John Claeys

About John Claeys

I bring 30 years of experience in banking, surety and commercial insurance to my role as a team leader at Parker Smith and Feek. We provide consulting services helping our clients leverage their market positions for greater opportunities, and helping them mitigate risk, while getting the maximum value from their risk transfer spend.As a team leader my role is to understand the financial goals of our clients, their business plan and attitude towards risk while bringing talented specialists to the job of crafting structures that match a clients goals and maximize value.While my background is rooted in complex surety placements, I have clients who will testify to our success in Employee Benefits, Marine and large Property placements. The common theme in all our successes has been our ability to understand our clients business before we discuss any of our services.

Experience

1. Sr VP Surety P & C

   WTW

   Jan 1999 — Present

   Client advocate/ team leader specializing in complex commercial insurance placements, and surety bonds.

Education

• University of Puget Sound

  Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)

  1979 — 1983

Skills

• Workers Compensation
• Risk Assessment
• Surety Bonds
• Excess
• Liability
• Financial Risk
• Reinsurance
• General Insurance
• Legal Liability
• Commercial Lines
• Employment Practices Liability
• Risk Management
• Disability Insurance
• Commercial Insurance
• Claim
• Surety
• Employee Benefits
• Professional Liability
• D&O
• Underwriting
• Insurance
• Claims Management
• Captives
• Analysis
• Health Insurance
• Brokers
• Casualty
• Property & Casualty Insurance
• Business Planning