Liberty International Underwriters Europe (LIU Europe), a division of Liberty Mutual Group, has made two appointments to spearhead a new product line for civil construction risks – Richard Williams as Vice President of Civil Construction and Paul Hampshire as Assistant Vice President of Civil Construction.
Based in London, Williams and Hampshire will write a range of civil infrastructure business to complement LIU Europe’s existing range of construction products as well as look for high quality projects globally that display good levels of risk management.
Richard Williams has spent 19 years in the London insurance market, most recently as director heading up the engineering and construction insurance unit of a major global reinsurance company. Prior to this, he worked as an engineer on sites in the UK and West Africa for Taylor Woodrow and Mowlem Building.
Paul Hampshire joins from ARCADIS AYH where he was based in The Hague as Director, International Sector, responsible for key corporate accounts and relationships in EMEA. Prior to this role, Paul was MD for Bovis Lend Lease for France and Benelux and also managed key aspects of the Terminal 5 development, Euro Disney and Waterloo International projects.
Commenting on the recruitment of the team, Sean Rocks, Chief Executive Officer, LIU Europe, said: “We already have a strong team writing construction risks and the addition of civil construction will nicely complement our existing book while providing our brokers and clients with a broader range of construction products. Richard and Paul both have exceptional expertise and experience within the civil construction sector and will prove to be a valuable asset to our business.”
