Ray Ward Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

Dallas, Texas, Us

Senior broker in the Marine & Energy division, placing P&C lines - including GL, Auto, Excess, Property and specialty lines for insureds in the marine, energy and environmental space.

Responsible for the roll-out and implementation of a new agency management system (Applied Epic), including the coordination of staff training. Provided risk management and brokerage services to some of the company's larger commercial accounts, including energy & environmental clients, real estate developers, large trucking fleets and technology / media companies.

Placed primary & excess casualty for energy & environmental clients. Provided training and expertise to colleagues and retail agents in regard to energy insurance coverages. Participated in management and planning.

Prepared a suite of insurance products for energy risks. Reviewed and updated the control of well rating model, creating a spreadsheet that allows the underwriters to import the raw footage data and generate the premium based on a myriad of customizable factors.

Senior upstream energy producer / broker for the upstream sector. Instigated new Lloyd’s casualty program to enhance in-house capabilities. Earned ceded authority on multiple Lloyd’s contracts. Provided training and expertise to retail agents

London, Gb

Senior Energy Account Executive and Senior Energy Package Broker for for upstream energy clients around the U.S. Managed multiple successful RFP responses, both defensive and offensive, and completed the successful restructuring of a number of clients' programs to better fit their exposures and optimize the premium spend.Heavily involved in the group's broking efforts into the London and domestic markets, leading the effort on multiple accounts. Conceived and authored a subscription market agreement to allow the domestic market to operate in a more uniform and streamlined manner, reducing administration and consequently speeding up turnaround times on the policies where it was deployed.Prepared and delivered educational presentations to colleagues and clients on upstream coverages.

Rolling Meadows, Il, Us

Established a new office in Houston (Alesco), including setting up a new Lloyd’s facility; a process I managed, achieving Coverholder status (personally tribunalized), generating the program wordings and rating structure, and underwriting the program on behalf of subscribing syndicates. I was an integral team member for the group’s major accounts, including client liaison, program design, marketing, wording preparation / negotiation and claims.

London, Gb

Account executive for certain retail and wholesale accounts. Provide support to senior management with respect to all the company's major clients, including day-to-day responsibility for certain aspects of these accounts. Clients included on and offshore E&P, midstream, downstream and drilling contractors.

Responsible for the handling of non-recourse financed construction projects, from initial submission through to project completion and handover, including contract review and claims handling. Handle and market certain exploration and production accounts.

Worked for three London broking houses: Bowring (Marsh), Alexander Howden (Aon) and Nichols Pointing (JLT) focused on E&P (on and offshore), midstream and downstream clients, handling Energy Package and Casualty lines.

Managed the insurances for Britoil's North Sea drilling program, tracking rigs on and off charter, reviewing charter party agreements to ensure compliance with insurance requirements, managing statutory reporting under OPOL and liaising with joint venturers to offer buy-in to our program and/or collect evidence of insurance. Managed the company's claims process, maintaining the claims database and collecting claims monies.