GRS hires ex-Swiss Re/Marsh to expand risk management capabilities

Global Risk Solutions Group (GRS), a provider of property and casualty (P&C) claims adjusting, complex/large loss and environmental risk management solutions, has hired a former Swiss Re/Marsh executive as senior strategic advisor for its Environmental Risk Management Solutions (ERMS) business unit.

James Hughes (pictured) will advise GRS and its clients on environmental risk and claim issues.

Hughes has had a long career as a risk professional in the energy sector. He is the founder of Hughes Mediation & Arbitration Services and Hughes Risk Management & Insurance Services, both based in Houston, Texas. He is a credentialed arbitrator, mediator, expert witness and risk consultant.

Previously, he led the global risk and insurance programmes for ConocoPhillips, influenced and propelled the company's enterprise risk management programme, and recovered more than $1.5 billion in insurance claims through collaboration and negotiation with London, U.S., Bermuda and international insurers.

Hughes started his career at Swiss Re as a marine and aviation underwriter, was a broker at Johnson & Higgins and later at Marsh, and was a Lloyd's coverholder, with binding authority, at Global Special Risks. He has served as a director of Bermuda-based mutuals Oil Insurance, Oil Casualty Insurance and sEnergy Insurance. He is a former chairman of the board of sEnergy and OCIL.

Kip Radigan, group CEO of Global Risk Solutions, said: "We are delighted to welcome to GRS a professional we've known for many years. Jim's extensive experience in energy and environmental risk management will enhance the capabilities of our Environmental Risk Management Solutions team and bring tremendous value to GRS clients."

Steve Gosser, CEO of GRS' ERMS unit, added: “We know from interacting with Jim through the years that his career experience and expertise in risk management are exceptional. He will complement our terrific team of specialists in Houston and other locations who are making a difference for our clients."

Hughes commented: "I am pleased to join the GRS team and serve as a resource. Conditions in the current insurance market and trends in the energy sector are combining to increase companies' risks and challenges, and GRS is well-positioned to address those."

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