Zurich has appointed Lennox Bunting as London market manager and Alan Gorman as senior development underwriter to Zurich Private Clients’ new London team commencing at the end of August 2011.

They both join Zurich Private Clients from Chubb’s high net worth team and will report to Matthew Schofield, head of Zurich Private Clients.

In his role, Bunting will be responsible for managing the new high net worth (HNW) London market office. Initially, he will be concentrating on building his new team, ultimately focussing on relationship development with brokers to support Zurich’s strategic growth objectives in this core market.

Gorman will lead relationship management within the London team and underwriting target cases. Both will be based in Zurich’s London office at the London Underwriting Centre.

Schofield said: “I’m absolutely delighted that both Lennox and Alan will be joining Zurich Private Clients. Both will bring a huge amount of expertise