Everest hires former CNA leader Gary Haase to helm legacy operations
Bermuda-based Everest Group has named former CNA executive Gary Haase (pictured) to lead its legacy insurance business, adding seasoned C-suite expertise to advance the platform’s next phase of development.
Haase will join Everest on December 1, 2025, as executive vice president and CEO of Legacy Operations. He will report to Jim Williamson, Everest’s president and CEO, and join the firm’s executive leadership team.
Haase will oversee strategy and execution across Everest’s legacy insurance portfolios, sharpening capital efficiency, tightening operations, and building long-term value.
With more than two decades in insurance, reinsurance and financial services, Haase most recently served as an executive advisor to private equity and technology firms. Before that, he was EVP and chief operations officer at CNA Financial Corporation.
He previously spent more than a decade at Catalina Holdings (Bermuda), rising to group COO and steering its global run-off and operational strategy across multiple jurisdictions. He began his career in actuarial and reinsurance roles at Quanta US Holdings and Aon Benfield.
Williamson said: “Gary’s broad and diverse experience — from actuarial and claims to M&A and technology transformation — makes him uniquely qualified for this role and an exceptional addition to our senior team. His proven ability to modernise complex legacy portfolios and integrate analytics to unlock value will strengthen our legacy operations, enhance capital deployment and support Everest’s strategy for sustained, profitable growth.”
Haase added: “Everest’s global reach and disciplined underwriting platform create a powerful foundation for opportunity. I look forward to partnering with Jim and the leadership team to optimise Everest’s legacy business and advance its long-term strategy.”
The move comes on the heels of Everest’s $2 billion renewal rights sale of its commercial retail business to AIG.
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