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There are significant organisational challenges in dealing with underwater UXO as a recognised subsea contractor, especially when managing through contracts which have different national considerations regarding operational best-practice.
A review of how the risk is presented to The Insurance Market and how Insurers can collaborate to ensure a safe and certain outcome.
Presentations:
Andrew Woollven, EOD Capability Director, Helix Robotics Solutions – Challenges & Technologies for dealing with Underwater UXO
Keith Broughton, Beazley – Mine Clearance in the Dark – An Underwriter’s View of Commercial Maritime EOD Operations
Speakers
Andrew Woollven
EOD Capability Director, Helix Robotics Solutions
Andrew Woollven is a former Naval Warfare Commander and Mine Clearance Diving Specialist. In the years prior to leaving he served as Commanding Officer in HMS BROCKLESBY engaged in extensive mine clearance operations in Northern Europe and the Baltic; worked as the maritime specialist for the UK‘s strategic deployable joint force headquarters; served as the policy, training and international engagement lead at Army HQ for UKs Joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal capability and his final assignment was as the Commanding Officer at the Defence Diving School.
On leaving the military saw him undertake offshore EOD Superintendent roles followed by extensive work with a small team of former Royal Navy advanced EOD operators to bring low order deflagration (LOD) into the commercial arena. In early 2024 he joined Helix as their Director of EOD along with this small EOD team and together they have quickly established Helix as the UK’s premier deliverer of LOD for commercial maritime EOD operations.
Married, with three grown up daughters he lives on the coast in West Sussex along with his mad working cocker spaniel. He is a master’s graduate of Kings College and a Member of the Institute of Explosive Engineers. Having now retired from competitive sport he enjoys keeping fit enough to keep up with his wife when skiing.
Keith Broughton
Underwriter, Beazley
Keith was born in Zambia and grew up in Solomon Islands in the Western Pacific. He served 10 years in the Royal Navy qualifying as a Mine warfare and Clearance Diving Officer. He has a degree in Marine Biology from Queen Mary College London. Keith moved into the insurance sector after working for KPMG in the Cayman Islands as a Marine Consultant. He spent 17 years with Leviathan (a specialist subsea equipment coverholder, until it was bought by Beazley in 2016. He is now the subsea equipment Underwriter at Beazley.
Keith is a Fellow of the Society for Underwater Technology.
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£12.00
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£8.00
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