Underwriting leader with 30+ years of experience in complex property, programs, and specialty risk joins EverPeak Insurance to strengthen its appetite for complex and hard-to-place risks
DENVER, Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — EverPeak Insurance today announced the appointment of Patrick K. Daley, CPCU, as Chief Underwriting Officer. Daley has more than 30 years of experience underwriting large, complex, and hard-to-place risks at carriers including Zurich Insurance, The Hartford, and GuideOne Insurance.
As Chief Underwriting Officer, Patrick Daley will lead underwriting strategy and quality standards across all EverPeak lines of business. EverPeak is built for businesses that don’t quit, and Daley’s record of underwriting difficult, volatile, and nonstandard exposures aligns with that purpose.
“Patrick has built his career on underwriting the risks that demand real judgment, discipline, and creativity,” said Kathy Kranz, President of EverPeak. “As EverPeak continues to expand its offerings, his expertise in complex and hard-to-place risk is exactly what we need.”
Key facts
- Who: Patrick K. Daley, CPCU
- New role: Chief Underwriting Officer, EverPeak Insurance
- Announced: Oct. 20, 2026, Denver
- Experience: 30+ years in insurance underwriting
- Specialties: Complex property, programs, specialty, and hard-to-place risk
- Prior employers: Glatfelter Insurance Group, GuideOne Insurance, The Hartford, Zurich Insurance, Swiss Re, CNA Re, GE Insurance, Chubb
- First priorities: New Workers’ Compensation Middle Market value proposition; BOP relaunch and cross-selling
Patrick Daley’s career in complex risk underwriting
Patrick Daley has spent his career in the areas where underwriting is hardest.
- Glatfelter Insurance Group (2024–2026): Head of Glatfelter Underwriting Services.
- GuideOne Insurance (2022–2023): Chief Underwriting Officer. During a turbulent period for the company, he led the re-underwriting of multiple portfolios, including its Property & Casualty E&S book, its Programs business, and its Church business. That work contributed to an investment by an outside organization that secured the company financially.
- The Hartford (2017–2022): Head of Large Property, leading underwriting for some of the largest and most complex property exposures in the market.
- Zurich Insurance (2007–2017): Held four leadership roles over ten years: Head of Alternative Programs, Head of Property, Chief Underwriting Officer – Global Corporate, and Senior Vice President of Property.
- Early career: Underwriting roles at Swiss Re, CNA Re, GE Insurance, and Chubb.
Across his career, Daley has established go-to-market line of business strategies, developed underwriting quality standards, optimized reinsurance strategies, managed catastrophe aggregations, built pricing models, expanded the use of predictive analytics, established underwriting training programs, and launched new products.
Patrick Daley’s priorities at EverPeak
Daley’s first priorities at EverPeak include building a new value proposition for the company’s Workers’ Compensation Middle Market business, which has long relied on deep data analysis, technology, and service. He will also lead the relaunch of Attune’s BOP (Business Owner’s Policy) product and the cross-selling of BOP and other products to EverPeak’s workers’ compensation customers.
Patrick Daley’s credentials and education
Daley holds the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation, an MBA from DePaul University’s Kellstadt School of Business, and a bachelor’s degree from Wake Forest University.
About EverPeak® Insurance
EverPeak Insurance is a workers’ compensation insurance provider offering comprehensive coverage and market-leading service for businesses across the United States. EverPeak’s approach to care draws on Pinnacol Assurance’s 100+ years of underwriting, claims, and risk management experience. EverPeak covers the hardest-working businesses and partners with insurance agents who strive to offer the best protection to businesses with the toughest risks. Learn more at everpeak.com.
Media Contact:
Liz Johnson, Director, Public Relations, EverPeak Insurance
720.939.7238 (mobile) | liz.johnson@pinnacol.com
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