EverPeak Insurance, a United States-based workers’ compensation insurer, has appointed Patrick Daley as its new Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO).
In his new role, Daley will lead underwriting strategy and quality standards across all EverPeak lines of business.
He will build a new value proposition for the insurer’s workers’ compensation middle market business and lead the relaunch of Attune’s BOP (Business Owner’s Policy) product.
His remit also includes the cross-selling of BOP and other products to EverPeak’s workers’ compensation customers.
Daley has over three decades of industry experience underwriting large, complex, and hard-to-place risks at carriers including Zurich Insurance, The Hartford, and GuideOne Insurance.
Most recently, he served as the Head of Underwriting Services at Glatfelter Insurance Group. Daley has also served as the CUO of GuideOne Insurance, where he led the re-underwriting of multiple portfolios, including its property & casualty E&S book, its programs business, and its Church business.
Throughout his career, Daley has established go-to-market line of business strategies, developed underwriting quality standards, optimised reinsurance strategies, managed catastrophe aggregations, built pricing models, expanded the use of predictive analytics, established underwriting training programs, and launched new products, explained the firm.
He was also the Head of Large Property at The Hartford, and held four leadership roles over ten years at Zurich Insurance, including Head of Alternative Programs, Head of Property, Chief Underwriting Officer – Global Corporate, and Senior Vice President of Property. Daley started his career in underwriting roles at Swiss Re, CNA Re, GE Insurance, and Chubb.
Kathy Kranz, President, EverPeak, commented on the appointment, “Patrick has built his career on underwriting the risks that demand real judgment, discipline, and creativity. As EverPeak continues to expand its offerings, his expertise in complex and hard-to-place risk is exactly what we need.”
