Zurich Canada has appointed Chris Snider (pictured) to the role of head of risk services.

Previously serving as the manager of risk services - property, Snider succeeds Scott Thomas, who was recently named head of human resources.

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Snider will serve on the Zurich Canada executive committee as part of his new role, and will report to Zurich Canada CEO Saad Mered. Snider will also functionally report to Zurich North America US commercial insurance chief risk engineering officer Tom Floretti.

He has served Zurich Canada for 15 years, having held various roles of increasing responsibility. He was a senior risk consultant and portfolio executive for property before he was appointed risk services manager. Snider has also acted as the regional and technical lead for business resilience in North America, and he represents North America in the Group Business Resilience Technical Centre.

Snider is also an associate member of the Business Continuity Institute. He has been credited with instituting annual business resilience calibration training for new risk engineers through Zurich North America and Canada.

“Looking to continue the valuable work that Scott has done with this team over many years, we now look to Chris to take this function to the next level as Risk Services is strategically positioned to be the core of our enhanced service offering to our customers,” commented Zurich Canada CEO Saad Mered on the appointment.