Koenraad Everaert

Senior Risk, Insurance & Claims Manager

Salary / Daily rate

Brussels, Belgium

Freelance

Can come onsite

Skills

Legal

Languages

DutchEnglishFrenchGermanPortugueseSpanish

About me

Intro

Freelance Risk & Insurance expert with 25+ years specializing in complex liability claims, captive insurance, and marine risks. Proven track record managing global insurance programs for major corporates like IKEA, AXA, and leading shipping companies. Delivering strategic risk solutions and transformation management across Europe.

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Work experience

Managing Director

EVARDI BVFreelance

Dec 2017 - Present

8 years 11 months

Ghent Metropolitan Area · Hybrid

Skills: Insurance Industry · Claims Management · Risk Management · Liability · General Insurance · Captive Insurance · Marine Insurance · Insurance Management · Risk Control · People Management · Insurance · Captives · Reinsurance · Contract Management · Legal Consulting · Legal Contract Review · Commercial Insurance

Independent Risk, Insurance & Claims Consultant

Self EmployedFreelance

Aug 2014 - Present

12 years 3 months

Gent Area, Belgium

- Consultancy in Legal Affairs, Insurance, Claims, Risk, Crisis and Transformation & Change Management - Completed Legal, Insurance & Risk Management Projects at Lansweeper, AFIX, Colruyt Group, Exmar, CMB, Euronav, Akkermans & Partners, Netflow, Vivaldi Interim, Euroglas, Labophar and Belbal - Completed Interim Legal, Insurance, Claims & Risk Management assignments at Belgibo, JLT Insurance Brokers, ALD Automotive, Domo Investment Group, Domo Chemicals, Alinso, Dovesco, Katoen Natie , Stonefort Insurance Holdings Luxembourg and AXA.

Complex Liability Claims Manager ad interim

AXAFreelance

Nov 2024 - Mar 2025

5 months

Brussels, Belgium

Settling complex liability claims

Chief Insurance Officer ad interim

Stonefort Group

Jul 2022 - May 2023

11 months

Luxembourg

- Heading up the Insurance, Reinsurance, Claims, Business Support & Data Quality Department and foreign branch companies Member of the Executive Committee Design and implementation of Transformation & Change Management Processes Corporate Governance

Board Member

Rechem S.A. Captive Reinsurance Company Luxembourg

Dec 2019 - Jan 2023

3 years 2 months

Luxembourg

Skills: Insurance Industry · Claims Management · Risk Management · Liability · General Insurance · Captive Insurance · Insurance Management · Risk Control · Insurance · Captives · Reinsurance · Legal Advice · Commercial Insurance

Freelance Risk & Insurance Consultant

Domo Investment Group

Jan 2017 - Jul 2022

5 years 7 months

Ghent, Belgium

Advising group companies on risk & insurance matters Management of the global insurance programs including Employee Benefits and the captive insurance company Rechem Risk Analysis M&A transactions: insurance audit & due diligence Compliance Claims management Risk & Insurance training

Group Claims Manager ad interim

Katoen Natie

Jan 2019 - Dec 2021

3 years

Antwerp, Belgium

Settling Marine, Liability, contractual and Engineering claims

Insurance Risk Manager ad interim

ALD Automotive Belgium

Jan 2017 - Dec 2019

3 years

Brussels, Belgium

Insurance risk specialist for fleet clients Managing the production, claims administration & accounting department (22 FTE) Creation of new insurance solutions for fleet clients in cooperation with ALD Re Prevention and risk analysis

Senior Consultant ad interim

Belgibo (currently Marsh)

Dec 2014 - Dec 2017

3 years 1 month

Antwerp, Belgium

Senior Consultant ad interim to the Marine, Aviation & Special Risks Department focusing on Contract Analysis, Liabilities, Indemnities & Risk Management. Placing the Marine Insurances of Exmar, CMB and Euronav including crew insurances Risk analysis and Insurance of the Engineering, Political & Trade Credit Risks of Exmar Designing insurance solutions for atypical risks & Alternative Risk Transfer. Management and development of the yacht insurance portfolio (increase of 50% in 1 year). Business Development - several new clients Ad hoc projects: Cyber, Iran Sanctions, new insurance wordings and clauses, etc…

Insurance Manager / Legal Counsel

Ikano Group

May 2004 - Aug 2014

10 years 4 months

Luxembourg

- Advising Ikano, IKEA and Inter-IKEA on legal, risk & insurance matters - Protecting the assets of Ikano and related companies - Insurance Manager IKEA & Inter-IKEA Europe - Non-life international insurance programs (Transport, Supply Chain, Engineering, Property, Business Interruption, Liability, D&O and Crime / Fidelity) - Compliance & Audit - Management of the Captive Insurance Companies - Legal Counselling (to review and draft commercial agreements, legal watch,etc...) - Claims management - Risk, legal & insurance training

Group Legal, Risk & Insurance Manager

CSAV

Jun 2002 - May 2004

2 years

Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Chile

- Managing & motivating the Insurance, Claims & Risk Management Departement members worldwide (Valparaiso, Rio de Janeiro, Hamburg, Hongkong & New York) - 23 persons - Negotiating and placing the marine, non-marine global insurance programs. E.g. Hull & Machinery, Protection & Indemnity, War Risks, Shipowners' Liability,etc... - Settling claims in cooperation with insurers, lawyers and loss adjusters - Legal Counselling (drafting & analysing transport agreements, legal watch, etc...) - Experience in common law - Litigation

Group Insurance Manager / Legal Counsel

Jan De Nul Group

Nov 1995 - Jul 2002

6 years 9 months

Brussels Metropolitan Area

- Providing legal advice and to draft construction-, agency-,purchase contracts, charterparties, etc... - Legal and Insurance Risk Analysis of tender and contractual documents in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Dutch. - Supervising and motivating the Insurance Department members ( 3 persons) - Negotiating and placing the marine and non-marine insurance programs of the Group. E.g. Hull & Machinery, Protection & Indemnity, War Risks, Shipowners' Liability, Engineering, General & Professional Liability, etc... - Legal, risk & insurance management of construction projects in the Americas, SE Asia, Middle East, Europe & Australia - Company Secretary - Corporate Housekeeping - Handling of litigation - Experience in common law


Education

Ghent University

Master of Science

1987 - 1988

1 year 1 month

KU Leuven

Master

1983 - 1986

3 years 1 month

University of Antwerp

Bachelor

1981 - 1983

2 years 1 month

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