Urs Uhlmann, Senior Vice President, Global Corporate, Canada

Urs Uhlmann is Head of Global Corporate Canada, responsible for the large and multinational commercial business in Canada.

While holding various positions at the Baloise Insurance Company, amongst others as a claims examiner and liability underwriter, he completed the Swiss Commercial Apprenticeship with specialization in P & C insurance, followed by the Swiss Federal Insurance Diploma. During that same period of time Urs advanced to the rank of Captain in the Swiss Army.

Urs joined Zurich in 1991 as a senior casualty underwriter at their head office in Zurich. After two years, he was promoted to be the Casualty Manager of the Chemical/Pharmaceutical Industry segment for Zurich International Switzerland. In the summer of 1996 he was offered the opportunity to build up that same industry segment for Zurich in Canada. Urs has held various positions since his arrival in Canada including the underwriting management position for the International Program business and the project management position for the replacement of the business handling system. In 2002 Urs was named Senior VP of the International/Industrial division. He transitioned the unit into Zurich's Global Corporate business division and worked on various global projects, including the integration of the Latin America's large risk business into Global Corporate.