Consilium Launches Energy Division with Senior Market Appointments

Many brokers face challenges because they are often forced to use different solutions for different types of insurance - one market for liability insurance and another for property insurance. Each market often requires separate specialists, which limits flexibility. Capacity can be difficult to access because fewer truly independent wholesale brokers can bring everything together.

Built to support brokers and clients operating across the global energy sector, Consilium Energy Risk Solutions brings together specialist expertise, London Market access and exclusive facilities designed to help place some of the industry's most complex risks.

A Division Built Around the Reality of Energy Risks

With Energy businesses, an upstream operator may require protection for physical assets, business interruption, cyber exposures, political violence and Control of Well risks.

A midstream operator may be managing pipelines, processing facilities, terminals and storage infrastructure across multiple territories. Contractors and service providers often face an entirely different set of operational and liability challenges.

The common denominator is complexity. Energy Risk Solutions has been created specifically to address that reality, providing brokers with direct access to specialist expertise across first-party and third-party energy exposures. The division supports businesses across the energy lifecycle, including:

• Oil and gas operators

• Drilling contractors

• Oilfield service providers

• Energy contractors and service companies

• Construction and infrastructure businesses

• Midstream operators

Bringing Together Two Sides of the Market

One of the strengths of the new platform is the combination of expertise now sitting within the division. We are proud to welcome Johnny Hilliard and Samuel Outram to the team, who both join as Managing Partners.

Johnny brings over 16 years of experience to the team, with recognised expertise in third-party liabilities, especially within the North American market. His focus will be on the Energy liabilities specialism in the new division, delivering tailored risk transfer solutions across the sector.

Samuel joins the team with over 17 years of experience across upstream and midstream energy markets, with deep expertise in first-party risks, including Operators Extra Expense (OEE), Control of Well, Physical Damage and Energy Package placements.

Together, they create a proposition that spans both liability and property-focused energy solutions. Peter Coleman, CEO of Consilium, highlighted the strategic importance of energy as a key area of growth for Consilium globally. He said:

Consilium built Energy Risk Solutions to help brokers access solutions that are often difficult to source through traditional routes. Capabilities include support across:

• Upstream Energy

• Midstream Energy

• Energy Liability

Offering truly global reach, the team supports brokers with energy risks across international markets, combining specialist expertise with access to leading insurance capacity worldwide. Alongside traditional market access, brokers can also benefit from several exclusive facilities that provide additional flexibility and efficiency when placing risks, including:

• Maritime Employers Liability facility

• OEE/Energy Package facility

• GL and Primary Umbrella facility

• Full follow XS facility

Independence Matters More Than Ever

The energy market has no shortage of scale; however, what is increasingly lacking is independence. As consolidation continues across the broking sector, genuinely independent wholesale brokers have become rarer. Yet independence remains one of the most valuable advantages a broker can offer clients operating in complex specialist sectors.

It creates freedom to access the right markets, structure solutions around client needs, and focus entirely on outcomes rather than internal distribution models. That philosophy sits at the centre of Consilium's approach.

Energy Risk Solutions combines specialist market expertise with broader capabilities across the business, including ATOMX, Consilium's proprietary AI-driven technology ecosystem, an in-house claims team with more than 200 years of combined experience and dedicated in-house legal expertise. For brokers, that means access to a platform designed to support clients throughout the entire risk lifecycle.

For the Future of the Energy Market

Energy remains one of the most dynamic sectors in the global economy. New technologies, evolving infrastructure, changing regulatory expectations and increasing geopolitical uncertainty continue to reshape how risks emerge and are managed.

The businesses operating within the sector need advisers who understand those changes. With the launch of Energy Risk Solutions, Consilium’s specialist Energy division provides the expertise, market access and independence to help brokers and their clients tackle increasingly complex energy risks wherever they operate in the world.