitions. Beale will retain The Zurich Way leadership role and remain a member of the group management board.
Mike Kerner (43) who currently serves as global chief underwriting officer and head of group strategy. Zurich said: “His effective leadership in establishing sophisticated pricing and risk selection methodologies position him particularly well to tackle the challenges of the US corporate business.” Christian Carl (37, French and Danish citizen) joins from Goldman Sachs, where - as a leader within the investment banking division's Financial Institutions Group since 2000 - he gained extensive advisory experience with Zurich since 2001. He has also previously worked with Merrill Lynch and Baring Brothers International, and holds degrees from the University of Cambridge and the University of Bristol.
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