Baldwin leaves Sedgwick to take executive board seat at McLarens UK & Ireland

McLarens, a global loss adjuster specializing in complex, commercial and niche markets, has strengthened its  UK & Ireland leadership with the appointment of Neil Baldwin as executive director.

Baldwin takes over from Nigel Clarke who retired as executive director in March after 13 years with the business.

Baldwin has over 33 years of experience and a background in account management, business development and complex & major loss at a senior management level. Prior to joining McLarens, he was the head of the UK retail team, client relationship management, at Sedgwick UK.

He will sit on McLarens’ UK & Ireland executive board, responsible for the further development and strategic growth of major loss. Baldwin will work with Mike Rosthorn, Darren Anderton and William Wilson, heads of McLarens’ major loss practice for the South, North and Ireland areas respectively, to drive activity from an operational and technical perspective.

In 2019, the business restructured its UK leadership team to place major loss and technical adjusting at the core of operational management and delivery. Baldwin is the latest in a string of senior appointments at McLarens, including Mark Simmonds as head of construction & engineering, and Kim Alcock as head of UK casualty and third-party administration (TPA) operations.

Steven Wallace, UK & Ireland managing director, said: “We have seen considerable growth over the past year, and we’ve made numerous senior hires to support and build off the momentum and further extend our service offering. It is hugely positive to have someone of Neil’s calibre on board; he’s well known in the marketplace and brings a unique perspective that will be invaluable in supporting the continued expansion of our business. His values and passion for service focussed, technical loss adjusting aligns precisely to the McLarens ethos.

Baldwin commented: “McLarens is well renowned as a specialist provider of expert, technical loss adjusting and it’s a proposition that clearly resonates with the market. This is exactly the type of work that I’ve specialised in over the course of my career. Robust account management and first-class service delivery are what I’m passionate about and it’s clear that both of these are integral to the McLarens approach.”