Atlanta-Based Crawford & Co. Appoints Global Technical Services Leader

Crawford & Co., an Atlanta-headquartered independent provider of claims management services, announced that Andries Willemse, senior vice president for Crawford’s Global Technical Services (GTS) operations, will assume the leadership role of GTS. The appointment will be effective January 2013.

In his new position, Willemse will chair the Global Technical Services executive council which has responsibility for the delivery of the GTS strategic plan. He is based in Crawford’s Atlanta headquarters.

Willemse has been with Crawford for almost 15 years, and as a registered financial accountant he worked within the commercial and development banking sectors as well as consulting and legal environments prior to joining the insurance industry. He is a member of Crawford’s global markets management team and serves on the firm’s global senior management team.

Willemse started with Crawford’s South Africa operations in 1998 as a senior adjuster dealing with interruption and fidelity guarantee losses and was appointed as the country manager for South Africa in 2004.

In 2007 Willemse relocated to the U.K. to serve in a global compliance function and then moved to the U.S. in 2008 where he was initially involved with project management for property/casualty business.

Crawford & Co. is an independent provider of claims management services to the risk management and insurance industry as well as self-insured entities, with an expansive global network serving clients in more than 70 countries.

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