Gallagher expands upstream energy team with three senior appointments

Insurance and reinsurance broking group Gallagher has announced three senior appointments in its upstream energy division to support its expanding client base.

Darren Jones has been named Executive Partner, bringing over 20 years of experience in energy broking. He joins from Miller, where he served as Upstream Energy Account Executive. Previously, he held senior roles at Marsh as Senior Vice President and at Lockton as Director.

Ian Curtin will also join later this month as Executive Partner. Curtin has spent the last six years at Miller as Head of Energy Construction and previously held senior positions at Marsh, Lockton, and Sedgwick.

Daniel Stobart will take on the role of Partner & Account Executive in early 2025. With 23 years in insurance, he has spent the last decade developing, placing, and servicing energy insurance programs for international oil and gas companies and contractors. Stobart joins from Marsh, where he was an Energy Client Executive, following over 20 years at JLT Group as Partner – Marine and Energy.

Commenting on the appointments, Matt Byatt, Managing Partner of upstream energy, Gallagher Specialty, said, “We are thrilled to welcome Darren, Ian and Daniel to Gallagher. We have recently had some major new business wins and these new recruits, alongside our established existing team, will be pivotal to supporting these clients as well as helping to further develop our client base.”

Byatt added, “The insurance and risk management needs of energy businesses are highly complex and at Gallagher we focus on providing clients with a team that fully understands the risks and opportunities facing them and can deliver unrivalled advice, support and market leading risk transfer solutions.”

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