After a brief hiatus from the insurance industry, industry veteran Bryce Hatton has returned as EM Commercial and Consumer Underwriting Queensland for Vero.

His most recent role in insurance was as national operations manager for third-party claims administrator Gallagher Bassett.

Vero Head of Small Business and Consumer Underwriting Brad Dalton says Mr Hatton has “all the credentials” to support Queensland brokers.

“Bryce has more than 25 years’ industry experience across underwriting, claims, sales and broking,” Mr Dalton said.

“He also has very strong relationships in the Brisbane commercial broker market.”

Mr Hatton has previously held senior roles at Stream, National Transport Insurance, Maloney Brokers and Zurich.