Willis Appoints Zutel as SVP to Willis of Miami

Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings plc the global risk advisory, re/insurance broking, and human capital and benefits firm has appointed Fred Zutel as senior vice president of Willis of Miami.

In this role, Zutel will be responsible for business development throughout South Florida with a focus on serving the construction, surety and real estate sectors. He will also work closely with Willis’s National Construction and Real Estate Practice to align resources across the firm’s global platform to deliver risk management options and services to local and national clients.

Miami-based Zutel joins Willis from Marsh & McLennan Companies where he served as vice president. Prior to that, he worked at Brown and Brown of Florida.

Hiram Marrero, national partner of Willis’s South Region said the move will further elevate Willis’s position in this key market, where, “contractors and real estate developers are currently facing a rapidly evolving set of risks.”