Hurricane Irma & Maria – Caribbean Response

The passage of Hurricane Maria has continued to present additional logistical challenges to our deployment throughout the affected islands but we have been able to assist many of our client’s needs.

Currently, we have teams of adjusters based in BVI, USVI, St. Martin, St. Maarten, Anguilla, Puerto Rico and Turks & Caicos. Our adjusting teams are supported by surveyors, accountants from FAS Global and engineering support from EFI Global in the U.S.

As the airports reopen, we will be deploying further staff to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. We have been utilizing staff from throughout our global network to provide support the islands impacted.

We have staff from our Latin American office joining our existing team in Puerto Rico to ensure we have the local language skills necessary to work effectively there.

We have additional staff awaiting deployment and expect the bulk of these will be on-station within the next two (2) weeks. We also have sufficient staff capacity and our resourcing remains under active daily review to ensure we have the necessary staff in each location.

 

Cunningham Lindsey creates Miami Hub for Latin America and the Caribbean

Cunningham Lindsey has announced the creation of a new hub, based in Miami, from which it plans to expand the support it can offer clients across Central and South America and the Caribbean. Led by Peter Ravey, a Major and Complex Loss Adjuster and Miami Hub Director for Latin America and Caribbean at Cunningham Lindsey, the hub will offer loss adjusting, audit & review and training services to insurers and reinsurers across all classes of casualty, property and special risks business in the region.

Peter Ravey, said: “Miami has become a significant hub for insurance and reinsurance business in Latin America and the Caribbean as a result of its accessibility, and now provides a critical mass of insurance, reinsurance and broking firms, ranking alongside Bermuda, the Dubai or Singapore markets. It is no surprise therefore that a number of international re/insurers and local insurers have set up operations and strengthened their offering here in Miami in the past 12 months.

“Given its proximity to the growth markets of Central and South America, where premiums have increased significantly over the last decade, and are set to rise yet further, having a depth of resource based here in Miami means that we are better able to both support our clients’ growth and their product line diversification.

“Having worked alongside companies across the region since 1984, we are able to offer a rare combination of both a strong regional knowledge and the ability to deliver global expertise from elsewhere in the group. We will provide both a high quality claims management, as well as creating the platform to meet new needs with additional services such as forensic accounting, environmental support and third party administration.”

The Miami-hub will focus on property business (including business interruption, power generation, machinery breakdown, onshore energy and mining) as well as casualty business including general third party liability, hotel and resorts’ liability, products, product contamination and related product recall, pollution and employers’ liability.

About Cunningham Lindsey

Cunningham Lindsey is the global market leader in claims handling, domestic and commercial loss adjusting, catastrophe or major loss claims handling and claim management assistance. The firm’s operating platform includes 6,000 employees operating across 60 countries.

Cunningham Lindsey Announces Three Senior Appointments in its Miami Office

 

Cunningham Lindsey has announced three senior appointments to further enhance its service in Latin America and the Caribbean. Laura de Sordi has been appointed Strategic Business Development Leader for the region; Kevin Innes becomes Senior Adjuster/Caribbean Operations Manager and Rafael Calzadilla, Lawyer/Senior Adjuster.  All three will be based in the new hub office in Miami, from where they will service clients in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Peter Ravey, a Major a Complex Loss Adjuster and Director of Cunningham Lindsey Miami Hub for Latin America & Caribbean said: “Miami is becoming increasingly important as a center in servicing the rapidly growing markets in Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean. With premium increases rising between 2007-2014 on average by 18% in Brazil, 14% in Chile, 15% in Colombia and 10% in Mexico , it is no surprise that more and more of our clients are focusing activity in the region and we recognize the need to be operating right alongside them.

“We are delighted that Laura, Kevin and Rafael have joined our new Miami hub office, and their depth of expertise, insight and breadth of knowledge will mean that we can support both our clients’ growth and their product line diversification. Our offer combines a strong regional and deep technical knowledge to provide a high quality claims management service. We are also laying the foundations for the provision of additional services such as forensic accounting, environmental support and third party administration as the market evolves.”

Laura de Sordi will be responsible for further enhancing relationships with existing clients, assisting with complex loss claims settlements, and for developing new business opportunities across the region and globally.  Laura is a qualified Italian Lawyer, and she previously spent 12 years at Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A, based in London, where her responsibilities included: Head of Legal Department for insurance affairs, Head of Group Underwriting Claims Unit and Head of Global Risk Specialty Lines Claims – which incorporated responsibility for aviation, marine, property, engineering and casualty claims in Latin America and Spain.

Kevin Innes previously worked at McLarens Global for 15 years, where he was Regional Manager, Caribbean (Global Shareholder) Global Management Team and Director of Regional Catastrophe Operations. He brings a wealth of experience and knowledge on all areas of the claims process, and in particular, loss analysis, loss management, operations, adjusting, claims administration, finance, risk evaluation and marketing.

Rafael Calzadilla, has 16 years’ experience of reinsurance underwriting, broking and claims handling in Latin America and the Caribbean.  His experience spans the management and administration of facultative reinsurance for casualty and property portfolios, reinsurance broking and placing programmes to liability, property and marine claims handling and risk management services for clients based across the region.  He is also a bilingual attorney registered to practice law in Venezuela, and he can advise on proceedings and regional regulatory rules and on the scope and limits of coverage for liability and property policies, in addition to training clients on various aspects of third party liability.

 

About Cunningham Lindsey

Cunningham Lindsey is the global market leader in claims handling, domestic and commercial loss adjusting, catastrophe or major loss claims handling and claim management assistance. The firm’s operating platform includes over 5,000 employees operating across 60 countries.