David Hayward, ACII
Executive Vice President, AXIS Insurance Claims Manager
David has been with AXIS since its inception in 2002 and is responsible for all Insurance claims activity emanating outside North America. He has 28 years of experience and previously held senior positions as Group Claims Director at Hiscox, Marine Claims Manager at Ace Global Markets and Deputy Manager of the Energy, Property and Liability group at Lloyd's Claims Office. He is an accredited CEDR mediator and an active member of the London market energy and property claims groups. In addition to handling major claims worldwide, he also works closely with our underwriting teams ensuring our claims teams are fully aligned to the business and client needs.
John Isachsen
Senior Vice President, London Claims
Manager
John is our practice coordinator for Property and Onshore Energy. He has 25 years of experience gained in the London market with Benfield and then Faraday underwriting before joining AXIS in 2007. John handles all types of commercial property claims and related business interruption exposures ranging from manufacturing and municipality business to retail, telecommunications and hospitality. His onshore energy experience ranges from petroleum refining and marketing to electricity generation and renewable energy losses.
James Parker
Senior Vice President, Zurich Claims Manager
James Parker has over 10 years industry experience and previously worked both in legal practice and with a leading Loss Adjusting firm, before joining Winterthur International (later XL Global Risks) in 2000, where he served as Casualty Claims Controller in London. He then transferred to the Global Claims Head Office in Switzerland, where he took up the role of Senior Claims Consultant for the UK/RoW and later Continental European regions. He also headed up a series of global initiatives within the Global Claims team, before joining AXIS in May 2005, to head up the new European Re Claims operation in Zurich.
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Alistair Brown
Vice President, Dublin Claims Manager
Alistair is our Marine and Offshore Energy practice coordinator. He has 16 years of experience in the industry much of which was spent at RGL as a forensic accountant handling major international claims. He handles all types of physical damage, business interruption and operators extra expense coverage for many of the world's largest drilling contractor fleets, multinational integrated oil companies, state owned companies and independents.
Colin Rann, DIP CII
Vice President, Catastrophe Coordinator
Colin has over 17 years of experience in the industry and has handled a variety of complex matters ranging from marine hull, cargo and recreational mega yachts to worldwide aviation hull and liability losses which today is his primary area of focus. He joined AXIS in 2002 having previously worked at Ace Global Markets.
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