Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has promoted Gavin Coley to London head of specialty claims and Kevin Miller joins as the Energy, Property and Construction Technical claims lead, both effective immediately.

Coley will continue to lead this team as part of his new role and report to Mike Gillett, chief claims officer, LSM. He joined the business over a year ago and prior to that, he worked in the London Market for many years holding various senior roles within the specialty market.

He takes over from Scott Kellers who covered the role on an interim basis for the past year. Kellers will remain with the business as head of syndicate claims and deputy head of Liberty Specialty Markets Group claims.

Miller joins from AIG, where he was major loss claims adjuster. He brings over 30 years’ experience in the London Market, having handled some of the most challenging Energy and Property London market losses in recent years. Miller will report to Gavin Coley.

Gillett commented: “Since joining LSM Gavin has proved himself to be very capable and his promotion is well deserved.  Kevin is a market-leading practitioner in Energy, Property and Construction claims. He brings a wealth of experience and technical capability to the role. His appointment reflects the continued focus of the claims team on having outstanding technical capability that underpins our claims service.”