Howden strengthens energy team

Howden Insurance Brokers has announced two new senior appointments to its energy division.

Greg Stenzhorn joins next month from Aon Benfield and he will focus on wholesale business from Europe, Canada and the US.

Meanwhile, Richard Bateman joins from Price Forbes, where he was technical director of the energy division. Previously, he held senior technical positions at Willis, Aon and Bowring.

The pair have more than 30 years’ experience between them.

Howden’s energy division managing director Alan Brooks said: “With Greg bringing us additional depth in product expertise, and Richard bringing significant service and technical expertise, we will continue to develop both elements of our proposition to achieve our goal of progressively building a service platform that handles all classes of business in the energy space, and that will rival any in the industry.”

Head of the group’s London broking operations John Bennett said: “Since Howden announced the launch of the energy division in 2011, our wholesale and reinsurance energy portfolio has seen superb growth. We continue to build a US and internationally focused energy capability to take advantage of our global network and the synergies across teams brought to us by the recent acquisition of Windsor. I believe we are confidently emerging as a leading player in the market.”