Emergency contact 24/7

In case of emergency, Members and Correspondents are encouraged to contact the Claims Team direct whenever possible.

A duty officer (by rota) is contactable on mobile phone number +44 7795 116602 to deal with any urgent matters if Members or Correspondents are unable to contact the appropriate Claims Team.

If there is a significant event preventing contact with Club personnel at their office, please call your usual contact on his/her mobile or our Emergency number:

Emergency no: +44 7795 116602

Suzanne Byrne

- Group Head of Claims

Office:

Contact Details

M	+44 7711 214837

Suzanne Byrne

- Group Head of Claims

Office:

Suzanne is the Club’s Group Head of Claims. She joined West P&I

in 1993 after qualifying as a barrister in 1991 and practicing criminal

law. Suzanne worked in the European/Eastern European syndicate

for both P&I and FD&D claims, and in 1997 she transferred to the

North/South American syndicate, where she also handled US Jones

Act and cruise/passenger claims.

In 2007 Suzanne left the Club to be an in-house Counsel/

Risk Manager at a shipowner where she was responsible for all

insurances and claims matters, including management of a Class 2

Captive, sale and purchase and purchase of vessels, and drafting

and reviewing commercial contracts. Suzanne re-joined the Club

in 2015 and in addition to having overall responsibility for claims

worldwide, she also sits on the IG subcommittee for Salvage and

Large Claims.