Zurich North America announced key leadership changes within U.S. national accounts and underwriting as Heather Fox has been promoted to lead national accounts and Peter Caminiti was promoted to chief underwriting officer.
Fox was most recently chief underwriting officer for U.S. national accounts, and Caminiti was most recently head of underwriting for national accounts.
Fox will start as head of national accounts, which serves large national and multinational companies, on May 15. She will be part of the Zurich North America executive committee, the group leadership team and the global commercial insurance leadership team.
Paul Lavelle, who previously held the post, is retiring. He will remain with the company until June 1. An industry veteran with time at Allstate and AIG, Lavelle was with Zurich for seven years and also served as chief claims officer.
Fox joined Schaumburg, Illinois-based Zurich North America as CUO in 2023. She previously worked as general counsel and chief broking officer for ARC Excess & Surplus, and held multiple roles at AIG, including general counsel and CUO of executive liability lines.
Caminiti will move to become CUO, also on May 15. He will be a member of the Zurich North America executive committee and the group leadership team.
Caminiti started with Zurich in 2014. Before head of underwriting for national accounts, he was CUO in an interim role.
Recently, Zurich North America announced the hiring of Bennett Himes, formerly of Chubb, as head of underwriting for U.S. middle market.