RSA Insurance, a multinational insurance firm, has hired Matthew Gosling as Senior Specialist Underwriter, Engineering, Power & Renewable Energy within its UK Specialty Lines business.
An experienced specialist within construction and engineering, Gosling will be take on responsibility with managing and profitably growing RSA’s engineering portfolio.
In his new role he will be based in London, where he will report to Jon Drabble, Director, Engineering, Power & Renewable Energy, UK Specialty Lines.
Overall, Gosling has more than 20 years of underwriting experience, predominantly within the construction and engineering space.
He joins RSA from International General Insurance (IGI), where he was previously responsible for managing the Insurance and Reinsurance of Contractors All Risks (CAR) and Erection All Risks (EAR) projects, Inherent Defects Insurance (IDI) and annual contractor’s policies.
Before he joined IGI, Gosling held various underwriting positions with HSB Engineering, Sompo Japan and Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS).
In addition, Gosling is also the Chairman of the Contractors All Risks Group and is a member of the Executive Committee for the London Engineering Group.
Jon Drabble, Director – Engineering, Power & Renewable Energy, UK Specialty Lines, said: “The global construction industry faces a myriad of challenges, resulting from the unstable economic environment, crises impacting energy and raw materials and the urgent need to adapt to new and sustainable methods of construction. Collaboration and partnership are key to navigating any associated risk – and seizing opportunities – and having the right team in place to support our clients and partners to do this is of the utmost importance.
“So I’m therefore delighted to welcome Matthew to RSA and our UK Specialty business. He’s well known and respected among brokers in the market and will enhance the capabilities we already have in the team. We’ve got ambitious plans to profitably grow this book of business and we look forward to Matthew helping us to realise those.”
