Zurich recruit Quinton to lead Retail and Partnerships

Zurich recruit Quinton to lead Retail and Partnerships: "Zurich recruit Quinton to lead Retail and Partnerships by Richard Kilner Story link: Zurich recruit Quinton to lead Retail and Partnerships Mike Quinton has been named by Zurich as their new managing director of Retail and Partnerships. He will take up the role from 1 January 2008. He will succeed Mark Searles, the firm’s chief marketing officer, who has supervised the retail business since 2007’s start. Searles has been credited with massive improvement in the retail business and will now focus upon his enlarged marketing role across the UK and Europe. Quinton leaves behind the Royal Bank of Scotland where he was employed in a range of senior positions, such as corporate partnerships director, RBS Household and Life and managing director of Churchill Insurance and managing director. Quinton’s responsibility will be to expand the business through widening the distribution both of Zurich’s products and its underwriting capacity. He will be required to collaborate closely with the marketing division to ensure a consistent approach by the business. In his new position Quinton be responsible to two men: Guy Munnoch and Theo Bouts. Munnoch is the firm’s chief executive officer for UK general insurance and Bouts holds the position of chief executive officer for direct & partnership Europe."