Location: UK

Following the passage of Hurricane Irma, Cunningham Lindsey have been deploying adjusting and surveying staff to the affected islands in addition to adjusters also being deployed in Florida.

The situation on the ground in many of the eastern Caribbean islands is extremely challenging; as has been seen in the media, in many cases, extreme damage to infrastructure has been occassioned which is making access and sourcing accomodation difficult. Many of the islands are without power, water and fuel.

In addition to the mainland US, we have staff on the ground in St. Martin, St. Maarten, BVI, Bahamas and Antiuga and will have staff in place on USVI and Anguilla in the next 24 hours.

If we may assist you in any way, please contact either Ben Price in London or David Repinski or Phil Box in the US.

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An earthquake described as the country’s strongest in a century has struck off the southern coast of Mexico, killing at least 33 people. The quake, which measured 8.2 on the Richter Scale, struck in the Pacific, south-west of the town of Pijijiapan at 23:50 local time on Thursday 7th September. Oaxaca and Chiapas states bore the brunt of the damage although some damage has been reported in Veracruz, Tabasco and Mexico states.

Damage is mainly to commercial and residential property and infrastructure, such as roads. The severely affected areas of Oaxaca and Chiapas are largely underdeveloped rural areas with little heavy industry. Our office in Mexico City has responded and we have adjusters on the ground attending losses in the cities of Oaxaca, Oaxaca state and Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas state.

If we may assist you in any way, please contact either Steve Clayton in Mexico City, Laura De Sordi in Miami or Neil Keeble in London.

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Cunningham Lindsey has announced the appointment of two UK Operations Directors; Stephen Kerr and Scott Cameron in the South and North of the UK respectively. Both appointments are effective immediately.

The move follows a recent internal restructure of the loss adjusting function, aimed at giving greater management oversight of UK operations. Scott Cameron replaces Kerr in the northern UK role, whilst the southern operations role is newly created, which Kerr moves to.

Stephen Kerr has been with Cunningham Lindsey for 22 years and has previously undertaken a number of senior management roles, and will be responsible for major loss, private client services and commercial adjusting products.

Scott Cameron has been with the global adjusters for over 10 years with a background in commercial and major loss but more recently he has headed up their Glasgow office. In his new role he will take responsibility for whole Northern UK Region and its operational performance.

Both will report to Neil Gibson, Cunningham Lindsey’s Loss Adjusting Services Director & Regional MCL Global Leader UK, who commented: “Both Stephen and Scott have a wealth of loss adjusting and managerial experience. The organisational restructure is aimed at enhancing both service delivery to clients and managerial oversight, as we continue to build on our strengths in the UK.”

Cunningham Lindsey has announced the appointment of Sarah Civil to the role of UK Corporate Risks and Specialist Practice Groups Director. Civil will join the global loss adjusting and claims management firm on 1 September.

Civil, who has been operating as a senior independent consultant for the past 18 months, had previously lead rival Crawford’s Global Technical Services, the adjuster’s worldwide high-end adjusting business. She was responsible for adjusting teams in Property Major Loss, Marine and Transportation, Power, Energy, Construction, Engineering, International Casualty and Aviation, managing losses in the UK as well as on an international basis.

She brings significant adjusting experience and is well known throughout the London insurance market, having managed several international catastrophe event responses. Her new role will focus on Cunningham Lindsey’s Corporate Risks team and the continued development of Specialist Practice Groups in the UK.

Neil Gibson, Cunningham Lindsey’s Loss Adjusting Services Director & Regional MCL Global Leader UK added: “I am very pleased that Sarah has chosen to join us. She brings a wealth of experience and expertise and my colleagues and I are looking forward to working closely with her as we continue to grow this area of the business. It is an exciting development for our company.”

Cunningham Lindsey has announced the appointment of Stephen Foster as Technical Director, Marine in the UK. Foster, who currently heads up the loss adjuster’s marine team in Indonesia, will be relocating to the UK to take up the role from 1 August.

Stephen has spent 21 years working overseas in both Indonesia and Singapore and has extensive knowledge of the marine insurance market in the UK and Asia Pacific regions, having been involved in overseeing the development of the firm’s marine operations in Asia Pacific. His primary role in the UK will be handling major and complex marine cargo losses.

Neil Gibson, Cunningham Lindsey’s Loss Adjusting Services Director, said: “Stephen’s wealth of experience in handling major and complex marine cargo loss will enhance the capability of the UK team significantly. Being able to bring in a person of Stephen’s caliber, underlines our commitment to clients, and further improve our service delivery to them.”

Cunningham Lindsey’s marine surveying and adjusting operations in Indonesia will also remain under Foster’s tenure. He replaces Ray Saunders in the UK, who is retiring at the end of this year.

Cunningham Lindsey is pleased to announce the appointment of a new UK Head of Forensic Advisory Services (FAS Global).

Andy King will join as Head of FAS Global in the UK on 3 July from Aon, where he was Head of Specialty Claims in the Middle East. King has over 30 years experience as a chartered accountant and chartered loss adjuster and has also worked in senior claims management roles at Crawford, PwC and Marsh.

Neil Gibson, Cunningham Lindsey’s Loss Adjusting Services Director, said: “I am pleased to welcome Andy to FAS Global. He brings with him a wealth of experience which will prove invaluable as we continue to grow over the coming years.”

King replaces Matt Griffin who led the firm’s accounting division since its inception and will remain with Cunningham Lindsey, returning to his native Australia.

Established in 2014 by Cunningham Lindsey, FAS Global has grown significantly over the last three years, providing insurers with a forensic accounting service combined with independent financial analysis in financial investigation, litigation and valuation.