Zurich Singapore has announced two key leadership appointments for its Asia Pacific Commercial Insurance business, with Robin Cooper-Driver named Head of Financial Lines for the region and Edward Rayfield appointed as Head of Casualty, Asia Pacific.
Both will be based in Singapore and Liam Burrell, CEO for Singapore & Head of Commercial Insurance, Asia.
Cooper-Driver brings over two decades of experience, including the last 13 years with Zurich. He moves to Singapore from Australia, having most recently served as Head of Long Tail Lines Australia and New Zealand and Head of Financial Lines Asia Pacific, based in Australia.
Rayfield joins Zurich from AIG, where he was most recently Head of Casualty, Singapore & Major Accounts Asia. He brings over 14 years of experience, including specialised technical and distribution expertise spanning the London, Australia, and Asia Casualty markets, Zurich said in its announcement.
“I am very pleased to have professionals of Robin and Edward’s calibre join the Zurich Commercial Insurance leadership team based in Singapore,” said Burrell.
“Their deep technical knowledge, geographic experience and strong market relationships will be instrumental in delivering leading solutions to our brokers and customers as well as driving profitable growth through underwriting excellence across our Asia Pacific businesses,” Burrell added.
