Peter Uzzi

Biography

Peter is Vice President of Claims in the Commercial Risk Services Division for the ACE Group, one of the world’s largest multiline property and casualty insurers. With operations in 53 countries, ACE provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. The Commercial Risk Services Division, which is based in Alpharetta, Georgia, offers specialty insurance products and solutions for small businesses through several distribution channels. Peter joined ACE in 2012 and is based in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he collaborates with the ACE North America claims division providing oversight in the management of Professional Liability, Property, General Liability and Workers Compensation claims. He also oversees claims managed by Third Party Administrators. Before joining ACE, Peter served as the Northeast Regional Director of Counsel at The Hartford, managing the company’s in-house litigation attorneys in New York and New England. His team of 140 managing attorneys, litigators and support staff handled a pending inventory of 8,000 litigated General Liability and Workers Compensation cases. In his 9-year tenure at The Hartford, he also managed the company’s claims quality program for the Auto and General Liability lines overseeing quality audits at the company’s claims field offices throughout the United States and reporting results and recommendations to the claims leadership team. Before that role, Peter managed the Employment Practices, Miscellaneous Professional, and Architects & Engineers liability claims at Hartford Financial Products in New York City. He also served as Bond Counsel at The Travelers, providing advice to underwriters in mitigating risk and drafting D&O, EPLI and Fiduciary insurance policies and endorsements. Peter earned his B.A. degree at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York and his J.D. at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California. He practiced litigation, trial and appellate law at law firms in San Jose for more than 15 years representing financial institutions and insurance companies in coverage and liability lawsuits and class actions.

Education

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Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: CA