Bev FitzGerald was invited to speak at the 6th Annual Claims Management Conference in Amsterdam which took place on 26/27 January this year. This event was attended by over 100 representatives from the European insurance Market, covering 32 countries and a wide range of business functions. Bev presented a talk entitled – ‘Your CAT doesn’t need to be a Disaster’ – which was very well received.

At the end of last year, we concluded over 5 years’ involvement in New Zealand, supporting local and international insurers/reinsurers on the 2010/2011 earthquakes which destroyed much of Christchurch and the surrounding areas. Bev FitzGerald visited the Asia Pacific Region, in particular New Zealand itself and Australia, to thank all our various clients for their business and much-appreciated support on this project, probably the largest we have ever undertaken. At the same time, this was an opportunity to thank our team for their tremendous work ‘on the ground’ in NZ.

There are many lessons to be learned from our own and insurers’ experiences in NZ. During this trip, Bev gave a presentation highlighting these lessons to a conference in Kuala Lumpur attended by 30 local insurers.

The specialist insurance claims consulting company, FitzGerald Consulting Ltd (FCL), and Echo Alfa Ltd (EAL), leading operators of drone services, are delighted to announce their joint working agreement for the insurance industry.

Initially, the main focus of the joint working will be on catastrophe (CAT) and individual major loss events. We shall also, however, be looking to support insurers, reinsurers, corporate clients and others in the insurance industry with pre-risk, Underwriting and risk management services.

The arrangement will cover the UK and international locations.

FCL’s Managing Director, Bev FitzGerald commented – ‘My director colleagues and I are very excited to have agreed this joint working arrangement with EAL. Drone technology will be a ground-breaking innovation in the insurance world. Allied to our own company’s technical skills in interpreting the data, we will be able to offer our clients cost-effective, rapid and highly detailed photographic intelligence.

EAL added – ‘We are delighted to be working with FCL to offer a unique aerial imaging service to the insurance industry. The imaging technology and data accuracy available today from Small Unmanned Surveillance Aircraft (SUSA), or drones, is something that will revolutionise the way the industry accesses, shares and analyses information.’

FCL can be contacted at – bev@fitzgeraldconsulting.co.uk Tel – 00 44 7815 810772
EAL can be contacted at – survey@echoalfa.co.uk Tel – 00 44 20 3883 4946

Context International – Global Adjusting network

Towards the end of September, our company joined several associates from the Context International global adjusting network in Europe to host a presentation for a party of insurers, reinsurers and brokers from the London insurance Market. The event took place at the beautiful Watermans’ Hall in the City. The co-founder of Context International, Gerard Bottcher, joined our MD, Bev FitzGerald to talk about the CI network and we were also delighted to have a partner from Clyde & Co give an excellent presentation on the different legal approaches between the UK and Continental European legal systems in relation to insurance.

FitzGerald Consulting Ltd is the sole representative for Context International in the UK and New Zealand.

Following the initial visit made in June by Bev FitzGerald and an engineering adjuster from our new associate in Mexico, Kimsi & Associates, we are pleased to say that our London-based reinsurer client accepted our recommendations for certain follow-up work. This has now been completed after a further visit to Ecuador by Kimsi & Associates.

During the first two weeks of December this year‎, our MD, Bev FitzGerald, and director colleague, Graeme Shurben, will be visiting the Asia Pacific Region. The main focus of the trip is on New Zealand where we continue to have a team of adjusters based in that country settling claims outstanding following the series of earthquakes that hit Christchurch and the surrounding areas starting in September 2010.

Bev and Graeme will also be calling in to Sydney and Singapore to meet clients and other connections in the Market as part of the development of our new company, FitzGerald Consulting Asia Pacific Ltd.

FCL appointed to support major worldwide reinsurer – another new client – in reviewing its portfolio of exposures in Ecuador following the 7.8 earthquake in that country on 16 April this year.

Our managing director, Bev FitzGerald, will be travelling to Ecuador accompanied by an engineering-based adjuster from our new joint venture partners in Mexico/Lat-Am, Kimsi & Associates.

We are delighted to announce that, following her recent departure from Crawford & Co, Sarah Civil will be working with our company.

Sarah has for many years headed up Crawford’s Global Technical Services (GTS) – its worldwide high-end adjusting business – in the UK. Under her leadership it was extremely successful and involved her being responsible for adjusting teams in Property Major Loss, Marine and Transportation, Power, Energy, Construction, Engineering, International Casualty and Aviation, handling losses in the UK as well as on an International basis. She also managed their response to various international catastrophe events and sat on their Global “GTS” Council.
She has an excellent reputation and is very well known throughout the Market.

Within FCL, Sarah will be focusing on business development and on personally providing specialised consultancy services.

FCL’s Managing Director, Bev FitzGerald, added – ‘I am very pleased that Sarah has chosen to work in our business. She brings a wealth of experience and expertise and my director colleagues and I are looking forward to working closely with her. It is an exciting development for our company’.