David Evans Email & Phone Number

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Associate in Large Loss and Technical unit

Liverpool

January 1992 – June 2015 (23 years 6 months)|liverpoolresponsibilities included contact for the Insurance Motor Practice Group in Liverpool and lead contact for foreign claims at Royal and Sun Alliance Foreign Claims Unit who act as UK agent for a number of leading foreign insurers and their brokers. Lead contact for criminal motor work for Allianz Legal Protection.Responsible for a substantial multi-track caseload and advising clients generally on a value added basis. Assisted HR with problem situations to include disciplinary hearings and processes. Additional responsibilities included a key role in the firm’s trainee recruitment programme (more than 20 recruits p.a.) and leading on a variety of initiatives to raise DWF’s external profile; mentoring for Business in the Arts, acting as a Facilitator on a variety of schools and young persons’ mentoring programmes, Co-Editor on the online DWF newsletter “Inside Liverpool” and led on the Social Committee for Liverpool. Also designed and delivered training and development initiatives. Made Partner in 1998.Head coach and facilitator on a CSR initiative (“Five Star Futures”) to promote self-confidence and enhance communication skills of school students to promote their life chances. Also led a similar initiative (“Aim Higher”) for older school children to increase their business skills.Led further CSR initiatives to support University students, delivering presentations to The World of Work Careers Centre at Liverpool John Moores University. Recognised as the go-to person for the provision of expert advice direct to client’s policy holders, seen as “pro-bono” value added work but acting as a powerful enabler for further business.Developed the firm’s business in the area of criminal work related to motoring matters. This has gone from strength to strength and has led to closer relationships with established clients and a robust and growing income stream.

Liverpool

September 1988 – December 1991 (3 years 4 months)|Liverpool, United KingdomWeightmans are a litigation defendant law firm with offices in Birmingham, Leicester, Liverpool, London and Manchester with expertise in property, company commercial, licensing and other practice areas. Initially a Trainee and, after qualification, a solicitor in the insurance department.