Summary
Kevin Quealy is a retired underwriting leader with 13+ years in senior roles across the Excess & Surplus Lines market and a career stretching back to the mid-1980s, specializing in primary and excess casualty, CGL and products liability. He built and managed multi-million dollar books, developed underwriting guidelines and manuscript policy language, and led internal audits and technology projects connecting underwriters with IT developers. Known as a technical underwriter and mentor, he earned credibility with management, brokers and junior staff by consistently delivering underwriting profit and practical training. His experience spans diverse classes including manufacturing, contracting, real estate, hospitality, trucking/commercial auto and oil & gas, often handling complex deductible and SIR structures. Less obvious: Kevin routinely served as the departmental liaison for IT implementations and was a frequent speaker and instructor, bridging technical underwriting with operational systems and training. Based in Westmont, Illinois, he combines deep subject-matter expertise with hands-on project leadership across underwriting, policy drafting and process modernization.
13 years of coding experience
34 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Marketing, Bachelor of Science (BS) Marketing at Northern Illinois University