DARAG hires group head of claims from Tokio Marine Kiln

European legacy acquirer DARAG Group has appointed Elliott Goss as group head of claims, based in London.

Goss has over 17 years’ of re/insurance claims experience, specialising in long tail classes such as international casualty. He most recently served as head of casualty and specialty claims at Tokio Marine Kiln, where he led the team in handling large and complex losses as well as portfolio management since 2018. Prior to that, Goss was at Ark Syndicate Management where he joined in 2012 as senior claims adjuster and progressed to head of delegated and US casualty claims.

Tom Booth, CEO of DARAG, said: “For a legacy provider, maintaining an expert, efficient, agile and proactive claims function is key. We are entrusted with maintaining the promise of efficient and speedy claims handling throughout the duration of policies to our partners’ insureds.

"As DARAG continues to expand globally, we are therefore investing in growing our scalable and specialist claims team to serve all local markets. With his international expertise in multiple lines of business, Elliott will be a valuable addition to the DARAG team. We are very pleased to have Elliott joining us and we look forward to welcoming him in due course.”