Bill Kost is the Energy & Power Advisory Leader in Marsh’s US Energy and Power Practice, residing in Houston. Bill is responsible for integrating, coordinating, and growing Marsh’s Advisory capabilities across brokerage and consulting, mostly focusing on midstream, downstream, refining, chemical, petrochemical, mining, power generation, renewable energy, non-traditional energy, CCS/CCUS, contractors, private equity, construction, and infrastructure clients. He also oversees complex insurance Claims advocacy as a national resource for Energy, Power, and Renewables clients. He also is a subject matter expert and placement resource for specialty insurance products such as parametric solutions, outage insurance, weather insurance, system performance, and warranty insurance. Bill strategically leverages Marsh’s 150+ Advisory services to improve clients’ knowledge and control of risk; thereby substantially creating and delivering enhanced value beyond traditional risk engineering and claims offerings available from insurers. With two decades' of experience in engineering, underwriting, insurance placement, and risk consulting, Bill enjoys providing accretive, elegant Advisory solutions for complex problems, public speaking, and client education.