Perth-based marine adjuster Ben Foo-Collyer has joined the WA team at Technical Assessing (TA) as the firm continues to expand after a management buy-out a year ago.

In recent weeks, TA also opened an office in Canberra and expanded in Brisbane and NSW.

Mr Foo-Collyer, a former Senior Marine Surveyor at Sedgwick and senior loss adjuster at Crawford & Company, has 17 years of experience in marine insurance, gaining extensive knowledge in cargo surveying and managing losses for underwriters, insurers, brokers, carriers and cargo owners.

He has worked for loss adjusting companies in Australia and the UK and spent the past seven years as MD and Principal Marine Surveyor at FOCOL Marine, specialising in Commercial Cargo/Hull and Pleasurecraft Hull/Liability.

TA, established in 1986, says it is the largest independent locally-owned national loss adjuster and has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Launceston, Hobart, Perth, and is internationally affiliated.