{"id":42533,"date":"2026-03-23T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/?p=42533"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:45:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:45:54","slug":"sedgwick-strengthens-marine-expertise-in-canada-with-addition-of-will-oneill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/press-release\/sedgwick-strengthens-marine-expertise-in-canada-with-addition-of-will-oneill\/","title":{"rendered":"Sedgwick strengthens marine expertise in Canada with addition of Will O\u2019Neill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\"><strong>VANCOUVER, B.C.<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/\">Sedgwick<\/a>, the world\u2019s leading risk and claims administration partner, has expanded its marine capabilities in Canada with the addition of Will O\u2019Neill\u00a0BEng, Meng, CEng,\u00a0MIMarEST, as Senior Marine Surveyor within its Global Specialty Marine Technical Services team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">O\u2019Neill\u2019s industry experience spans marine&nbsp;&nbsp;transportation, , marine facilities and equipment, ports and drydocks, cruise lines and international marine operations. For over 30 years&nbsp;&nbsp;he\u2019s delivered marine surveying, technical risk assessment and loss support across complex maritime environments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">A highly regarded marine expert, he offers deep technical and operational expertise across marine surveys, including protection and indemnity (P&amp;I), hull and machinery, vessel discharge, and damage and repair, as well as shipyard risk assessments, statutory regulations and classifications, project and safety management, marine adjusting, project cargo, marine salvage and subrogation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWith Will joining our team, Sedgwick Canada now has the largest and most technically diverse marine expert group in the market,\u201d said Kumar Siva,<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Chief Operating Officer, Sedgwick in Canada. \u201cHis reputation and hands-on experience further strengthen our ability to support clients facing complex marine losses, risk exposures and operational challenges across Canada.\u201d<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Sedgwick\u2019s marine practice in Canada will continue to support a wide range of claims, risk assessments and technical services across ports, terminals, vessels, cargo operations and international marine exposures, backed by global specialty expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cSedgwick\u2019s marine practice brings together technical depth, operational experience and global reach,\u201d said O\u2019Neill. \u201cI look forward to working with the team to deliver practical, engineering-led solutions for clients managing complex marine risks and claims.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">O\u2019Neill holds both bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Salford University in England and is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and member of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (MIMarEST).<br><br><strong>About Sedgwick<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Sedgwick is the world\u2019s leading risk and claims administration partner, helping\u00a0clients thrive by navigating the unexpected. The company\u2019s expertise, combined with the most advanced AI-enabled technology available, sets the standard for solutions in claims administration, loss adjusting, benefits administration\u00a0and product recall. With over 33,000 colleagues and 10,000 clients across 80 countries, Sedgwick provides\u00a0unmatched\u00a0perspective, caring that counts,\u00a0and solutions for the rapidly changing and complex risk landscape. Sedgwick\u2019s majority shareholder is The Carlyle Group; Stone Point Capital LLC, Altas Partners, CDPQ, Onex and other management investors are minority shareholders. For more, see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/\">sedgwick<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VANCOUVER, B.C. \u2013\u00a0Sedgwick, the world\u2019s leading risk and claims administration partner, has expanded its marine capabilities in Canada with the addition of Will O\u2019Neill\u00a0BEng, Meng, CEng,\u00a0MIMarEST, as Senior Marine Surveyor within its Global Specialty Marine Technical Services team. O\u2019Neill\u2019s industry experience spans marine&nbsp;&nbsp;transportation, , marine facilities and equipment, ports and drydocks, cruise lines and international [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":42534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","sdw_datalayer_business_unit":"","sdw_datalayer_solution_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[259,485],"class_list":["post-42533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","tag-canada","tag-marine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42533"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42536,"href":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42533\/revisions\/42536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}