Cooper Gay hires Lockton director to boost terrorism team

Cooper Gay has appointed Ian Barnes to its terrorism and political risks team.

Reporting to Richard Mahoney, managing director, Non-Marine, Barnes has insurance experience spanning more than 25 years, working with trading companies, banks and multinational corporates on both a retail and wholesale basis.

Most recently, Barnes was a divisional director at Lockton, where he spent 13 years broking political risks and trade credit risk. He will be based in Cooper Gay’s London office.

Richard Mahoney said: “Terrorism and Political Risks continue to present a real concern to multinational companies and we are extremely pleased that Ian has chosen to join Cooper Gay adding his considerable expertise in this area to our growing team.”