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Major loss

We are there for our clients’ customers in their time of greatest need, to provide support, guidance, and advice, and to help to recover and restore their businesses as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Woodgate & Clark manages all types of major and complex losses; material damage and business interruption, third party property damage, injury and domestic. Our team comprises highly experienced and qualified adjusters, supported by internal specialists including surveyors, engineers, counter fraud specialists and forensic accountants.

Total claim cost is rigorously controlled through detailed investigation, effective mitigation, and overall management of all aspects of each and every claim.

To complement the experience, technical expertise and commercial awareness of our own adjusters, we have access to a very wide range of specialist external resources for larger and more technical claims, including:

  • Aerial inspections, drones
  • Agricultural consultants
  • Arborists
  • Business interruption
  • Documentation restoration consultants
  • Drying, restoration and decontamination consultants
  • Environmental and oil contamination consultants
  • Forensic accountants
  • Forensic scientists
  • Fraud and special investigations
  • Glazing specialists
  • Heritage building consultants
  • Legal advisers
  • Marine surveyors and consultants
  • Materials consultants
  • Medical consultants
  • Motor engineers
  • Plant and machinery damage mitigation specialists
  • Rehabilitation and injury management specialists
  • Salvage specialists
  • Structural, mechanical, civil, and electrical engineers
  • Timber specialist consultants
  • Translation and interpretation service consultants
  • Valuation surveyors
Colum Tudball

Colum Tudball, Director of Major Loss Operations

Colum has been an integral part of Woodgate & Clark for nearly 40 years. During this time his role has evolved significantly, handling some of our most complex litigated and major losses and becoming a senior member of the business in various roles, most recently as Technical Director. Colum is a trusted referral point, providing technical support and advice to our adjusting teams, whilst actively leading our current mentoring and development programme and referrals/approvals process. As Director of Major Loss Operations Colum plays a significant role in the development of our major loss team and services building upon our well-respected, established major loss proposition, and creating development opportunities for our people and the business.