BMS makes senior energy hire from Price Forbes

Specialist re/insurance broker BMS Group has hired Duncan Hayward as a director in its energy division.

Hayward most recently served as a divisional director at Lloyd's broker Price Forbes. Prior to that, he served as an associate at JLT, having begun his insurance career as an oil and gas broker at Agnew Higgins Pickering.

Hayward, who will join BMS in 2019 and lead the casualty initiative within the energy division.

Ian Gormley, director of BMS Group, said: “Our London Wholesale platform has gone from strength to strength in recent years, with market-beating growth. We place exceptional value in our people and work hard to attract the very best talent in the market. Our client-centric and flexible model of broking, combined with our employee-ownership structure, lies at the heart of our success. We are very pleased that it continues to draw the best and brightest individuals from across the market and I would therefore like to welcome Duncan to our team.”

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