Zurich intermediary sales director exits after seven years

Richard Howells to leave provider

Carmen Reichman
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Zurich UK intermediary sales director Richard Howells is leaving the insurer at the end of November.

Responsibility for sales will be handed to managing director for retail David White from December. Howells (pictured), who was with Zurich for seven years, resigned saying he had "decided to look for a new challenge". In June, the division poached Cofunds key account manager Rose St Louis to head its retail distribution team, putting her in charge of looking for new ways to broaden Zurich's distribution reach. White said: "We would like to thank Richard for his huge contribution to Zurich and he leaves with our best wishes. "We remain fully committed to having one of the largest...

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