Nicholas Baker, who joined GRS in 2021, is a skilled loss adjuster with extensive experience in complex claims, including onshore and offshore energy, oil and gas, and renewable energy assets. Nicholas also has significant international experience in site surveys, as well as analyzing and negotiating claims. Before joining GRS, he was a senior loss adjuster at Advanta Global Services and previously held loss adjusting positions at Renewable Energy Loss Adjusters, Lloyd & Partners Ltd., and Charles Taylor Consulting, and was an oil and gas wellhead design engineer at Plexus Ocean Systems Ltd.

Nicholas has a Master of Science degree in composite materials and a Bachelor of Engineering in materials science and engineering, from Imperial College London.

Alasdair Boyle, who joined GRS in 2021, is an experienced loss adjuster with a background in complex and contentious claims. During his career, he has handled a variety of claims, including property, liability, energy, and renewable energy losses. Before joining GRS, Alasdair held loss adjusting roles at Advanta Global Services, Sedgwick, and Cunningham Lindsey.

Alasdair began his insurance career at Flaxmans, a specialist claims advocacy law firm. In addition to a graduate diploma in law from the College of Law, Bristol. He also has an honor’s Bachelor of Science degree from Leeds University. Alasdair is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and has an Advanced Diploma from the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters.

Chris Burley

BSc (Hons), MRICS, DipSurv, Cert CILA

+974 (0) 66 490 740

Associate Director Construction, Property & Specialist Liabilities

Chris is an experienced loss adjuster and Chartered Building Surveyor, with 34 years’ experience in the field of surveying and project management, including 25 years in the insurance industry.

He has been based in the Middle East for the past six years and handles a wide range of construction, engineering, professional indemnity, liability and property losses. Based in Qatar, Chris major and complex loss across the region with a particular focus on the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Kuwait.

Over 38 years, Booker has risen through the commercial P&C ranks, gaining comprehensive and proficient commercial technical knowledge. He has successfully resolved many claims valued at $20 million or more, and has handled a wide variety of complex claims, including catastrophe management in Texas after Hurricane Ike, to earthquake damage at a military establishment in New Zealand, and tornado damage at an aircraft plant in Kansas. Booker’s career includes holding Senior Executive General Adjuster positions at several leading claims adjusting companies. Richard J. Booker holds a license as a Chartered Commercial Property & Liability Loss Adjuster. He achieved his Associate Degree in 2001, accompanied by elevation to the Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) designation. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA).