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Name: Trevor Davis
YORK RSG Address: 6th
Floor,
11 Leadenhall Street,
London
EC3V 1LP
Telephone No: 00 44 7771 331 674
Email: trevor.davis@yorkrsg.com
Profile:
Trevor has over 30 years’ experience in the insurance industry and has worked in the Middle
East as the Technical Director for CLI international loss adjusters, for the CIGNA Insurance
Company as their international executive claims adjuster managing energy, CAR/EAR, PAR,
engineering and BI losses worldwide, as well as for GulfRe as V.P. claims for a variety of
infrastructure, industrial and energy losses.
Trevor is an insurance professional, degree qualified, chartered mechanical engineer having
studied at Kent University and the Mid-Kent College.
Education:
Chartered Mechanical Engineer (C. Eng., M.I. Mech. E.)
OND & HND Mech Eng
CEI pt 2 Mech Eng
EUR ING
Employment:
Regional Director: 2015 to date. York RSG / Naseem Ocean Survey and Inspection Co,
Riyadh, KSA.
Senior Vice President of Claims and Technical Services: 2010 to 2015 - Gulf Reinsurance
Limited – Dubai, UAE.
Technical Director Middle East: 1993 – 2009 Cunningham Lindsey Middle East, Riyadh, KSA.
International Executive Loss Adjuster: 1990 – 1993 Cigna Insurance Company, Maidstone UK
Senior Adjuster: 1983 – 1990 Toplis and Harding, UK/KSA
Engineering Adjuster: 1981 – 1982 Robins Davies Little, Bahrain.
Engineer Surveyor: 1976 – 1981 Eagle Star Engineering Insurance, UK
Project/Design Engineer: 1968 – 1975 Parsons UK
Specialities:
Industrial/Commercial Risks (operational and construction)
Engineering construction/Erection All Risks
Engineering MBD/Steam plant/Gas turbines/RO and MSF desalination plant
Risk Surveys and heavy lifts
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Projects / Claim experience
Responsible for the quality and management of the Bahrain and KSA team
Handled a diverse portfolio of construction, operational and property claims
Management and development of the regional business plan
Responsible for the management of the regional offices
Daily liaison with all levels of staff
Regional marketing and problem solving
Provided technical support across the MENA region
Responsible for the management of a team of eight in-house property adjusters
Management and development of a portfolio of large and complex energy and
property claims led by Cigna Insurance UK
Liaison between insurers and appointed adjusters and industry experts/lawyers.
Employed as a Home/Foreign engineer/adjuster with T&H Technical based in
London
Handled a wide portfolio of losses including CAR/EAR, PAR, MBD for the London
and overseas market.
Instrumental in the establishment of the T&H offices in Riyadh and Jeddah between
1985 and 1990.
This was a home based role requiring site visits for clients in SE England providing
risk management, inspection, testing and certification services for construction and
operational risks including thermal and nuclear power plants, manufacturing
processes and ports.
Responsible for initial claim and loss investigations within my portfolio of clients and
facilitating adjusters’ enquiries.
Sample of major losses handled:
KSA:
Utilities: Power station gas and steam turbine generator breakdown losses, transformer fires
and RO/MSF failures. Water treatment plant fires. Boiler failures.
Major construction project EAR and CAR fires, floods and plant damage. Heavy lifting risks.
Refinery and cement plant EAR fires, floods and collapses.
Petrochemical plant MBD.
Commercial property fires, thefts and flood damage.
Sudan:
Oil refinery EAR losses.
Sugar plant machinery MBD.
Bahrain:
Aluminium smelter plant breakdowns.
Paper factory MBD.
Commercial fires.
Rain storm/flood losses.
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Jordan:
Damage to “new desert highway” road project.
MBD damage to port grain discharge cranes and conveyors
Flood damage to dam projects
Catastrophe experience:
Super Cyclone Gonu, Oman, 2007. Extensive commercial and domestic property damage.
Severe floods/rain storms, Jeddah, 2009. Extensive property damage including circa 3,000
vehicles destroyed and some 450 people missing/killed.
Hurricane Matthew, Bahamas, 2016. Commercial and domestic claims.
Hurricanes Irma / Maria, BVI, 2017. Commercial and domestic claims.