Zurich unit broadcasts partnership, names international head

Zurich Insurance coverage Group’s Zurich Resilience Options has partnered with KPMG Switzerland whereas additionally appointing Dirk De Nil (pictured) as international head of the industrial threat advisory and companies unit.

Strategic collaboration

The tie-up is aimed toward offering complete local weather change advisory companies by combining Zurich Resilience Options’ bodily threat evaluation with KPMG’s transition threat evaluation capabilities.

The providing contains a customised local weather state of affairs evaluation designed to determine materials exposures and assess monetary impacts throughout the worth chain. Initially obtainable in Switzerland, it can subsequently be rolled out throughout Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific areas.

“Our collaboration with KPMG is a superb instance of how we’re delivering on our dedication to make use of our capabilities to assist clients across the globe deal with the challenges of local weather change,” industrial insurance coverage chief govt Sierra Signorelli mentioned in an emailed launch.

“By working along with a like-minded organisation that shares our values and mixing our strengths, we will have a larger influence and drive significant change in direction of a extra sustainable future.”

The aim is to assist companies in evaluating and implementing adaptation and mitigation measures in assist of their pure hazards-related loss prevention methods, long-term local weather change-related funding methods, and regulatory sustainability reporting frameworks.

“Within the present panorama, efficient local weather threat administration has developed right into a paramount concern for companies,” KPMG Switzerland international consumer lead accomplice Marc Gössi mentioned. “The crucial lies in fortifying resilience throughout the complete worth chain.

“By bringing collectively Zurich’s sturdy bodily threat capabilities and the specialised experience of KPMG professionals, we empower our shoppers to craft even handed and sustainable selections, underpinned by a complete local weather threat evaluation that takes into consideration the broader image.”

New international head

In the meantime, in a separate launch, Zurich introduced De Nil’s appointment as international head of Zurich Resilience Options. At present primarily based in Belgium the place he serves as Zurich Benelux and Nordics CEO, the three-decade business veteran can be relocating to Switzerland to tackle his new function in October.

De Nil, who got here on board Zurich in 2008, is succeeding Hanno Mijer. The latter, whose earlier roles embrace CoverMore chief and company life & pensions international head, is retiring subsequent month. As for De Nil’s alternative, the search is already underway.

“Zurich Resilience Options is a key pillar to ship on our strategic priorities,” Signorelli commented. “I’m delighted to have Dirk tackle this necessary function inside the industrial insurance coverage enterprise. His business and management expertise in addition to ardour for buyer focus place him very nicely to steer the enterprise and drive its development and success.

“On this quickly evolving threat panorama, it’s extra necessary than ever that we proceed to concentrate on supporting our clients handle each conventional and rising dangers by prevention and mitigation companies that transcend conventional insurance coverage.”

Moreover, she had this to say about Mijer: “Hanno has led Zurich Resilience Options since its creation in 2021. Throughout this time he has profitable positioned the enterprise, and it has turn into a real differentiator for us that mixes the experience of our threat engineering neighborhood with a renewed concentrate on advisory companies and gross sales improvement.

“On behalf of the complete organisation, I want to sincerely thank Hanno for his unimaginable power, ardour, and distinctive contributions to Zurich.”            

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