What We Do
OPEnergy offers insurance solutions across the full range of energy trades and geographic regions. Our team’s experience allows us to understand the key risks faced by our clients and enables us to offer innovative solutions and insurance products, tailored to our client’s needs.
Refining
Petrochemical
Pipelines
Exploration & Production
Drilling and Service Contractors
Storage Operations
Power Generation (including hydro)
Power Transmission and Distribution
Renewables
Mining
Construction Risks
About Us
OPEnergy was established in November 2021 with a focus on Energy Liability insurance. Our team will provide a high level of service and flexible, tailored solutions to the ever-changing landscape faced by worldwide energy companies.
Oliver Brown
CEO
Oliver has 20 years’ experience in the London insurance market, specialising in writing energy liability business on a lead basis. Oliver began his underwriting career at Zurich Global Energy where he spent 8 years developing the energy liability portfolio. He then moved to Catlin (now AXA XL) to create a brand-new energy liability offering, largely replicating what had been so successfully created at Zurich. Most recently he managed the energy liability portfolio at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Oliver holds an honours degree in Business Studies from Cardiff and became ACII qualified in 2005.
Penny Wang
Senior Underwriter
Penny has 15 years’ experience in writing energy liability insurance, specialising in upstream, midstream, downstream, construction and global programme business. Penny started her career with Zurich Global Energy in London. After 4 years in the London market, she moved to Singapore to manage the energy liability book. Penny returned to London to join Starr Companies, where she focused on growing the energy liability portfolio as well as the general liability book. Penny graduated with an MSc in International Management from the University of West of England.
Gwyn Davies
Underwriter
Gwyn has 6 years’ experience in the London insurance market, specialising in energy liability risks. Gwyn started his career with United Insurance Brokers (UIB), before moving to Marsh Energy and Power to place and structure major risk programmes and help expand the portfolio. Preceding his insurance career, Gwyn served for 9 years as an officer in the British Army. He holds a BA Business and Economics degree from the University of Reading and is DIP CII qualified.
Maddie Ashton
Administration & Underwriting Assistant
Maddie joined OPEnergy in December 2021, having previously achieved a BA Criminology with Sociology degree from University of Liverpool. Maddie is now studying for her CII.
For more information about OPEnergy please contact info@openergyinsurance.com
