Global loss adjusting firm Cunningham Lindsey has expanded its reach in the resources sector, launching a new division specialising in major mining losses.

The nine-man team is headquartered in Canada. Locally it will be run by Brisbane representative Murray Rowley, who has been with the former GAB Robins business since 1988.

Cunningham Lindsey, which took over GAB Robins in Australia in February, says the new team has been launched to handle losses from floods, landslides, access route interruptions and plant losses at open-cut, deep and mixed mining operations.