Zurich North America has appointed Lillian Labbat as head of trade credit and political risk, Insurance Journal reported.
Labbat will be based in New York and will have responsibility for the political risk and single risk trade credit underwriting teams in the Americas, London, continental Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
She most recently was the managing partner and co-founder of Metis Markets, a financial advisory firm.
Zurich Trade Credit and Political Risk provides political risk and trade credit insurance for financial institutions, multinational corporations, investors, exporters, contractors and infrastructure developers.
Zurich North America is a unit of Zurich Insurance Group AG.
