December 7, 2022 – The insurer makes personnel changes at the turn of the year. However, the regional units will remain in place, and nothing will change in terms of the main contact persons for the brokers.

die Zurich Insurance Ltd restructures its sales management. “We’re moving even closer together as a team” and pooling competencies, explains Jochen Zöschg, who is responsible for sales and market management on the board.

Klaus Riener
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As of January 1, 2023, Klaus Riener will assume responsibility for the sales force in addition to his responsibility for broker sales.

Under his overall leadership, Klaus Kurz, previously Regional Director for Upper Austria and Salzburg, is in charge of broker sales.

Regional units remain

In the new list, “nothing will change in terms of the main contact persons for our brokerage partners,” Riener notes.

“The regional units will remain in place,” says Riener. “There is still a head of broker service in each region, and the teams of broker advisors and colleagues in the office will continue to be there for the broker partners’ applications in the future.”

Kurz wants to “continue to strengthen the good relationships that we as Zurich have in the market” and in the coming weeks and months have “many personal talks with our broker partners” across Austria.

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Klaus Kurz
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Peter Auer, previously regional director for Tyrol and Vorarlberg, will become head of the employed field service.

The Zurich Life specialists, who advise on questions relating to life insurance and company pension schemes, will be placed under the management of Thomas Sprung.

Decentralized underwriting will remain under the leadership of Thomas Tiefenbacher and will continue to provide local support to corporate clients.