McLarens has appointed Darren McKinnon to be its Australian Operations Manager, Adjusting.

Based in Brisbane, the national role will work closely on operational and service delivery with Australia Country Manager Martyn Wicht and the loss adjusting teams across McLarens’ seven Australian offices: Adelaide, Brisbane, Byron Bay, Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth and Sydney.

Mr McKinnon brings 20 years of loss adjusting experience and has held several leadership positions across the Asia Pacific region, most recently as regional property manager at Crawford & Company.

McLarens COO Europe, Middle East & Asia Pacific Chris Panes says Mr McKinnon is an expert in developing and managing high performance claims teams.

“I am delighted to have someone of Darren’s calibre and expertise join our Australia team. He brings a wealth of experience and will fulfil an important role as we continue to grow and develop our loss adjusting capabilities.”

Founded in 1932, McLarens operates in 41 countries and provides loss adjusting, claims and risk management, auditing and pre-risk surveying.

Its adjusters operate across property, casualty, crisis management, natural resources, construction & engineering, agriculture, aviation, forensic accounting, investigation, marine, environmental consulting services and more.