# Gary Haase

> Gary Haase is Executive Vice President, Capital Solutions at Everest, with a background in actuarial science, insurance run-off, acquisitions and enterprise operations. He previously served as Group COO of Catalina and EVP and COO at CNA, and has taught statistics at NYU Stern. He joined Everest in December 2025 as EVP and CEO of Legacy Operations.

- **Role:** Executive Vice President, Capital Solutions at Everest
- **Organizations:** Everest Group, Ltd., CNA Financial Corporation, Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd., Quanta U.S. Holdings, Aon Benfield, New York University Stern School of Business, Exelixi AI, Fleming Insurance Companies
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree; subject not verified, University of Iowa, MBA, Quantitative Finance and General Management, New York University Stern School of Business
- **Known for:** Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society since 2006., Served as Group COO of Catalina and EVP and COO of CNA., Helped lead enterprise analytics, technology and operations at CNA.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Held actuarial and reinsurance roles at Aon Benfield and Quanta U.S. Holdings.
- **2006** — Became a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society.
- **Before 2021** — Spent more than a decade at Catalina, rising to Group COO; responsibilities included acquired-business integration and global run-off operations.
- **2021** — Joined CNA as chief operations officer in the fourth quarter.
- **2022** — Discussed CNA’s cloud data migration in a May interview and participated in a July Casualty Actuarial Society webinar with Santosh Bardwaj.
- **2025-06** — Joined Exelixi AI’s advisory board; the announcement also identified him as a Fleming Insurance Companies board member at that time.
- **2025-12** — Joined Everest as EVP and CEO of Legacy Operations, effective December 1, reporting to Jim Williamson.
- **2026** — Everest’s current executive biography lists him as EVP, Capital Solutions; the exact date of the title change is unverified.
- **2026-09** — Spoke at PwC’s Legacy Live event during RVS Monte Carlo about legacy portfolios and capital.

## Achievements

- Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society since 2006.
- Served as Group COO of Catalina and EVP and COO of CNA.
- Helped lead enterprise analytics, technology and operations at CNA.
- Served as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Statistics at NYU Stern.
- Joined Everest’s executive leadership team in December 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Current Everest biography checked on October 21 lists Executive Vice President, Capital Solutions; this is an observation date, not an appointment date.
- **2026-09** — Everest highlighted Haase’s discussion of legacy portfolios as a source of capital flexibility at PwC’s Legacy Live event during RVS Monte Carlo.
- **2025-12** — Everest appointment as EVP and CEO of Legacy Operations took effect December 1.

## Links

- Website: https://www.everestglobal.com/us-en/about-us/leadership/executive-bios/gary-haase
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garyhaase

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