ABOUT PCLA

Property expertise.
A personal approach.

When your property is damaged, it helps to know who’s handling your claim.

We’re independent loss assessors, representing homeowners and businesses across Northern Ireland and Scotland’s Central Belt.

Meet the people behind PCLA

Founded in Belfast in 2015.
Working for policyholders.

Greg Smyth PCLA

Greg Smyth

Founder & Company Director

Our story ↘

THE REASON WE’RE HERE

Understanding buildings.
Supporting people.

Greg founded PCLA to give policyholders personal support through property claims. His background combines building surveying with insurance claims experience.

1999

Greg begins working
in insurance claims

2007

Specialises in
loss assessing

2015

PCLA is
established

YOUR CLAIM, IN EXPERIENCED HANDS

Meet your loss assessors

Building knowledge. Claims experience.
People you can put a face to.

Declan Gilmore PCLA

Declan Gilmore

Loss Assessor

Building surveying graduate. Joined PCLA in 2016, with a focus on storm and subsidence claims.

Storm & subsidence

Jordan Freel PCLA

Jordan Freel

Loss Assessor

Brings restoration experience in moisture surveys, water and fire damage, and contents assessment.

Property restoration background

Matthew Kyle, PCLA Loss Assessor

Matthew Kyle

Loss Assessor

Previously a loss adjuster for five years. Specialises in escape of water claims.

Escape of water

Brooklyn Bone Loss Assessor Scotland

Brooklyn Bone

Loss Assessor · Scotland

Building surveying graduate, supporting Scottish policyholders with property damage claims.

Scotland

Led by Greg Smyth

B.Sc (Hons) Building Surveying, University of Reading · APA

ALSO PART OF PCLA

The wider team

Chris Taylor PCLA

Chris Taylor

Marketing Manager

Digital marketing and communications.

Josh Harper PCLA

Josh Harper

Business Development Executive

Property sales and management background.

WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN PRACTICE

Experience, put to work

All case studies
Illustration of a burst attic pipe causing water damage throughout a home.

Illustration of the damage, not a photograph of the property

NEWRY · FROZEN PIPE CLAIM

Seeing the full extent
of the damage

A burst attic pipe left a home uninhabitable. PCLA assessed the damage, prepared buildings and contents evidence, and arranged insurer approval for alternative accommodation.

£125,000

Settlement in this published case

Read how the claim was handled

Each claim depends on its circumstances and policy cover.

A CLIENT’S EXPERIENCE

“Jordan handled everything superbly and kept me informed throughout.”

Moyra Lock
Excerpt from a Google review displayed on PCLA’s website

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