BMS grabs Aon trio to build new energy division

Specialist re/insurance broker  BMS Group has formed a new energy division in Australia with three senior appointments from Aon.

Richard Nunny, Ben Humphries and Serai Armstrong will join BMS in August and will report to Andrew Godden, CEO of BMS Australia.

Nunny brings 20 years’ experience in the Australian and London insurance market to BMS, with a focus on energy/power and renewables business. He joins from Aon, where he was most recently national power and energy practice leader.

Humphries specialises in the energy, power and renewable energy fields spanning both the construction and operational phases, areas he has focussed on throughout his 16-year career. Humphries also joins from Aon, following a number of years at Willis in both the Australian and London markets.

Armstrong has most recently served as a client executive at Aon advising clients in the power, energy and technology sectors and forms an integral part of the new division.

Godden said: “We are determined to attract the best talent to BMS to ensure we continue to build out a client offering that combines first class local service and advocacy supported by global reach and capabilities. People like Richard, Ben and Serai, whose combinations of experience, specialist expertise and relationships, continue to strengthen our offering for our clients – current and prospective. I am incredibly proud that people of this calibre chose to join BMS to deliver outstanding results, in a challenging trading environment, across the Energy sector.”