Chairman & Committee Members

Introduction to the Property SIG from Luke Exford, Chairman:

Welcome to the website of the Property Specialist Interest Group which came into being mid 2006.

The objectives of the Property SIG runs to a rapidly growing list, however the key objectives include:-

• Providing a centre of excellence in the field of Chartered Loss Adjusting and Claims Handling to enhance the reputation of the Institute in the areas of property and weather related claims
• Representing the interests of those members who specialise in this area of claims
• Promoting the Institute and its members within the Insurance Industry in the handling of claims.

The inaugural meeting of the committee was held on 11th August 2006 with a more recent meeting on 30th January.

The topics which have been discussed fall into three broad categories:-

• Housekeeping – the Constitution and objectives of the steering committee of the SIG, frequency of meetings, methods of election etc
• Current topics – Asbestos regulations, FPA loss report forms, the “Blue Book”, use of Website and material to be published, liaison with trade bodies, attendance at seminars etc
• Looking forward – a CPD event based around a major loss scenario

The members of the steering committee currently comprise:-

Neil Baldwin - Zurich
Brian Clark - Crawford & Company
David Damsell - Crawford & Company
Paul Handy - CTC Services
Malcolm Hyde - AMG
Mark Maskell - Cunningham Lindsey UK
Paul Ryan - GAB Robins

We hope you will find the website to be of interest and helpful.

We are keen for the Property SIG to be as interactive as possible so please do email any suggestions to us using the link

Best regards,

Luke Exford MRICS FCILA
Chairman
Property Specialist Interest Group