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Professional & Financial Risks Claims

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Alison manages a wide range of Professional & Financial Risks claims.

Personal Profile

Alison has been working in insurance and the law since 2001 with experience in Public Liability, Professional Indemnity (PI) and Directors’ & Officers' Liability (D&O) matters. Alison has also gained international experience working with Liberty in London where she specialised in PI claims.

Prior to joining Liberty Alison handled Public Liability, PI and D&O claims across various jurisdictions in Australia.

Alison holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws and is admitted to practice as a solicitor in NSW.
 

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Claims

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Allison is a Senior Claims Specialist based in the Sydney office and manages a variety of personal injury and property damage claims.

Personal profile

Allison joined the insurance industry in 2004.  Prior to joining Liberty, Allison worked for a London market insurer for 4 years handling large and complex Liability claims, Professional Indemnity, Product Recall, Product Guarantee, Financial Loss and sensitive claims.

As a Liability Claims Specialist for a large local insurer, Allison managed a portfolio of claims including third party personal injury, property damage, defamation, office bearers and legal expenses.

Allison is an Associate of ANZIIF and has completed General Insurance and Business studies.

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Professional & Financial Risks Claims

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Her particular emphasis is on claims for cyber, fintech, IT liability, commercial crime, social engineering fraud, professional indemnity, directors & officers and statutory liability.

Personal profile

Angela joined Liberty in 2016 with 16 years’ claims experience in the PI and financial lines insurance sector, gained across the Asia Pacific region, specifically, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Japan. 

Prior to joining Liberty, Angela worked as a Senior Professional Indemnity & Financial Lines Claims Officer for various international and domestic insurers.

Angela holds a Bachelor of Laws degree, a Bachelor of Business degree and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice. 

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Claims

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Angus oversees the Casualty, Workers Compensation and Crisis Management claims teams across the Asia Pacific Region working closely with underwriters, claims professionals and risk engineers to ensure optimum outcomes.

Personal Profile

Angus has over 30 years of commercial experience including 19 years leading claims management, adjusting and investigation businesses. Prior to joining Liberty in 2015 Angus was General Manager of a large Australian loss adjusting business overseeing all professional claims staff across multi lines. Angus is highly regarded for his drive, attention to detail and client focussed approach.

His qualifications include Bachelor of Business, Executive Certificate in Insurance, ANZIIF (Fellow), CIP, FAIM.

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Construction, Energy & Property Claims

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Based in Sydney, Ben oversees Liberty's Australian Construction and Energy claims portfolio, and also assists with the handling of larger Property claims.

Personal Profile

Before starting with Liberty in 2021, Ben has worked in claims both Internationally and in the Australian insurance markets since 2008. His experience spans from working for leading insurers as a senior Loss Adjuster, as well as in major loss claims at an international brokerage.

Ben holds a Masters in Property Valuation, is a Chartered Loss Adjuster and ANZIIF Senior Associate CIP.

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Claims

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Carolyn is a Senior Claims Specialist based in Melbourne. She manages Excess Workers Compensation claims across Australia for a broad range of Reinsureds, and also manages Seafarers claims.

Personal Profile

Carolyn joined Liberty in 2022. She has over 17 years of national experience working with self-insurers and insureds across corporate and industrial sectors in claims management, consulting, return to work, wellbeing and injury management.

Carolyn holds a Bachelor of Arts, Professional Writing, Editing & Sociology degree. She also holds ANZIIF Tier 1 Insurance Broking qualifications.

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Professional & Financial Risks Claims

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Connor is a Senior Claims Specialist in Professional and Financial Risks, including Professional Indemnity, Project Specific PI, Directors and Officers, Management Liability, Statutory Liability and Employment Liability claims.

Personal Profile

Connor joined Liberty in 2023 as a claim consultant and has six years of experience as a claims specialist and team leader.  In addition to this, she has also worked with the broader casualty insurance space as a general liability team leader.

Prior to working in claims, Connor worked in PFR/financial lines professional indemnity litigation in private practice for over five years as a lawyer.

Connor was admitted in the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Australia having obtained her Bachelor of Laws at Monash University in 2008.

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Denise is based in Hong Kong and handles the Professional & Financial Risks Division’s professional indemnity and D&O claims in North Asia, which includes Hong Kong, China, South Korea and Japan.

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Denise joined Liberty in 2016 with more than 8 years of experience in the insurance and legal industry in both Hong Kong and London.  Denise was employed as a solicitor in leading law firms specialising in financial lines insurance claims, advising insurers on coverage and managing large scale claims.  Denise was also involved in defending claims against professionals such as solicitors, architects, surveyors as well as defending claims brought against directors of multinational companies and litigating shareholder disputes.  In addition, Denise was seconded to the claims department of a Lloyd’s insurer in London. 

Denise holds a degree in Bachelor of Laws and is a qualified Hong Kong solicitor.

Department

Casualty

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Claims Manager for Singapore Workers Compensation

Personal profile

Emily joined Liberty in 2022 with 22 years' experience in Retail, Property and Casualty claims. At Liberty Emily specialises in dealing with regulators, ensuring Liberty remain compliant to requirements in a timely manner.  She also manages and defends Common Law claims on behalf of clients. 

Department

Claims

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Based in Malaysia, Erliza manages a portfolio of Casualty and Professional Indemnity/D&O claims.

Personal Profile

Joining Liberty in mid 2020, Erliza worked as a Loss Adjuster for almost 3 years, and was primarily responsible for handling property damage, fidelity guarantee and third party liability claims.

Erliza holds a BSc (Honours) degree in Forensic Science.

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Claims

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Eugene manages energy, property and construction claims.

Personal Profile

Eugene joined Liberty in 2023 and is based in our Sydney office. With over 10 years' experience in the insurance industry and his property claims experience includes handling strata and commercial property matters across a variety of industries sectors.

Eugene delivers pragmatic solutions to ensure a fast resolution for the client while supporting them during a claim process.

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Claims

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Management of a range of professional indemnity and financial lines claims across a wide variety of professions and industries.

Personal Profile

Fern is based in Brisbane and joined Liberty’s Professional and Financial Risks Claims Team in 2021. Prior to joining Liberty, she worked as a claims solicitor for a professional indemnity insurer and as a commercial litigation solicitor in private practice.

Fern holds degrees of Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Journalism and has been admitted to practice as a solicitor in Queensland. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Emerging Technologies and Law, majoring in cyber risk and strategy.

Department

Claims

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Technical Claims Manager, Property

Personal Profile

Francis has been involved in the insurance industry for over 30 years both internationally and in the Australian insurance markets since 1988.  Before commencing with Liberty in 2022, Francis worked in leading insurers as National & APAC Claims Manager roles.

Francis holds a Bachelor of Laws (University of Manchester) and Barrister-at-Law (Lincolns Inn, London).

Department – Professional & Financial Risks Claims

Main role – Gemma is a senior claims specialist based in the Perth office, managing claims across all professional and financial lines that touch a wide spectrum of industries. 

Personal profile - Gemma joined Liberty in September 2023 with over ten years’ experience as an insurance lawyer with a primary focus on Directors & Officers liability and Professional Indemnity. 

Gemma holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce degree and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

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Claims

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James manages larger Commercial and Corporate Property claims across a wide range of industries, and also claims resulting from Liberty’s Product Recall and Contaminated Products Insurance Policies.

Personal Profile

James has a claims broking and claims examining background. He was initially a claims broker in the London insurance market, working for 2 major international broking houses, liaising with insurers in the Reinsurance, Casualty and First Party space.

He relocated to Sydney in 2001 as a Senior Reinsurance Claims Officer for a major reinsurer.

In 2008, James moved to First Party Property, examining Commercial, Strata and Householders claims with major insurers in the Australian Market, before joining Liberty in 2012.

He has been engaged in managing Energy, Property & Construction claims for 4 years, and Crisis Management Claims for over 2 years, within Liberty.

James has a Bachelor of Arts (honours) degree in Business Studies from the University of Greenwich, London, and a Master of Arts degree in International Relations, from the University of New South Wales.
 

Department

Professional & Financial Risks Claims

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Based in Sydney, James has technical and portfolio oversight of all Professional and Financial Risk claims throughout the Asia Pacific region. 

Personal Profile

James has over 30 years’ experience in financial lines claims across a variety of professions but with particular focus on complex and high value construction claim.

James holds a degree in Masters of Business Administration and is CIP, Fellow of ANZIIF.  His professional experience includes work on Professional & Financial Risks claims at a number of other insurers in Australia as well as four years working as a claims broker in the London market.

Department

Claims

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James manages a range of Casualty claims, and his current portfolio includes occupier's liability, property damage, construction matters and claims under our environmental impairment liability policy.  James is also the claim's technical lead for Liberty's Utility clients.

Personal Profile

James has 10 years' experience in the insurance industry.  James practiced as a solicitor for a specialised insurance firm in Melbourne for 4 years.  Upon moving to Brisbane James managed casualty claims with large Australian insurers before joining Liberty in February 2018.

James has significant experience in handling complex personal injury, property damage, product liability and environmental related occurrences.  James has also handled product liability and management liability matters.

James appreciates that clients expect to be updated and advised as the matter progresses and will work with each insured and their brokers to obtain the most favourable outcome.

Department

Claims

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Jane is a Senior Claims Specialist in the area of Professional & Financial Risks.

Personal Profile 

Jane joined Liberty in 2021 with over twenty years’ experience handling complex financial lines claims. Prior to joining Liberty, Jane spent ten years working in the Australian branch of a global insurer and, before that, ten years working in the London Market – initially handling claims for a large international broker, then working in the claims department of a large global insurer.

Jane holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (Modern Languages, French and German) and is a member of ANZIIF (Senior Associate, CIP). Jane is based in Melbourne.

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Claims

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Jessica manages a portfolio of Casualty claims, and provides support for Liberty's Casualty Fast Track claims initiative.

Personal profile

Jessica joined Liberty in 2015, having previously worked as a claims adjuster for a personal Accident & Health insurer and later as a claims consultant with a top-tier brokerage firm, where she specialised in Industrial Special Risks, Public and Product Liability, Contract Works, engineering, Marine, ‘expat’/’inpat’ and travel claims. 

Jessica holds ANZIIF Tier 1 Insurance Broking qualifications (Providing Customer Advice and Insurance Law & Regulation) and is an affiliate member of ANZIIF.

Department

Claims

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As Liberty’s Claims Outsourcing Specialist, John collaborates with cross line departments and claims partners for the ongoing management and oversight of claims outsourcing arrangements.

Personal profile

John joined Liberty in November 2020 with over 9 years of experience in the insurance industry handling claims in both general and life insurance. He has worked across retail and wholesale life insurance as well as third party claims administration for accident and health, domestic property and strata, motor vehicle and income protection.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks Claims

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Jonathan manages a wide range of Professional Indemnity (PI) and Financial Lines claims across a variety of professions and industries.

Personal Profile

Jonathan has been working in the insurance industry and related fields for more than 20 years.  In that time he has gained experience across the spectrum of liability claims with particular emphasis on financial lines claims including PI and Directors' & Officers' Liability (D&O) claims.

Prior to joining Liberty, Jonathan was employed as a solicitor in the insurance practice of a national Australian firm.  He has also worked as a claims manager for a major general insurer and an independent claims manager.

Jonathan holds degrees of Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws and has been admitted to practice as a solicitor in Queensland. He is based in Brisbane.
 

Department

Claims

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Jon manages and is responsible for all Recovery claims for each line of business for the Asia Pacific region.

Personal Profile

Jon is a qualified lawyer who has practiced in New South Wales and Victoria and has over 25 years of insurance experience.  He has advised on and handled many large and complex claims across numerous lines of business including Financial lines, Property, Casualty, Accident & Health, Crisis and Marine.

He joined Liberty in 2017 to establish a dedicated Recoveries Unit.

Prior to joining Liberty he worked for a number of international and Australian insurers and underwriters as a Claims Recovery specialist, General Counsel and Claims Manager.  He has drafted policy wordings, advised on compliance issues and managed claims in all jurisdictions of Australia, New Zealand, Asia and various other parts of the world.

Department

Claims

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Kenneth handles Casualty and Crisis Management claims in North Asia.

Personal profile

Kenneth has been working as a loss adjuster for more than 14 years.  In addition to handling both property and casualty claims, he has also participated in catastrophic losses in Taiwan and Guam.  Prior to joining Liberty he worked at an insurance company and brokerage firm for six years, where he focused on employees' compensation claims, products liability claims and an international insurance program.

Department

Claims

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Li Sa is based in Singapore and handles Third Party Liability claims in Asia.

Personal Profile

With over a decade of experience in the insurance industry, Li Sa has a strong background in liability claims.  Prior to joining Liberty, Li Sa specialised in personal injury claims, litigation management and dispute resolution.

Li Sa holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Diploma in General Insurance.

Department

Casualty

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As the Melbourne based Claims Manager for Workers' Compensation, Mandy manages the claims portfolio for Excess Workers' Compensation Reinsurance and Seafarers' lines of business.

Personal Profile

Mandy joined Liberty in 2021. With over 25 years of experience working with large self-insurers across both the corporate and industrial sectors in injury management, her expertise in legal and legislative compliance and strategic direction helps self-insurers with their injury management journey.

Department

Claims

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Accident & Health claims specialist and a referral point or our outsourced claims service provider and 24hr emergency assistance.

Personal Profile

Mervin joined Liberty in 2023 with 15 years of insurance industry experience.  Mervin's expertise lies in Accident & Health, Leisure Travel, Commercial Motor, Mobile Plant and Equipment, Income Protection and experience working with third-party claim administrators.

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Claims

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Based in Melbourne, Natalie manages a variety of Casualty claims, her portfolio largely consisting of personal injury and property damage claims.

Personal Profile

Natalie has 8 years of experience in the insurance industry and has practiced as a solicitor in the Melbourne insurance team of a national law firm.  Prior to this, Natalie worked at a specialized insurer for 2 years managing a portfolio of sensitive claims.  She joined Liberty in April 2019.

Natalie has a Bachelor of Laws and is admitted to practice in Victoria.

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Claims

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Natasha manages a variety of Casualty claims out of the Melbourne office.

Personal profile

Natasha has over 10 years' experience in the insurance industry.  Natasha practiced as a solicitor in an insurance focused firm in Melbourne, where she acted for insurers and advised on litigated claims, predominantly involving public and products liability.  Natasha then worked at a specialised insurer for 4 years, managing a portfolio of sensitive claims, before joining Liberty in July 2018.

Natasha has experience in managing complex personal injury, property damage and product liability claims, with significant experience in the handling of sensitive claims and psychiatric injuries.

Natasha has a Bachelor of Laws and is admitted to practice in Victoria.

Department

Claims

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Nathan leads the First Party Claims team for Asia Pacific, encompassing Liberty's Agriculture, Marine, Energy, Property, Construction and Terrorism products. He is responsible for ensuring a proactive, technically sound, and commercially pragmatic Claims service across these product lines. 

Personal profile

Nathan joined Liberty in 2008. He has managed Liberty's Asia Pacific Workers Compensation claims portfolio, the Australian Claims team across all products and the Asia Pacific First Party Claims team.

Nathan also served as Chief Legal Counsel for Asia Pacific and previously qualified as an accredited mediator.

Prior to joining Liberty, Nathan worked in both private practice and in-house legal roles. He has extensive experience in litigation, alternative dispute resolution, product development, wording reviews and managing highly complex claims across all of Liberty's product lines. 

Department

Claims

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Nelfi is based in Malaysia and provides support to the First Party claims team in Asia Pacific.

Personal Profile

Nelfi joined Liberty in 2022 with legal and insurance industry experience, managing claims.  Nelfi focuses on First Party Energy, Property, Construction and Marine claims.

Nelfi holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) (Honours) degree.

Department

Claims

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Penny is Claims Manager for the Marine group, specializing in Cargo, Project Cargo, Carriers, Commercial Hull and Marine Liabilities claims.

Personal Profile

Penny joined Liberty Specialty Markets in early 2019 having worked in Marine claims since 2010, predominantly with Marine Cargo claims.  Prior to joining the insurance industry Penny was a cargo surveyor of 5 years' standing.

Penny is currently pursuing an Advanced Diploma in General Insurance and Risk Management with the Singapore College of Insurance.

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Claims

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Phil is based in the Singapore office and manages Energy Property and Construction claims across Asia Pacific.

Personal Profile

Phil joined Liberty at the beginning of 2021 from a global insurer in Singapore and has a background in large and complex First Party claims with particular focus on Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Power, Property, and Construction.  Originally from the UK, he worked in the London insurance market before relocating to Singapore in 2013.

Phil has nearly twenty years’ experience in handling claims in the London and Singapore insurance markets.

Department

Claims

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Philippe is a Senior Claims Specialist for Retail and has a specific focus on collaboratively overseeing a segment of Liberty's outsourced property claims with our partners, ensuring a consistent and fair approach to the management and decision-making of their claims.

Personal Profile

Philippe joined Liberty in August 2022, with more than 35 years of claims handling and insurance management experience across a variety of insurers, underwriting agencies, brokers and loss adjusters.

Philippe holds diplomas in General Insurance and Loss Adjusting.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks Claims

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Rebecca manages a wide range of Professional Indemnity, Directors’ and Officers’ Liability and Financial Lines claims across a variety of professions and industries.

Personal Profile

Prior to joining Liberty in 2021, Rebecca was employed as a solicitor in the insurance practice of a national Australian law firm.  Rebecca’s background involved practicing in dispute resolution and civil litigation, acting for insurers and advising in relation to professional negligence claims against a variety of professionals.   

Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.  She has been admitted as a solicitor in NSW since 2014 and holds a current practice certificate.

Department

Claims

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Richard is the Complex Claims Manager for Casualty Australia and is based in Sydney.

Personal Profile

Richard started his insurance career in 1997 in Lloyds of London working in the claims team of a leading Casualty Syndicate gaining experience in claims arising from international jurisdictions.

Richard moved to Australia in 2005 and he has since been involved in the defense and management of major casualty losses across Australia and New Zealand.  Richard has a proven track record in managing casualty claims, obtaining the best economic result for policy holders through commercial negotiations and targeted litigation strategies.  Richard has expertise in catastrophic injuries, product liability, infrastructure damage, natural perils liability as well as product recalls arising out of defective goods.  Richard has presented a number of industry papers on workplace injuries, contractual obligations and proportionate liability.

Department

Claims

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As the Head of Claims, Rob leads a team of over 40 people across Asia Pacific.

Personal Profile

Rob has been involved in the insurance industry for over 20 years in Australia and the UK. He has also acted as an solicitor for both insurers and insureds in Australia.  Having joined Liberty in 2015, Rob was appointed Senior Vice President – Head of Claims Asia Pacific in August 2021.
 

Department

Claims

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Robyn is the Accident & Health Claim Manager for Australia, and oversees our outsourced claims service provider and emergency assistance throughout the claims process to ensure a seamless experience for our policyholders and brokers, while working closely alongside our underwriters.

Personal profile

Robyn joined Liberty in February 2019 and brought with her over 30 years of experience in the travel and accident and health claims industry, including working with third-party claim administrators in senior roles. 

Robyn is passionate about claims and the A&H portfolios she manages, and she understands the process inside and out.

Department

Casualty Claims

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Samantha is a Senior Claims Specialist based in the Sydney office.  She manages Casualty claims across Australia for a broad range of insureds, including in the construction, government, rail, religious organization and sports sectors.

Personal Profile

Prior to joining Liberty in May 2019, Samantha was an insurance litigation lawyer with over 17 years of experience, with a particular expertise in complex multi-party liability disputes.  She has worked with global and domestic insurers and companies in the construction, property and hospitality industries.

Samantha holds a Bachelor of Laws degree, a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.  She has held a NSW practising certificate since 2007.

Department

Claims

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Based in Malaysia and handles a portfolio of Casualty and Professional Indemnity / D&O claims

Personal Profile

Shurekha joined Liberty in 2022 with years of experience in claims handling.

Shurekha holds a BBA (Hons) in Human Resource Management.

Department

Claims

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Sui joined in February 2022. Based in Sydney, she manages the casualty claims team across Australia working collaboratively with underwriting, claims, risk engineers and external stakeholders to deliver tailored solutions for Liberty’s clients.

Personal Profile

With 20 years of casualty claims experience working for global insurers in the corporate and specialty space, Sui understands the market dynamics in which insurers and clients operate. Her technical proficiency, customer focus, and pragmatic approach in managing complex and large losses in the construction, government and retail segments are highly regarded.

Sui holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Business degree and is admitted as a legal practitioner in NSW.

Department

Claims

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Thuy is Assistant Vice President & Claims Manager, Asia Pacific and leads the Retail and Outsourcing Claims team which is responsible for the oversight and management of our retail claims and outsourcing arrangements across multiple product lines.

Personal profile

Thuy joined Liberty in September 2016 working on claims management and outsourcing across the accident and health portfolios. With over 15 years of valuable insurance experience including general insurance products in both domestic and international insurance, she specialises in claims outsourcing, retail claims, and claims operations.

Department

Claims

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Yvonne is based in the Malaysia office and provides claim support for the First Party claims team in Asia Pacific.

Personal Profile

Yvonne joined Liberty in 2019 and has been in the insurance industry since 2014 including her time working with an insurance broker.

She holds a Bachelor of Business & Commerce and is currently working towards an Associateship of the Malaysian Insurance Institute (AMII).

Department

Casualty

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As Vice President, Head of Environmental Impairment Liability Asia Pacific, Alan has overall responsibility for technical underwriting and portfolio management across the Asia Pacific region.

Personal Profile

Alan's insurance career began in 2004 in his hometown of Wellington, New Zealand. After graduating from university Alan moved to Australia, starting with Liberty in 2006 in Casualty before moving into the Environmental Impairment Liability division in 2013. During this time, he has worked across Liberty's Brisbane, Sydney and Toronto offices.

Alan holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Arts Degree and Post Graduate Certificate in Business.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks & Casualty

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Ann is the Asia head for all products within Liberty's Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks portfolios. Ann has been based in Singapore since 2017 and initially led the Professional & Financial Risks team before adding Casualty in 2022.

Personal Profile

Ann has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2001 and has been with Liberty since 2005.  She has predominantly worked in the Australian region where she managed one of the largest Professional & Financial Risks portfolios and underwriting teams in Australia. Ann has called Singapore home since 2017, and has been responsible for significantly growing the Professional & Financial Lines Casualty portfolio across the Asia region. 

Ann has a Bachelor of Commerce in finance, risk and insurance and she maintains a long-standing interest in workplace mentoring and training.

Department

Casualty

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As part of the Singapore Casualty team, Daphne focuses her underwriting capabilities within the Singapore and Thailand markets.

Personal profile

Daphne began her insurance career with a major Korean reinsurer in 2011. Drawing on her proficiency in Korean, she joined Liberty in June 2015 to help grow our Korean book of business. 

Daphne is currently responsible for developing our Singapore retail portfolio and Thailand reinsurance business. She is also actively working on raising the profile of our Environmental Liability book of business in Asia. 

Daphne holds an ACII qualification.

Department

Casualty

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Fiona underwrites Environmental Impairment Liability business across Australia and manages Liberty's Victorian portfolio.

Personal Profile

Fiona started with Liberty in 2020, working on Environmental Impairment Liability across Australia, and manages our Victorian portfolio. She has 15 years of experience as an underwriter, previously working in New Zealand and London on general liability lines.

Fiona holds a Diploma of Financial Services (General Insurance) and is a Senior Associate of ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty

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Pippa is an Assistant Underwriter in the Environmental Impairment Liability business, based in the Brisbane office.

Personal profile

Pippa joined Liberty in 2019 and in early 2024 transitioned over to the Environmental Impairment Liability team.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Vice President, Head of Government & Workers Compensation, Casualty Australia

Personal Profile

Alan has been with Liberty since February 2001 and was previously a Senior Account Executive at Marsh Dublin.

He holds a first class honours degree in Insurance & Risk Management from the University of Limerick, Ireland, and holds the Chartered Associateship qualification from the Chartered Insurance Institute of London.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Underwrites Casualty business within the Liberty Brisbane office.

Personal Profile

Alison has over 13 years of industry experience, specialising in Strata Insurance prior to moving into the Casualty space with Liberty in 2019.

She holds a Bachelor of Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications, and is a Senior Associate with ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty

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Angelo is the head of Casualty in Asia.  Based in Melbourne, he leads our liability teams in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and China.

Personal Profile

Angelo joined Liberty in 2009 in Melbourne as the head of Casualty Risk Engineering across Asia Pacific, before relocating to Perth where he added the role of Branch Manager of Western Australia to his responsibilities.  Angelo has dealt with clients across construction, manufacturing, oil & gas, chemical plants, rail transport and infrastructure.

He holds Civil Engineering qualifications from RMIT, and a Graduate Diploma in Business Management.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks & Casualty

Main Role

Ann is the Asia head for all products within Liberty's Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks portfolios. Ann has been based in Singapore since 2017 and initially led the Professional & Financial Risks team before adding Casualty in 2022.

Personal Profile

Ann has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2001 and has been with Liberty since 2005.  She has predominantly worked in the Australian region where she managed one of the largest Professional & Financial Risks portfolios and underwriting teams in Australia. Ann has called Singapore home since 2017, and has been responsible for significantly growing the Professional & Financial Lines Casualty portfolio across the Asia region. 

Ann has a Bachelor of Commerce in finance, risk and insurance and she maintains a long-standing interest in workplace mentoring and training.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Benny manages the Hong Kong Casualty team with a focus on Casualty products including Products Liability, CGL, Construction Liability, Excess/Umbrella Liability in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau.

Personal Profile

Benny began his career in Casualty underwriting in Canada over 20 years ago.  He joined Liberty in 2008, focusing on developing local broker segment.

Department

Casualty

Main role

Senior Underwriter focusing on international brokers and the Liberty Casualty Construction portfolio nationally.

Personal profile

Cameron began his insurance career in Newcastle NSW with a large domestic insurer.  From there he held a number of underwriting roles with both an international insurer, and Lloyd's syndicate, prior to joining Liberty's Sydney Casualty team in 2018.

Cameron holds a Bachelor of Business degree from the University of Newcastle and is a Fellow of ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Assistant Underwriter

Personal Profile

Crystal has more than 6 years' experience in the commercial insurance industry, and has attained a Bachelor of Finance.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

As the head of Casualty for Victoria, Daniel manages all the Casualty business for Victoria and Tasmania being written out of the Melbourne office.

Personal Profile

Daniel has over 20 years’ experience in the insurance industry including corporate broking, placement and underwriting roles.
Daniel joined Liberty in 2011 and is based in Melbourne.  He is a Senior Associate of ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty

Main role

Underwriting of Corporate, Commercial and Construction Liability business written out of the Brisbane office.

Personal profile

Frank brings 30 years of insurance experience to the team.  He has 25 years of liability experience, across underwriting and claims in both Australia and Hong Kong.

Frank is a Senior Associate of ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Glory is an underwriter in the area of construction project.

Personal Profile

Glory joined Liberty in 2023 with over 10 years experience underwriting in the Hong Kong and Macau markets for Construction TPL and EC across both international brokers and local intermediaries channels. Glory is an experienced underwriter with construction projects including renewable energy and civil infrastructure.

Glory holds a Bachelor of International Business Management and is a Senior Associate of ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Hyewon Gloria is responsible for Product Liability, CGL and Project CGL underwriting for the Korean market.   

Personal Profile

Hyewon Gloria started working in insurance in 2016 and joined Liberty in 2021. Previously she worked for an international brokerage handling casualty and overseas projects.  

Hyewon Gloria holds a bachelor of Economics.

Department

Casualty

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Jack manages the Liberty MMA Casualty portfolio of business nationally.

Personal profile

Jack joined Liberty in 2013 with a background in project management in the commercial construction industry.  In his first role with Liberty, as assistant underwriter, he focused on the demolition and asbestos facility, but since becoming an underwriter in 2016, he has dealt with an open market book of Casualty business.

Currently Jack is a Senior Underwriter and he manages Liberty's National MMA Casualty portfolio.

Jack holds a Bachelor of Construction Management from the University of Newcastle.

Department

Casualty

Main role

Janet supports the Casualty Manager (Queensland) with their book of open market Casualty business.  She also underwrites her own growing book of open market Casualty business.

Personal profile

Janet joined Liberty in 2009.  She has over 39 years’ experience in the insurance industry, beginning her career working with global insurers and broking houses in London before immigrating and joining Liberty in Australia.  

Department

Casualty

Main Role

A Senior Casualty Underwriter, based in Melbourne and services Victoria and Tasmania.

Personal Profile

Jenna joined Liberty in 2023, with more than 10 years’ experience in casualty underwriting within the Australian general insurance market.

Jenna's qualifications include a B International Business/Bachelor Commerce, ANZIFF Tier 1.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

As Vice President, Head of Underwriting, Casualty Asia Pacific, John has overall responsibility for technical underwriting and portfolio management of the primary and excess liability lines across Liberty’s Asia Pacific Casualty business.

Personal Profile

John started his insurance career in 1988 in the United Kingdom with Royal Insurance and has been working in liability business ever since.

He relocated to Australia in 1991, working in Perth and Melbourne for MMI / Allianz before joining Liberty’s Melbourne team in 2002.  John subsequently moved to Sydney with Liberty where he is based today.

John is an Associate of ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Responsible for managing the NSW Casualty team as well as underwriting for both international and non-international brokers.  Additional responsibilities include management over our facility portfolios, including Ensurance Construction and Demolition and Asbestos Removalists. 

Personal Profile

John began his insurance career in 1997 as a broker with a local brokerage in Armidale, Northern NSW.  Nine years later, John transitioned into underwriting when he moved to Sydney and began writing Crisis Management policies for a large international insurer.  In July 2008, John joined the Liberty Casualty team.

John holds a Diploma of Financial Services and is a Senior Associate of ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty/PFR

Main Role

As Casualty & PFR Manager (Queensland), Mark oversees all Casualty, Professional Indemnity, D&O and Financial Institution business being written from the Brisbane office. He also holds positions on the APAC Casualty Wording Committee and Policy Wording Committee.

Personal Profile

Mark has over 35 years of general insurance experience.  Before joining Liberty in 2003, he was a commercial development manager for a major international insurer, and had underwriting responsibility for property, liability and commercial motor products generated through middle market intermediaries.

For a few years after joining Liberty, Mark managed the developing portfolio of affinity business being written from the Brisbane office; more recently, his focus has been on open-market Casualty accounts, including construction.

Mark was appointed Queensland Casualty Manager in November 2017.

Department

Casualty 

Main role

Matthew manages the upstream Exploration & Production Casualty portfolio across the Asia Pacific Region.  He is also the South Australia branch manager, in which role he oversees all branch operations, including branch Casualty business.  In addition, he is responsible for promoting Liberty Adelaide’s cross-lines approach to business.

Personal profile

Matthew has 30 years of underwriting and broking experience - focused mainly on corporate national and international clients - in both Australia and Asia (specifically, Vietnam).  He joined Liberty in January 2011.

Matthew holds a Diploma of Financial Services (Insurance Broking). 

Department

Casualty

Main role

Casualty Underwriter 

Personal Profile

Matthew joined Liberty in 2023, with previous experience in Hong Kong and Singapore as a Treaty underwriter.  He is a qualified actuary, a Fellow of IFOA UK since 2018.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Mish underwrites corporate and commercial Casualty business across Western Australia.

Personal Profile

Mish joined Liberty in 2023 with over eleven years’ experience working with global insurers in underwriting, claims and account management.

Mish holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and Electronics Engineering.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Natalie is an Underwriting Assistant who supports the Singapore Casualty underwriting team.

Personal Profile

Natalie joined Liberty in 2015 with more than 7 years' of insurance industry experience. Natalie provides support to the Singapore Casualty team and focuses on Workers Compensation.

Natalie holds a Bachelor of Commerce in HR Management & Management.

Department

Casualty

Main role

Assistant Vice President & Casualty Manager for Western Australia.

Personal profile

Neville has worked in the insurance industry since 1981, holding various roles across underwriting, claims and broking.  He has led liability and marine portfolios in Western Australia for several insurers, and also has seven years of experience managing a small underwriting agency handling liability insurance as a Lloyd's cover holder.  Neville joined Liberty in June 2017.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Based in the Melbourne office, Oliver underwrites corporate and commercial Casualty business across Victoria and Tasmania.

Personal Profile

Oliver joined Liberty in 2022. He began his insurance career underwriting both traditional casualty and innovative sharing economy risks for a Lloyd’s Syndicate in London. Since moving to Australia in 2019, he has worked as a casualty underwriter.

Oliver holds a Master’s degree in Mathematics from Durham University in the UK.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Priscilla is a Senior Underwriter focusing on international brokers and on expanding the corporate and commercial Casualty business across Asia.

Personal Profile

Priscilla started her insurance career in Hong Kong with XL Insurance (formerly Winterthur Swiss Insurance Asia). She has over 15 years' insurance industry experience including Casualty underwriting and global program business account servicing, and fronting partners' liaison roles in Asia. She relocated to Singapore and joined Liberty in 2015.

Priscilla holds a Master of Science in Marketing and is a Senior Associate of ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Based in the Sydney office, Ravneel focuses on underwriting corporate and commercial Casualty business.

Personal Profile

Ravneel joined Liberty in 2024 with over 5 years experience in the insurance industry.  Starting as an Underwriting Assistant, Ravneel has progressed into roles that has provided exposure to various segments as a Casualty Underwriter across SME and Mid-market accounts. He has a sound knowledge of different market conditions and is able to provide solutions that cater for Liberty's partners and clients.

Ravneel holds a Bachelor of Business and Commerce.

Department

Casualty

Main role

As a senior Casualty underwriter, Richard’s main focus is on expanding the corporate, commercial and Construction (liability) business written out of the Brisbane office.

Personal profile

Richard began his insurance career in New Zealand 30 years ago.  When he joined Liberty in July 2013, he had spent the previous decade as the Queensland liability manager and liability product specialist (Casualty) for a large Australian insurer. Prior to that, he held various senior underwriting roles — with an emphasis on corporate Property and Construction insurance — for a major international insurer.

Richard is a Senior Associate and Certified Insurance Professional with ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Sang Jin is the Casualty Underwriter & Business Development Manager for the Korean market and provides underwriting for CGL, Product Liability and Construction and TPL including Offshore Construction Liability.

Personal Profile

Sang Jin has an MSc. in Insurance and Risk Management from City University in London and nearly 15 years insurance/reinsurance experience across underwriting and broking.
 

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Stephanie underwrites corporate and commercial Casualty business across Western Australia.

Personal Profile

Stephanie joined Liberty in 2021 with over eight years’ experience working with global insurers in both underwriting and account Management. 

Stephanie has been been underwriting for corporate and commercial clients in the Australian market since 2017.  Originally from Perth, Stephanie worked in the Victorian market for four years before returning to Perth. 

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Sunne is a Senior Underwriter in the Casualty team based in Singapore, responsible for underwriting all Casualty products including Construction Third Party Liability, Offshore Construction Liability and Oil & Gas Service Contractors Liability.  Sunne works closely with our Risk Engineers and Claims to develop bespoke risk solutions.

Personal Profile

Sunne has over 15 years of (re)insurance experience in both underwriting and managerial roles. In 2015, she joined Liberty Labuan branch and relocated to Singapore in 2017, following with an opportunity for one year secondment to Hong Kong in 2020.  She has held various underwriting responsibilities developing the Casualty portfolio in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Hong Kong. 

Sunne focuses on international brokers and facultative reinsurance across Asia.  She is responsible for the Casualty Power and Energy in Asia.

Department

Business Development Manager - Japan

Main Role

Todd manages the Japan portfolio across Liberty's full range of products.

Personal Profile

Todd joined Liberty in February 2022 with more than 20 years of financial lines underwriting experience.  Prior to joining Liberty, Todd led the Japanese financial lines divisions for two major global insurers.

Department

Marine

Main role

Based in Singapore, Lewis underwrites marine hull, marine liabilities, builder's risk and upstream energy.

Personal profile

Lewis has been with Liberty right from the start of his career in 2009.  Joining our Singapore team as a management associate fresh out of university, Lewis quickly found a passion for marine and has been with the team since 2010.  Over this time Lewis has developed his underwriting expertise for operational and construction risks in Asia cutting across both the Marine and Upstream Energy segments.

Lewis is a qualified associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute (ACII) and holds a bachelor (second class upper) degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Department

Marine

Main Role

Based in the Singapore office, Madeleine underwrites Commercial Hull, Marine Liabilities, Ship Builders' and Upstream Energy risks across Asia.

Personal Profile

Madeleine joined Liberty in 2021. She began her insurance career as an intern with a major Korean marine insurance brokerage firm in Seoul, gaining valuable insights into the Korean marine cargo insurance and reinsurance market, and a passion for Marine.

Madeleine holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a major in International Business & Management and a minor in Korean Language from the Australian National University. In addition to her degree, she also holds a Certificate in Insurance from the Chartered Insurance Institute.

Department

Casualty 

Main role

Matthew manages the upstream Exploration & Production Casualty portfolio across the Asia Pacific Region.  He is also the South Australia branch manager, in which role he oversees all branch operations, including branch Casualty business.  In addition, he is responsible for promoting Liberty Adelaide’s cross-lines approach to business.

Personal profile

Matthew has 30 years of underwriting and broking experience - focused mainly on corporate national and international clients - in both Australia and Asia (specifically, Vietnam).  He joined Liberty in January 2011.

Matthew holds a Diploma of Financial Services (Insurance Broking). 

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Vice President, Head of Government & Workers Compensation, Casualty Australia

Personal Profile

Alan has been with Liberty since February 2001 and was previously a Senior Account Executive at Marsh Dublin.

He holds a first class honours degree in Insurance & Risk Management from the University of Limerick, Ireland, and holds the Chartered Associateship qualification from the Chartered Insurance Institute of London.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Underwrites Casualty business within the Liberty Brisbane office.

Personal Profile

Alison has over 13 years of industry experience, specialising in Strata Insurance prior to moving into the Casualty space with Liberty in 2019.

She holds a Bachelor of Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications, and is a Senior Associate with ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Angelo is the head of Casualty in Asia.  Based in Melbourne, he leads our liability teams in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and China.

Personal Profile

Angelo joined Liberty in 2009 in Melbourne as the head of Casualty Risk Engineering across Asia Pacific, before relocating to Perth where he added the role of Branch Manager of Western Australia to his responsibilities.  Angelo has dealt with clients across construction, manufacturing, oil & gas, chemical plants, rail transport and infrastructure.

He holds Civil Engineering qualifications from RMIT, and a Graduate Diploma in Business Management.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks & Casualty

Main Role

Ann is the Asia head for all products within Liberty's Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks portfolios. Ann has been based in Singapore since 2017 and initially led the Professional & Financial Risks team before adding Casualty in 2022.

Personal Profile

Ann has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2001 and has been with Liberty since 2005.  She has predominantly worked in the Australian region where she managed one of the largest Professional & Financial Risks portfolios and underwriting teams in Australia. Ann has called Singapore home since 2017, and has been responsible for significantly growing the Professional & Financial Lines Casualty portfolio across the Asia region. 

Ann has a Bachelor of Commerce in finance, risk and insurance and she maintains a long-standing interest in workplace mentoring and training.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Benny manages the Hong Kong Casualty team with a focus on Casualty products including Products Liability, CGL, Construction Liability, Excess/Umbrella Liability in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau.

Personal Profile

Benny began his career in Casualty underwriting in Canada over 20 years ago.  He joined Liberty in 2008, focusing on developing local broker segment.

Department

Casualty

Main role

Bree underwrites and manages the Casualty portfolio within the Affinity Team. 

Personal profile

Bree joined Liberty in July 2007 and has over 15 years' experience in Casualty underwriting, ranging from commercial and corporate business to stockfeed liability. 

Department

Liberty Portfolio Solutions

Main role

Casualty Underwriter 

Personal Profile

Caitlin commenced with Liberty in 2021, underwriting commercial business within the Portfolio Solutions team.

Department

Casualty

Main role

Senior Underwriter focusing on international brokers and the Liberty Casualty Construction portfolio nationally.

Personal profile

Cameron began his insurance career in Newcastle NSW with a large domestic insurer.  From there he held a number of underwriting roles with both an international insurer, and Lloyd's syndicate, prior to joining Liberty's Sydney Casualty team in 2018.

Cameron holds a Bachelor of Business degree from the University of Newcastle and is a Fellow of ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

As the head of Casualty for Victoria, Daniel manages all the Casualty business for Victoria and Tasmania being written out of the Melbourne office.

Personal Profile

Daniel has over 20 years’ experience in the insurance industry including corporate broking, placement and underwriting roles.
Daniel joined Liberty in 2011 and is based in Melbourne.  He is a Senior Associate of ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty

Main role

As part of the Singapore Casualty team, Daphne focuses her underwriting capabilities within the Singapore and Thailand markets.

Personal profile

Daphne began her insurance career with a major Korean reinsurer in 2011. Drawing on her proficiency in Korean, she joined Liberty in June 2015 to help grow our Korean book of business. 

Daphne is currently responsible for developing our Singapore retail portfolio and Thailand reinsurance business. She is also actively working on raising the profile of our Environmental Liability book of business in Asia. 

Daphne holds an ACII qualification.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

A Casualty underwriter focusing on open market SME business.

Personal Profile

Edith started her insurance career in Life Claims in Malawi and moved to Dubai, working in general insurance broker management and product development.

After joining Liberty as a contractor in 2012 to work on the Casualty portfolio, Edith moved to a permanent underwriting administration role. Promoted to Underwriter in 2021, Edith now exclusively focuses on SME business.

Edith holds a Bachelor of Business (International Business) from RMIT University (Victoria) and CII Diploma in Insurance.

Department

Casualty

Main role

Underwriting of Corporate, Commercial and Construction Liability business written out of the Brisbane office.

Personal profile

Frank brings 30 years of insurance experience to the team.  He has 25 years of liability experience, across underwriting and claims in both Australia and Hong Kong.

Frank is a Senior Associate of ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Glory is an underwriter in the area of construction project.

Personal Profile

Glory joined Liberty in 2023 with over 10 years experience underwriting in the Hong Kong and Macau markets for Construction TPL and EC across both international brokers and local intermediaries channels. Glory is an experienced underwriter with construction projects including renewable energy and civil infrastructure.

Glory holds a Bachelor of International Business Management and is a Senior Associate of ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty 

Main role

As a member of the Liberty Melbourne Casualty team, Grant underwrites corporate and commercial Casualty business across Victoria and Tasmania.

Personal profile

Grant began his insurance career in 2003 and joined Liberty in May 2016 with over a decade of experience in Casualty underwriting.

Grant is an Associate of ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Hyewon Gloria is responsible for Product Liability, CGL and Project CGL underwriting for the Korean market.   

Personal Profile

Hyewon Gloria started working in insurance in 2016 and joined Liberty in 2021. Previously she worked for an international brokerage handling casualty and overseas projects.  

Hyewon Gloria holds a bachelor of Economics.

Department

Casualty

Main role

Jack manages the Liberty MMA Casualty portfolio of business nationally.

Personal profile

Jack joined Liberty in 2013 with a background in project management in the commercial construction industry.  In his first role with Liberty, as assistant underwriter, he focused on the demolition and asbestos facility, but since becoming an underwriter in 2016, he has dealt with an open market book of Casualty business.

Currently Jack is a Senior Underwriter and he manages Liberty's National MMA Casualty portfolio.

Jack holds a Bachelor of Construction Management from the University of Newcastle.

Department

Casualty

Main role

Janet supports the Casualty Manager (Queensland) with their book of open market Casualty business.  She also underwrites her own growing book of open market Casualty business.

Personal profile

Janet joined Liberty in 2009.  She has over 39 years’ experience in the insurance industry, beginning her career working with global insurers and broking houses in London before immigrating and joining Liberty in Australia.  

Department

Casualty

Main Role

A Senior Casualty Underwriter, based in Melbourne and services Victoria and Tasmania.

Personal Profile

Jenna joined Liberty in 2023, with more than 10 years’ experience in casualty underwriting within the Australian general insurance market.

Jenna's qualifications include a B International Business/Bachelor Commerce, ANZIFF Tier 1.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

As Vice President, Head of Underwriting, Casualty Asia Pacific, John has overall responsibility for technical underwriting and portfolio management of the primary and excess liability lines across Liberty’s Asia Pacific Casualty business.

Personal Profile

John started his insurance career in 1988 in the United Kingdom with Royal Insurance and has been working in liability business ever since.

He relocated to Australia in 1991, working in Perth and Melbourne for MMI / Allianz before joining Liberty’s Melbourne team in 2002.  John subsequently moved to Sydney with Liberty where he is based today.

John is an Associate of ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Responsible for managing the NSW Casualty team as well as underwriting for both international and non-international brokers.  Additional responsibilities include management over our facility portfolios, including Ensurance Construction and Demolition and Asbestos Removalists. 

Personal Profile

John began his insurance career in 1997 as a broker with a local brokerage in Armidale, Northern NSW.  Nine years later, John transitioned into underwriting when he moved to Sydney and began writing Crisis Management policies for a large international insurer.  In July 2008, John joined the Liberty Casualty team.

John holds a Diploma of Financial Services and is a Senior Associate of ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty/PFR

Main Role

As Casualty & PFR Manager (Queensland), Mark oversees all Casualty, Professional Indemnity, D&O and Financial Institution business being written from the Brisbane office. He also holds positions on the APAC Casualty Wording Committee and Policy Wording Committee.

Personal Profile

Mark has over 35 years of general insurance experience.  Before joining Liberty in 2003, he was a commercial development manager for a major international insurer, and had underwriting responsibility for property, liability and commercial motor products generated through middle market intermediaries.

For a few years after joining Liberty, Mark managed the developing portfolio of affinity business being written from the Brisbane office; more recently, his focus has been on open-market Casualty accounts, including construction.

Mark was appointed Queensland Casualty Manager in November 2017.

Department

Casualty 

Main role

Matthew manages the upstream Exploration & Production Casualty portfolio across the Asia Pacific Region.  He is also the South Australia branch manager, in which role he oversees all branch operations, including branch Casualty business.  In addition, he is responsible for promoting Liberty Adelaide’s cross-lines approach to business.

Personal profile

Matthew has 30 years of underwriting and broking experience - focused mainly on corporate national and international clients - in both Australia and Asia (specifically, Vietnam).  He joined Liberty in January 2011.

Matthew holds a Diploma of Financial Services (Insurance Broking). 

Department

Casualty

Main role

Casualty Underwriter 

Personal Profile

Matthew joined Liberty in 2023, with previous experience in Hong Kong and Singapore as a Treaty underwriter.  He is a qualified actuary, a Fellow of IFOA UK since 2018.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Mish underwrites corporate and commercial Casualty business across Western Australia.

Personal Profile

Mish joined Liberty in 2023 with over eleven years’ experience working with global insurers in underwriting, claims and account management.

Mish holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and Electronics Engineering.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Natalie is an Underwriting Assistant who supports the Singapore Casualty underwriting team.

Personal Profile

Natalie joined Liberty in 2015 with more than 7 years' of insurance industry experience. Natalie provides support to the Singapore Casualty team and focuses on Workers Compensation.

Natalie holds a Bachelor of Commerce in HR Management & Management.

Department

Casualty

Main role

Natalie leads the Affinity team out of the Liberty Brisbane office, this includes underwriting casualty business via our programmes, facilities and commercial product offerings nationally.  

Personal profile

Natalie joined Liberty Brisbane in 2007 as a member of the administrative staff, soon transferring to the Casualty team as an underwriting assistant. Since then she has worked her way up to an underwriting position, gaining experience in underwriting and portfolio management of both facility and programme business.

Prior to joining Liberty, Natalie spent 6 years in retail customer service. She holds a Bachelor of Business with a major in Human Resources and is a member of ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty

Main role

Assistant Vice President & Casualty Manager for Western Australia.

Personal profile

Neville has worked in the insurance industry since 1981, holding various roles across underwriting, claims and broking.  He has led liability and marine portfolios in Western Australia for several insurers, and also has seven years of experience managing a small underwriting agency handling liability insurance as a Lloyd's cover holder.  Neville joined Liberty in June 2017.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Based in the Melbourne office, Oliver underwrites corporate and commercial Casualty business across Victoria and Tasmania.

Personal Profile

Oliver joined Liberty in 2022. He began his insurance career underwriting both traditional casualty and innovative sharing economy risks for a Lloyd’s Syndicate in London. Since moving to Australia in 2019, he has worked as a casualty underwriter.

Oliver holds a Master’s degree in Mathematics from Durham University in the UK.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Priscilla is a Senior Underwriter focusing on international brokers and on expanding the corporate and commercial Casualty business across Asia.

Personal Profile

Priscilla started her insurance career in Hong Kong with XL Insurance (formerly Winterthur Swiss Insurance Asia). She has over 15 years' insurance industry experience including Casualty underwriting and global program business account servicing, and fronting partners' liaison roles in Asia. She relocated to Singapore and joined Liberty in 2015.

Priscilla holds a Master of Science in Marketing and is a Senior Associate of ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty

Main role

As a senior Casualty underwriter, Richard’s main focus is on expanding the corporate, commercial and Construction (liability) business written out of the Brisbane office.

Personal profile

Richard began his insurance career in New Zealand 30 years ago.  When he joined Liberty in July 2013, he had spent the previous decade as the Queensland liability manager and liability product specialist (Casualty) for a large Australian insurer. Prior to that, he held various senior underwriting roles — with an emphasis on corporate Property and Construction insurance — for a major international insurer.

Richard is a Senior Associate and Certified Insurance Professional with ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

As a member of the Liberty Hong Kong Casualty team, Sandy works closely with local brokers to underwrite casualty business in North Asia.

Personal Profile

Sandy has 11 years' experience in the casualty insurance sector, and her current focus is on underwriting CGL and products liability risks.

Sandy is a Senior Associate of the Australian & New Zealand Institute of Insurance & Finance (ANZIIF).

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Sang Jin is the Casualty Underwriter & Business Development Manager for the Korean market and provides underwriting for CGL, Product Liability and Construction and TPL including Offshore Construction Liability.

Personal Profile

Sang Jin has an MSc. in Insurance and Risk Management from City University in London and nearly 15 years insurance/reinsurance experience across underwriting and broking.
 

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Stephanie underwrites corporate and commercial Casualty business across Western Australia.

Personal Profile

Stephanie joined Liberty in 2021 with over eight years’ experience working with global insurers in both underwriting and account Management. 

Stephanie has been been underwriting for corporate and commercial clients in the Australian market since 2017.  Originally from Perth, Stephanie worked in the Victorian market for four years before returning to Perth. 

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Sunne is a Senior Underwriter in the Casualty team based in Singapore, responsible for underwriting all Casualty products including Construction Third Party Liability, Offshore Construction Liability and Oil & Gas Service Contractors Liability.  Sunne works closely with our Risk Engineers and Claims to develop bespoke risk solutions.

Personal Profile

Sunne has over 15 years of (re)insurance experience in both underwriting and managerial roles. In 2015, she joined Liberty Labuan branch and relocated to Singapore in 2017, following with an opportunity for one year secondment to Hong Kong in 2020.  She has held various underwriting responsibilities developing the Casualty portfolio in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Hong Kong. 

Sunne focuses on international brokers and facultative reinsurance across Asia.  She is responsible for the Casualty Power and Energy in Asia.

Department

Business Development Manager - Japan

Main Role

Todd manages the Japan portfolio across Liberty's full range of products.

Personal Profile

Todd joined Liberty in February 2022 with more than 20 years of financial lines underwriting experience.  Prior to joining Liberty, Todd led the Japanese financial lines divisions for two major global insurers.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Underwriter for the Malaysia Casualty portfolios.  

Personal Profile

Weng Fatt joined Liberty in 2016 in the Casualty team as an Underwriting Assistant.  Prior to joining Liberty, Went Fatt worked for a large insurer as well as for a local insurer in Malaysia.

Weng Fatt holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Diploma from the Malaysian Insurance Institute and is an Associate (CIP) in ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Vice President, Head of Government & Workers Compensation, Casualty Australia

Personal Profile

Alan has been with Liberty since February 2001 and was previously a Senior Account Executive at Marsh Dublin.

He holds a first class honours degree in Insurance & Risk Management from the University of Limerick, Ireland, and holds the Chartered Associateship qualification from the Chartered Insurance Institute of London.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Senior Underwriter, Casualty Excess Workers Compensation and Government

Personal Profile

Graham commenced working life as a health professional and across ten years worked in public and private health settings.

Graham joined Liberty in 2022 with over 17 years' experience in insurance.  He started his career working as a private and public health professional, then moved into insurance focusing on Workers Compensation claim management.  He subsequently moved on to general insurance broking and a client service role, and he has worked with government clients for more than 17 years.

Graham has a Masters of Management (Personal Injury) and a Diploma of Insurance Broking.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Underwriter, Workers' Compensation

Personal Profile

Judith has over 30 years of experience in the insurance industry, working on both the underwriting and broking sides.  The majority of her expertise and experience has been in the workers' compensation sector.

Based in Melbourne, Judith joined Liberty in 2013 as an assistant underwriter and she now underwrites excess workers' compensation policies nationally.

Department

Main Role

Personal Profile

Department

Accident & Health 

Main role

Based in the Brisbane office, Marcus underwrites Liberty's Accident & Health business.

Personal profile

Marcus joined Liberty in 2017 bringing with him two decades of insurance underwriting experience across both corporate and consumer products.  In his previous role, he managed a casualty portfolio for a large international insurer in Brisbane.

Marcus is an ANZIIF Fellow and holds a  Bachelor of Business degree and a Postgraduate Diploma of Insurance.

Department

Accident & Health

Main role

Matt supports our broker network with the underwriting and distribution of Accident and Health products.

Personal profile

Matt joined Liberty in 2018, bringing with him strong analytical and financial skills.

Matt holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Macquarie University.

Department

Accident & Health

Main role

Murray is a senior underwriter for the Liberty Accident & Health line of business.

Personal profile

Murray has more than 30 years’ experience in both Accident & Health and Sports insurance, gained in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.  He joined Liberty in July 2016 and is based in Liberty’s Melbourne office.

Murray holds a Diploma of Financial Services (General Insurance) and is a Senior Associate of ANZIIF.

Department

Accident & Health

Main role

Natasha underwrites the entire suite of products for the Liberty Accident & Health line of business.

Personal profile

Natasha has more than 10 years of experience in Accident & Health insurance, gained through broking and underwriting across New South Wales and Victoria.  She joined Liberty in January 2017 and is based in Liberty’s Sydney office.

Natasha holds Tier 1 (General Insurance Compliance Personal Accident and Sickness) qualifications with ANZIIF, as well as an Advanced Diploma in Classical Dance from the Australian Ballet School.

Department

Accident & Health

Main role

Richard coordinates and manages the Liberty Accident & Health offering, as well as looking after our Asurion Mobile products, from his base in Melbourne.

Personal profile

Richard joined Liberty in 2016 with a wealth of experience in Accident & Health insurance gained over 20 years with domestic and international insurers, servicing the Australian and New Zealand markets.  He has held various executive roles, among them Head of Consumer Lines Australia for a large international insurance organisation.

Richard holds a Bachelor of Arts from Otago University in New Zealand.

Department

Accident & Health

Main Role

Assistant Underwriter supporting our Accident & Health line of business.

Personal Profile

Rory joined Liberty in 2023, bringing with him a sales background in specialist motor insurance underwriting, as well as customer service skills across a broad range of industries.

Department

Crisis Management

Main Role

Bill underwrites risks for the four main product lines of Liberty Crisis Management; Contaminated Products, Product Recall, Kidnap & Ransom and Weather Index insurance.

Personal Profile

Bill joined Liberty in January 2018.

Department

Crisis Management

Main role

Donna underwrites Liberty Crisis Management business for Asia Pacific from her base in the Liberty Melbourne office. Her emphasis is on the development of new business and the education of clients and brokers on Product Recall insurance.

Personal profile

Donna has more than 18 years’ experience in insurance, having held positions with both Australian and international insurers.  She has extensive underwriting experience in specialist insurance areas, including Contaminated Products, Kidnap, Ransom & Extortion and Product Recall.

Donna joined Liberty in 2008, bringing several years of crisis management experience to the launch of the Liberty Crisis Management Solutions product suite in the Asia Pacific region.

Donna is a Senior Associate with ANZIIF.

Department

Crisis Management

Main role

Joyce is responsible for growing the Liberty Crisis Management portfolio in Asia.  Her areas of focus include Product Recall, Product Contamination and Kidnap and Ransom insurance.

Personal Profile

Joyce has over 20 years' underwriting experience in the insurance industry.

Joyce joined Liberty in 2006 and was initially responsible for the management, development and underwriting of Casualty business in North Asia before joining the Liberty Crisis Management team in May 2017.

Joyce holds a Higher Diploma of Insurance Studies (Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education), a BA (Hons) in Business and Marketing (University of Portsmouth, UK) and she is a Senior Associate of ANZIIF.

Department

Crisis Management

Main role

Keith underwrites crisis management business for Liberty Australia from his base in the Liberty Melbourne office. His emphasis is on the development of new business and the education of clients and brokers on product recall insurance.

Personal profile

Keith joined Liberty in 2017 after more than 30 years in the insurance industry, having held positions with Australian and international insurers and brokers.  His extensive experience in both underwriting and broking covers the specialist insurance areas of liability, contaminated products, product recall and kidnap, ransom and extortion insurance, as well as other niche insurance products.

Department

Crisis Management

Main Role

Lisa underwrites crisis management business for Liberty Australia from her base in the Liberty Melbourne office.  Her emphasis is on the development of new business and the eduction of clients and brokers on product recall insurance.

Personal Profile

Lisa joined Liberty in 2015 after 7 years in the insurance industry, having held positions with a global insurer and a niche underwriting agency.  Her experience in underwriting covers the specialist insurance areas of motor fleet, strata insurance, contaminated products, product recall and kidnap, ransom and extortion insurance.

Department

Crisis Management

Main role

Michael leads the Liberty Asia Pacific Crisis Management and Weather teams from his base in the Liberty Sydney office.

Personal profile

Michael began his career in insurance while still at university, working part-time in administration for a general insurance company.  After graduating in 1996 with a Bachelor of Economics from Macquarie University, he worked for five years, first in motor and householders’ insurance and then in contingency insurance, before moving into crisis management insurance with a leading global insurance company. 

Michael joined Liberty in 2009 with eight years’ experience in crisis management insurance.

Department

Crisis Management

Main Role

Shelley underwrites Liberty Crisis Management business based in the Sydney office. Her focus is on Product Recall Insurances and Kidnap Ransom & Extortion.

Personal Profile

Shelley has over 18 years' experience in the insurance industry.  She has held several senior roles at other major international insurers and joined Liberty in 2021 bringing extensive technical and market knowledge experience within the Crisis Management segment including product recall, contamination, malicious tampering and kidnap ransom & extortion insurances.    

Shelley holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Otago.

Department

Crisis Management

Main Role

Si Min underwrites Liberty's Crisis Management portfolio in Asia.  Her areas of focus include Product Recall, Product Contamination and Kidnap and Ransom insurance.

Personal Profile

Si Min combines a casualty underwriting background with focus on the manufacturing industry and product liability, along with experience as an insurance broker, where she developed a product recall and contamination portfolio in Asia.

Si Min has more than 10 years of experience in the insurance industry and holds a Bachelor Degree in Chemistry from the National University of Singapore.

Department

Financial Risk Solutions, Asia Pacific

Main role

Chris manages the Liberty Financial Risk Solutions business in the Asia Pacific region.

Personal profile

Chris joined Liberty in June 2016 to head up Country and Credit Risk Management for the Financial Risk Solutions business in London.  In January 2018 he was promoted to Manager, Financial Risk Solutions for the Asia Pacific region.  Based in Singapore, his role involves the development of the political risk, contract frustration and structured trade credit underwriting for the region.

Prior to joining Liberty, Chris began his financial services career in Australia.  He has worked for a number of major banks and investment firms in London, Hong Kong and New York.

Chris is a CFA charterholder, Certified Practicing Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Business Degree.

Department

Financial Risk Solutions

Main Role

As an FRS Underwriter in Liberty’s Singapore office, Jun Liang assesses credit and political risks, negotiates policy wordings, and maintains relationships with clients and brokers.

Personal Profile

Jun Liang joined Liberty in January 2021 and has 5 years of experience underwriting credit and political risks in Asia Pacific. He has experience working on a wide variety of transactions including pre-export finance, secured and unsecured corporate lending, trade finance, and sovereign debt. These transactions typically involve negotiating bespoke policy wordings with clients and brokers. Jun Liang also has experience underwriting political risks which encompass political violence, expropriation, currency inconvertibility, and arbitration award default.

Jun Liang is a CFA charterholder and graduated magna cum laude from New York University with a degree economics.

Department

Global Financial Risks

Main role

Kate works in the Financial Risk Solutions team, underwriting Credit and Political Risk in Asia Pacific.

Personal profile

Kate began her career on the Graduate Scheme at a Lloyd's of London Syndicate.  She has over four years' experience underwriting Credit and Political Risk and has been working in Singapore since January 2017.

Kate is ACII qualified.  She has a BA (Hons) from Durham University and an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

Vice President, Head of Government & Workers Compensation, Casualty Australia

Personal Profile

Alan has been with Liberty since February 2001 and was previously a Senior Account Executive at Marsh Dublin.

He holds a first class honours degree in Insurance & Risk Management from the University of Limerick, Ireland, and holds the Chartered Associateship qualification from the Chartered Insurance Institute of London.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

As Vice President, Head of Environmental Impairment Liability Asia Pacific, Alan has overall responsibility for technical underwriting and portfolio management across the Asia Pacific region.

Personal Profile

Alan's insurance career began in 2004 in his hometown of Wellington, New Zealand. After graduating from university Alan moved to Australia, starting with Liberty in 2006 in Casualty before moving into the Environmental Impairment Liability division in 2013. During this time, he has worked across Liberty's Brisbane, Sydney and Toronto offices.

Alan holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Arts Degree and Post Graduate Certificate in Business.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Belinda is based in the Brisbane office where she underwrites the full suite of Professional Indemnity (PI) products, including Project PI, Information Technology Liability, Financial Institutions (Investment Manager's insurance and PI for Financial Institutions), Directors' & Officers' Liability and Cyber insurance.

Personal Profile

Belinda has worked in the insurance industry since 2005 and joined Liberty in 2008.

Department

Marine

Main Role

Senior Underwriter Marine

Personal Profile

Madonna joined Liberty in 2010. With over 30 years of working in the marine insurance sector, Madonna has extensive experience across all segments including cargo, marine liabilities, builders risk, project cargo and hull insurance.

She is a Fellow of ANZIIF and holds a Graduate Certificate in Maritime and Logistics Management. 
 

Department

Casualty/PFR

Main Role

As Casualty & PFR Manager (Queensland), Mark oversees all Casualty, Professional Indemnity, D&O and Financial Institution business being written from the Brisbane office. He also holds positions on the APAC Casualty Wording Committee and Policy Wording Committee.

Personal Profile

Mark has over 35 years of general insurance experience.  Before joining Liberty in 2003, he was a commercial development manager for a major international insurer, and had underwriting responsibility for property, liability and commercial motor products generated through middle market intermediaries.

For a few years after joining Liberty, Mark managed the developing portfolio of affinity business being written from the Brisbane office; more recently, his focus has been on open-market Casualty accounts, including construction.

Mark was appointed Queensland Casualty Manager in November 2017.

Department

Marine

Main Role

Rob is responsible for portfolio management and new business development (Asia Pacific), the analysis and pricing of risk in general cargo, project cargo, marine and general liability, and commercial hull and ship builder's sectors.

Personal Profile

Since beginning his career in the marine insurance industry in 1997, Rob has gained experience across both claims and underwriting.  His experience extends to numerous types of infrastructure projects requiring marine cargo and DSU coverage. 

Rob holds a Diploma in General Insurance through ANZIIF.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Todd is responsible for managing the Commercial PI portfolio within Australia.  As a Senior Underwriter, Todd's focus is looking after significant, unusual or distressed risks.

Personal Profile

Todd has been with Liberty since 2008.

His previous experience spans marketing and insurance and includes underwriting and senior underwriting roles in the U.S. and Australia.

He has a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Marketing from Cornell University and is an Associate in Surplus Lines Insurance from the American Institute For Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters. 

Department

Marine 

Main role

Hanghei leads the Marine Project Cargo and General Cargo portfolios across Asia. Hehas a strong risk engineering background and is involved in risk assessment across the full suite of our marine risks, including Commercial Hull, Ship Builder’s, Marine Liabilities and Exploration & Production. 

Personal profile

Hanghei joined Liberty Singapore at the beginning of 2015 with more than a decade of experience working as a Heavy Lift and Transport engineer in the UK and Asia Pacific. His experience includes the conceptual planning and implementation of transport and heavy crane lifts for major projects globally, HAZCON risk assessment studies, method statements, detailed lifting and transport studies, heavy rigging equipment inspections and the technical review of subcontract tenders, as well as practical, on-site experience. During his time at Liberty, Hanghei has progressed to lead underwriting for the Asia Cargo portfolio. 

Hanghei holds a HNC/HND in Mechanical Engineering.

Department

Marine

Main role

Based in Singapore, Lewis underwrites marine hull, marine liabilities, builder's risk and upstream energy.

Personal profile

Lewis has been with Liberty right from the start of his career in 2009.  Joining our Singapore team as a management associate fresh out of university, Lewis quickly found a passion for marine and has been with the team since 2010.  Over this time Lewis has developed his underwriting expertise for operational and construction risks in Asia cutting across both the Marine and Upstream Energy segments.

Lewis is a qualified associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute (ACII) and holds a bachelor (second class upper) degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Department

Marine

Main Role

Based in the Singapore office, Madeleine underwrites Commercial Hull, Marine Liabilities, Ship Builders' and Upstream Energy risks across Asia.

Personal Profile

Madeleine joined Liberty in 2021. She began her insurance career as an intern with a major Korean marine insurance brokerage firm in Seoul, gaining valuable insights into the Korean marine cargo insurance and reinsurance market, and a passion for Marine.

Madeleine holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a major in International Business & Management and a minor in Korean Language from the Australian National University. In addition to her degree, she also holds a Certificate in Insurance from the Chartered Insurance Institute.

Department

Marine

Main Role

Senior Underwriter Marine

Personal Profile

Madonna joined Liberty in 2010. With over 30 years of working in the marine insurance sector, Madonna has extensive experience across all segments including cargo, marine liabilities, builders risk, project cargo and hull insurance.

She is a Fellow of ANZIIF and holds a Graduate Certificate in Maritime and Logistics Management. 
 

Department

Marine 

Main role

As a senior underwriter with Liberty Marine and based in Melbourne, Paul’s main responsibility is managing and developing Liberty’s Marine portfolio for Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. While his focus is on Cargo, Carrier’s and Marine Liability insurance, he is also interested in promoting cross-lines protection for clients.

Personal profile

Joining Liberty in 2016, Paul has over 20 years’ experience in Marine underwriting and managing Marine and non-Marine portfolios with a range of international and Australian insurers.

Paul holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Diploma of Frontline Management.

Department

Marine

Main role

Senior Underwriter, Marine

Personal profile

Regi has more than a decade of underwriting experience in the marine insurance sector across Europe and Australia, specialising in larger general cargo risks and multinational insurance programs.  She is responsible for developing and maintaining the marine portfolio for NSW, ACT and WA in respect of cargo, marine general liability and hull risks. 

Regi holds a Masters in Law and is advancing her studies with ANZIIF.

Department

Marine

Main Role

Rob is responsible for portfolio management and new business development (Asia Pacific), the analysis and pricing of risk in general cargo, project cargo, marine and general liability, and commercial hull and ship builder's sectors.

Personal Profile

Since beginning his career in the marine insurance industry in 1997, Rob has gained experience across both claims and underwriting.  His experience extends to numerous types of infrastructure projects requiring marine cargo and DSU coverage. 

Rob holds a Diploma in General Insurance through ANZIIF.

Department

Marine

Main role

Samantha is responsible for developing and maintaining the marine portfolio for NSW, the ACT and WA. 

Personal profile

Samantha joined Liberty in 2003 and has more than a decade of underwriting experience in the Marine insurance sector in Australia, specialising in marine general cargo, marine general liability and marine hull. 

Samantha holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Accounting and Finance, a Postgraduate Diploma in Marine Insurance and a Certificate in Marine Claims.

Department

Marine

Main Role

Developing and maintaining the marine portfolio for Hong Kong.

Personal Profile

Snowy joined Liberty in 2009 and has 13 years' experience in the marine insurance sector, underwriting general cargo and hull risks.  Snowy holds a Degree in International Business and is a Senior Associate of the Australian & New Zealand Institute of Insurance & Finance (ANZIIF).

Department

Marine

Main Role

Based in the Singapore office, Zhen Jie is responsible for underwriting General Cargo and Project Cargo risks across Asia.

Personal Profile

Zhen Jie began his insurance career in 2014 with a global insurer and joined Liberty in 2021. He has experience underwriting a wide variety of General Cargo risks and Project Cargo risks (including DSU coverage) across Asia, as well as the underwriting and servicing of global program business.

Zhen Jie holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours in Economics from the National University of Singapore.

Department

Global Transaction Solutions

Main role

Australia & New Zealand Manager

Personal profile

Geoffrey is a senior associate M&A underwriter based in Sydney at Liberty GTS specializing in underwriting transaction risks relating to mergers and acquisitions throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Geoffrey has worked full-time at Liberty GTS (where he previously worked for Liberty’s subsidiary Ironshore) since March 2014, following a four-month secondment in mid-2013.

Geoffrey’s prior experience includes more than five year’s legal experience at international law firm DLA Piper. He has been involved in a broad range of corporate and commercial advisory work with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions. Geoffrey also worked in London with DLA Piper UK LLP in 2012. Geoffrey holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from Sydney University and is currently completing a Masters of Law at Sydney University. Geoffrey also holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance), University of Sydney.

Department

Global Transaction Solutions

Main Role

Keshaya is a Senior Underwriter at Liberty GTS in Singapore, focusing on M&A insurance in the Asia Pacific region.

Personal Profile

Prior to joining Liberty GTS, Keshaya was called to the Singapore Bar in 2016, following which she joined the Corporate and Securities team at Baker & McKenzie as an associate.  During her time at Baker, she worked on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, with a focus on cross-border M&A and corporate restructurings.

Keshaya holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Business Management from the Singapore Management University.

Department

Global Transaction Solutions

Main role

Head of Asia Pacific

Personal profile

William is the Head of APAC for Liberty GTS.  William joined Liberty (where he originally worked for Liberty’s subsidiary Ironshore as the Managing Director of Australia) from Allen & Overy in early 2013 to establish the Australian office and the Mergers & Acquisitions and Tax offering.

Prior to joining Liberty GTS, William was a private equity lawyer specialising for more than 10 years in tax structuring.  William has worked at Weil Gotshal and Manges, Allen & Overy and at PricewaterhouseCoopers.  William has a deep understanding of private equity transactions, tax structuring and insurance having advised numerous private equity houses while based in London, Australia and New Zealand.

William has a B’Com & LLB from the University of Canterbury and a Master of Laws (Tax & Commercial) from the University of Sydney.

Department

LM Re

Main role

Senior Underwriter

Personal profile

Alex joined Liberty with 14 years' experience with various international reinsurers, underwriting treaty business throughout Asia.

Alex holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) and is an Associate of Chartered Insurance Institute.

Department

LM Re

Main role

Annie is the Regional Underwriting Manager based in Singapore. She is responsible for the marketing of all treaty classes undertaken by LM Re across Asia Pacific. In addition, she has underwriting authorities for these classes.

Personal profile

Annie has worked for major reinsurers with experience in property, casualty and specialty lines.  She also has direct experience in credit, surety and terrorism with a Syndicate and has also worked for an ECA.

Annie holds a Master in Finance with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Arts from the National University of Singapore

Department

Surety

Main Role

As a senior Surety underwriter based in the Brisbane office, Alicia is responsible for portfolio management, credit risk analysis and product development.

Personal Profile

Joining Liberty in 2021 with more than ten years' Surety industry experience, Alicia has a deep understanding of underwriting and portfolio management as well as credit risk analysis and cross-border transactions, client and agent facility documentation including syndicated and global cross-border facilities.  She has been involved in the management of distressed accounts in connection with senior management, the claims department, and legal counsel.

Alicia holds a Bachelor of International Business from Griffith University, Brisbane, and a Master’s of International Business Economics from Oxford Brookes University and she enjoys sharing her knowledge to develop junior staff members.

Department

Surety

Main Role

Head of Surety - Asia Pacific

Personal Profile

Greg leads Liberty's Surety team in the Asia Pacific region and has over a decade of experience working in, and leading, Surety practices across Australia and New Zealand. Prior to this, Greg started his career in banking, gaining experience across accounting, financial markets, franchising, and institutional and corporate banking, for both Australian and International banks.

Greg holds a Bachelor of Business (Banking), Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and Advanced Certificate in Commerce (Accounting).

Main Role

As a senior Surety underwriter based in the Sydney office, Martin is responsible for underwriting Surety transactions across the Asia Pacific region.

Personal Profile

Joining Liberty's Surety team in 2020, Martin has accumulated a wealth of experience working across the insurance and banking sectors in both Sydney and London. 

Martin holds an Executive MBA from AGSM and is a Fellow member of ANZIIF.

Department

Surety

Main Role

Suff provides detailed insights into the risk of new and existing business with a key focus on credit.

Personal Profile

Suff joined Liberty in December 2019 with a decade of experience as a Chartered Accountant in domestic and international markets, primarily in financial services (auditing and credit risk).

Department

Surety, Asia

Main Role

Tian is a Senior Underwriter focusing on North Asia markets.

Personal Profile

Tian joined Liberty in 2021 with risk underwriting experience in both surety and trade credit insurance. Tian’s years of working for a leading credit insurer in London and Hong Kong have helped her develop extensive underwriting skills, and she has experience in large cross-border deals across various sectors, as well as broad surety market knowledge across the APAC region.

Tian is a CFA charter holder and holds a MPhil degree in Real Estate Finance from the University of Cambridge.

Department

Surety

Main Role

As an Assistant Underwriter based in the Brisbane office, Yannick is responsible for portfolio management, credit risk analysis and product development.

Personal Profile

Yannick joined Liberty in 2023. His background as an analyst in corporate finance delivers strong analytical skills in financial due diligence, valuations, transaction support services and financial modelling. 

Yannick holds a Bachelor of Business in Finance from the Queensland University of Technology. 

Department – War and Terrorism 

Main role – Cristin is a Senior Underwriter for War and Terrorism with a predominant focus on North Asia markets 

Personal profile – Cristin has extensive experience working at global leading insurers, specialising in property and terrorism insurance as well as crisis management.

Cristin holds a Master of Science degree of Business Management.

Department

War and Terrorism

Main role

Dipam is the Assistant Vice President and Head of War and Terrorism for the Asia Pacific region.

Personal profile

Dipam joined Liberty in 2015 with over 13 years' insurance experience.  Prior to Liberty, Dipam worked in London as a broker for two different international broking houses, specialising in the War and Terrorism product.

Dipam holds a BA Honors in History.

Department

Energy, Property & Construction

Main Role

Joel is responsible for underwriting and developing Liberty’s Corporate & Commercial Property portfolio nationally. 

Personal Profile

Joel’s insurance career began in 2004 as part of the Graduate Program for a large Australian insurer.  From there, he relocated to London in 2008 working for a large reinsurer underwriting Property policies both on a direct and reinsurance basis.  In 2011 he was transferred back to Australia where his focus was direct Property business.

Joel joined Liberty in 2012, bringing with him a wealth of local and international experience.

Joel has completed studies at the Chartered Insurance Institute, London and holds a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Economics, Finance and International Trade from Deakin University.

After completing postgraduate studies, Joel was awarded Fellowship with ANZIIF.

Department

War & Terrorism

Main Role

Senior Underwriter

Personal Profile

Scott joined Liberty's Singapore office in 2019 with more than 6 years' experience in insurance. Prior to joining Liberty, Scott was a Terrorism and Marine underwriter with experience in both Singapore and Lloyds of London.

Scott holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the George Washington University as well as the ACII certification.   

Department

War & Terrorism

Main Role

Sherry underwrites Terrorism and Political Violence risks in Asia.

Personal Profile

Sherry joined Liberty's Singapore office in 2018 with more than 10 years' experience in insurance.  Prior to joining Liberty, Sherry was a Property underwriter with various international insurance companies in Hong Kong and in Singapore. 

Sherry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

David manages the IT Liability and Cyber portfolios. 

Personal Profile

David has a passion for understanding and keeping abreast of the changes in technology.  In the rapidly changing technological landscape with evolving threats and losses, as well as the tightening legal and regulatory environment, the IT Liability and Cyber portfolios provide David and his colleagues with an exciting opportunity for specialisation and innovation.

David completed a Bachelor of Science in physics and a Bachelor of Commerce in economics and since graduating in 1993, he has worked in the professional lines area of insurance across a number of broking and underwriting roles.

Since joining Liberty in 2008, David launched Liberty's Information Technology Liability initiative and in 2012 Liberty’s Cyber Insurance initiative for Asia Pacific.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

As the Queensland Branch Manager, Helen is responsible for the operations, staff management, market responsiveness and vision of the branch.  As Professional & Financial Risks Queensland Manager, Helen oversees all Professional Indemnity, Financial Institutions (PI and Investment Managers Insurance), Cyber, Side A and Directors’ & Officers’ Liability insurance being placed in Queensland.

Personal Profile

Based in Brisbane, Helen joined Liberty in 2015.  She has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2001, working within both the broking and underwriting fields in the UK, USA, and Australia.

Helen holds a Masters in Mathematics and Masters in Business Administration.
 

Department

Professional & Financial Risks 

Main Role

Nick is an Underwriter in the Professional & Financial Risks team, focusing on Cyber and Information Technology Liability.

Personal Profile

Nick joined Liberty in 2023 with 5 years industry experience.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Macquarie University and is currently pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity from the University of Adelaide.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main role

Rian is based in the Liberty Sydney office and he specialises in Information Technology Liability and Cyber insurance. 

Personal profile

Rian joined Liberty in 2015 with 7 years’ prior experience underwriting Information Technology Liability and Professional Indemnity insurance, gained in the Sydney and Melbourne offices of a global insurer.

Rian holds a Diploma of Financial Services - General Insurance and Diploma of Financial Planning, both through ANZIIF, a Bachelor of Business (Insurance) from Charles Sturt University and is currently studying for a Masters of Cyber Security through Charles Sturt University.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Underwriter, Professional Indemnity, Information Technology and Cyber insurance

Personal Profile

Sara joined Liberty in September 2022 with 14 years' experience as a financial line insurance broker, and an additional six years' experience as a financial lines underwriter across the Sydney and Perth markets.  Having both broking and underwriting experience, Sara understands the key requirements at both a broking and underwriting level, to ultimately deliver the best outcomes for brokers and clients.

Sara holds a Diploma of Financial Services – Insurance Broking (NIBA) ASIC PS 146 Tier 1 – Insurance Broking (NIBA).

Department

Professional & Financial Risks & Casualty

Main Role

Ann is the Asia head for all products within Liberty's Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks portfolios. Ann has been based in Singapore since 2017 and initially led the Professional & Financial Risks team before adding Casualty in 2022.

Personal Profile

Ann has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2001 and has been with Liberty since 2005.  She has predominantly worked in the Australian region where she managed one of the largest Professional & Financial Risks portfolios and underwriting teams in Australia. Ann has called Singapore home since 2017, and has been responsible for significantly growing the Professional & Financial Lines Casualty portfolio across the Asia region. 

Ann has a Bachelor of Commerce in finance, risk and insurance and she maintains a long-standing interest in workplace mentoring and training.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main role

As a member of the Liberty Hong Kong Professional & Financial Risks team, Billy underwrites Financial Institutions and Director and Officers business in Hong Kong.

Personal profile

Billy began his insurance career in 2011 and joined Liberty in April 2018 with more than 7 years of experience in Financial Lines underwriting.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Vice President, Head of Australia Professional & Financial Risks

Personal Profile

Christian has over 25 years underwriting experience in the professional and financial lines sector, during which time he has worked in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.  He has been with Liberty since 2005.  

Department – Professional & Financial Risks

Main role – Underwriter, specialising in Directors & Officers Liability insurance

Personal profile – Georgia joined Liberty in 2023. She has experience across a broad range of industries, as well as the entire product suite of Professional and Financial Lines insurance.

Georgia holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a Double Major in Economics from the University of Western Australia. 

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

As the Queensland Branch Manager, Helen is responsible for the operations, staff management, market responsiveness and vision of the branch.  As Professional & Financial Risks Queensland Manager, Helen oversees all Professional Indemnity, Financial Institutions (PI and Investment Managers Insurance), Cyber, Side A and Directors’ & Officers’ Liability insurance being placed in Queensland.

Personal Profile

Based in Brisbane, Helen joined Liberty in 2015.  She has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2001, working within both the broking and underwriting fields in the UK, USA, and Australia.

Helen holds a Masters in Mathematics and Masters in Business Administration.
 

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Specializing in underwriting Director and Officers business for the Korean market.

Personal Profile

Prior to joining Liberty in 2021 as a D&O underwriter, Hwan started his insurance career in 2014 working for a large international insurer in Korea, focussing on traditional and compulsory liability products. For over a decade of this time, he was based in the USA.

Hwan has a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Oberlin College.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main role

Assistant Vice President, D&O Technical Manager, PFR

Personal profile

Jack commenced his career in 2011 concentrating on Professional & Financial Risks. With multi-national experience being developed whilst working in London, Jack has tailored risk solutions spanning the world's largest to smallest clients.

Jack holds a Bachelor of Business in Financial Risk Management from Victoria University.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main role

Jack specialises in underwriting Directors and Officers Liability insurance.

Personal profile

Jack joined Liberty in 2022, having previously worked in the Stockbroking and Insurance Broking industries. He is passionate about delivering bespoke solutions for our broking partners and supporting clients through their entire lifecycle.

Jack holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a Double Major in Finance and Marketing from Curtin University.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main role

As a senior underwriter and Liberty Professional & Financial Risks Manager for Western Australia, Jerome is responsible for coordinating and managing the Professional & Financial Risks business from the Perth office.  He specialises in Professional Indemnity (PI), Construction PI, Financial Institutions PI, Investment Manager’s insurance, Information Technology Liability, Cyber insurance and Directors’ and Officers’ Liability insurance. 

Personal profile

Jerome has 10 years of underwriting experience, and has a background in finance and risk consulting.  He joined Liberty in 2015. 

Jerome is a qualified Chartered Accountant. 

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Managing the Korean PFR portfolio

Personal Profile

Before joining Liberty 2007, Joong Young worked in Korea as a reinsurance broker handling a finite reinsurance program as well as treaty and facultative reinsurance for professional lines.

He holds the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation from the American Institute of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters and the Registered Professional Liability Underwriter designation from the Professional Liability Underwriting Society.  Joong Young’s other insurance qualifications include the Associate in Risk Management and Associate in Reinsurance designations from AICPCU/IIA.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Underwriter specialising in Financial Institutions insurance.

Personal Profile

Kevin joined Liberty in 2021 as a Senior Claims Specialist before transferring to his current role as an Underwriter.  He has over 10 years industry experience and previously worked for a large general insurer and a multinational insurance broker.

Kevin holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce and has been admitted as a solicitor in Victoria.

Department

Professional and Financial Risks

Main Role

Underwrites Directors' and Officers' risks.

Personal Profile

Louise began her insurance career in 2018 and specialises in underwriting Professional and Financial Risks for both domestic and multinational clients.

She joined Liberty in early 2021, and whilst her primary focus will be Directors’ and Officers’ insurance, she also has experience across the entire Professional and Financial Risks product suite.

Louise holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Louise is a Senior Underwriter for Liberty's Professional & Financial Risks portfolio, focusing on Professional Indemnity in South Asia.

Personal Profile

Louise has over 8 years' experience in the insurarnce industry.  Prior to joining Liberty in 2012, Louise gained over 3 years' broking experience with a large international brokerage firm in Malaysia, prior to moving to Singapore and transitioning into underwriting Financial Lines.

Louise holds a Bachelor of Business (Law) from Monash University.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Marie is a Senior Underwriter for Liberty’s Professional & Financial Risks portfolio, focusing on Directors & Officers and Financial Institutions across Asia.

Personal Profile

Marie has over 15 years’ experience in the insurance industry and prior to joining Liberty in 2008, Marie gained over 3 years’ experience working as an underwriter for a large insurer in Malaysia.

Marie's skills and experience have been rounded further during a 6 month secondment to Liberty’s Sydney office.

Marie holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Actuarial Science) from the University of Melbourne.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Maurice manages Liberty’s Financial Institution and Director’s & Officer’s insurance portfolio across North Asia.

Personal Profile

Maurice has over 10 years’ experience in the insurance industry comprising various roles within international brokerage firms.  He first started with Liberty in 2011 as an Assistant Underwriter before joining another large international insurer as Senior Underwriter in 2012. 

In 2014 Maurice returned to Liberty where he focuses on our Financial Institution and Directors & Officers insurance portfolio.

Maurice is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. 

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Meredith manages the national commercial D&O portfolio, with key experience in other product classes including Financial Institutions, Information Technology and Cyber Liability.

Personal Profile

Meredith has been in the insurance industry since 2002.  Originally from Sydney, Meredith gained 8 years’ experience as a Financial Lines Insurance Broker for a large international brokerage.  Meredith joined Liberty in 2011 and is based in Melbourne.

Meredith holds a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology Sydney and a Diploma of Financial Services from the National Insurance Brokers Association.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Senior Underwriter specialising in Financial Institutions (FinTech, Investment Manager’s Insurance and Professional Indemnity), Directors & Officers Liability and Information Technology insurance.

Personal Profile

Michael Joined Liberty in 2008 with more than 20 years’ experience in financial lines underwriting. His previous experience in banking, foreign exchange and Credit Union Insurance underpins his work in underwriting within the financial services sector.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Namhun is the Client Business Manager for Liberty’s Korean Professional & Financial Risks Portfolio.

Personal Profile

Prior to joining Liberty in 2011, Namhun gained experience as a general and professional liability underwriter in Korea as well as being responsible for a reinsurance treaty program.

Based in Hong Kong, Namhun manages Liberty's Korean Professional & Financial Risks Portfolio.

Namhun holds a Bachelor of Business Administration.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Professional & Financial Lines Underwriter with a key focus on Directors and Officers Liability Insurance

Personal Profile

Namik joined Liberty in 2022 and has 15 years of experience working for international underwriting and broking firms. He specialises in professional and financial lines products.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

A Professional & Financial Risks Underwriter, specialising in Directors & Officers risks.

Personal Profile

Narjiss started her career in 2016 as an actuary based in Paris. Her previous roles involved actuarial and risk financing strategy studies for multinationals and reinsurance captives, as well as actuarial risk management at a French multinational insurance company.

Narjiss transitioned to be a Financial Lines underwriter in 2020 and joined Liberty in Sydney in 2022.

She holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Master of Science in Finance, specialising in Insurance and Risk Management.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Underwriter in Financial Institutions (FinTech, Investment Manager’s Insurance and Professional Indemnity) and Directors & Officers Liability insurance.

Personal Profile

Odile joined Liberty in 2022 with previous operational experience in the professional and financial risks market.

Odile holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Media.

Department

Professional and Financial Risks

Main role

Pierre primarily underwrites Directors' and Officers policies as part of the Professional & Financial Risks team in Perth.

Personal profile

Pierre began his insurance career in Melbourne in 2011 where he assumed a number of underwriting roles prior to returning to Perth to join Liberty in 2018.

Pierre holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Curtin University of Technology and is a Senior Associate of ANZIIF.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Shi Min is the FI & D&O Portfolio Manager, Professional & Financial Risks Asia

Personal Profile

Prior to joining Liberty in 2014, Shi Min gained experience working within the Financial Lines team of a large international insurer, and has earned her Associateship of the Chartered Insurance Institute (ACII).

Department

Business Development Manager - Japan

Main Role

Todd manages the Japan portfolio across Liberty's full range of products.

Personal Profile

Todd joined Liberty in February 2022 with more than 20 years of financial lines underwriting experience.  Prior to joining Liberty, Todd led the Japanese financial lines divisions for two major global insurers.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Underwriter responsible for writing Directors and Officers Liability business for the WA market.

Personal Profile

Zeron joined Liberty in 2023, having previously spent time working at international brokerages as a Financial Lines specialist advising publicly listed companies with complex risk exposures and the designing and placement of bespoke risk transfer solutions.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Banking & Finance and a Tier 1 RG146.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Vice President, Head of Australia Professional & Financial Risks

Personal Profile

Christian has over 25 years underwriting experience in the professional and financial lines sector, during which time he has worked in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.  He has been with Liberty since 2005.  

Department – Professional & Financial Risks

Main role – Underwriter, specialising in Directors & Officers Liability insurance

Personal profile – Georgia joined Liberty in 2023. She has experience across a broad range of industries, as well as the entire product suite of Professional and Financial Lines insurance.

Georgia holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a Double Major in Economics from the University of Western Australia. 

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

As the Queensland Branch Manager, Helen is responsible for the operations, staff management, market responsiveness and vision of the branch.  As Professional & Financial Risks Queensland Manager, Helen oversees all Professional Indemnity, Financial Institutions (PI and Investment Managers Insurance), Cyber, Side A and Directors’ & Officers’ Liability insurance being placed in Queensland.

Personal Profile

Based in Brisbane, Helen joined Liberty in 2015.  She has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2001, working within both the broking and underwriting fields in the UK, USA, and Australia.

Helen holds a Masters in Mathematics and Masters in Business Administration.
 

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main role

Jack specialises in underwriting Directors and Officers Liability insurance.

Personal profile

Jack joined Liberty in 2022, having previously worked in the Stockbroking and Insurance Broking industries. He is passionate about delivering bespoke solutions for our broking partners and supporting clients through their entire lifecycle.

Jack holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a Double Major in Finance and Marketing from Curtin University.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main role

As a senior underwriter and Liberty Professional & Financial Risks Manager for Western Australia, Jerome is responsible for coordinating and managing the Professional & Financial Risks business from the Perth office.  He specialises in Professional Indemnity (PI), Construction PI, Financial Institutions PI, Investment Manager’s insurance, Information Technology Liability, Cyber insurance and Directors’ and Officers’ Liability insurance. 

Personal profile

Jerome has 10 years of underwriting experience, and has a background in finance and risk consulting.  He joined Liberty in 2015. 

Jerome is a qualified Chartered Accountant. 

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Underwriter specialising in Financial Institutions insurance.

Personal Profile

Kevin joined Liberty in 2021 as a Senior Claims Specialist before transferring to his current role as an Underwriter.  He has over 10 years industry experience and previously worked for a large general insurer and a multinational insurance broker.

Kevin holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce and has been admitted as a solicitor in Victoria.

Department

Professional and Financial Risks

Main Role

Underwrites Directors' and Officers' risks.

Personal Profile

Louise began her insurance career in 2018 and specialises in underwriting Professional and Financial Risks for both domestic and multinational clients.

She joined Liberty in early 2021, and whilst her primary focus will be Directors’ and Officers’ insurance, she also has experience across the entire Professional and Financial Risks product suite.

Louise holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Meredith manages the national commercial D&O portfolio, with key experience in other product classes including Financial Institutions, Information Technology and Cyber Liability.

Personal Profile

Meredith has been in the insurance industry since 2002.  Originally from Sydney, Meredith gained 8 years’ experience as a Financial Lines Insurance Broker for a large international brokerage.  Meredith joined Liberty in 2011 and is based in Melbourne.

Meredith holds a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology Sydney and a Diploma of Financial Services from the National Insurance Brokers Association.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Professional & Financial Lines Underwriter with a key focus on Directors and Officers Liability Insurance

Personal Profile

Namik joined Liberty in 2022 and has 15 years of experience working for international underwriting and broking firms. He specialises in professional and financial lines products.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

A Professional & Financial Risks Underwriter, specialising in Directors & Officers risks.

Personal Profile

Narjiss started her career in 2016 as an actuary based in Paris. Her previous roles involved actuarial and risk financing strategy studies for multinationals and reinsurance captives, as well as actuarial risk management at a French multinational insurance company.

Narjiss transitioned to be a Financial Lines underwriter in 2020 and joined Liberty in Sydney in 2022.

She holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Master of Science in Finance, specialising in Insurance and Risk Management.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Underwriter in Financial Institutions (FinTech, Investment Manager’s Insurance and Professional Indemnity) and Directors & Officers Liability insurance.

Personal Profile

Odile joined Liberty in 2022 with previous operational experience in the professional and financial risks market.

Odile holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Media.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Underwriter responsible for writing Directors and Officers Liability business for the WA market.

Personal Profile

Zeron joined Liberty in 2023, having previously spent time working at international brokerages as a Financial Lines specialist advising publicly listed companies with complex risk exposures and the designing and placement of bespoke risk transfer solutions.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Banking & Finance and a Tier 1 RG146.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks & Casualty

Main Role

Ann is the Asia head for all products within Liberty's Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks portfolios. Ann has been based in Singapore since 2017 and initially led the Professional & Financial Risks team before adding Casualty in 2022.

Personal Profile

Ann has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2001 and has been with Liberty since 2005.  She has predominantly worked in the Australian region where she managed one of the largest Professional & Financial Risks portfolios and underwriting teams in Australia. Ann has called Singapore home since 2017, and has been responsible for significantly growing the Professional & Financial Lines Casualty portfolio across the Asia region. 

Ann has a Bachelor of Commerce in finance, risk and insurance and she maintains a long-standing interest in workplace mentoring and training.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main role

As a member of the Liberty Hong Kong Professional & Financial Risks team, Billy underwrites Financial Institutions and Director and Officers business in Hong Kong.

Personal profile

Billy began his insurance career in 2011 and joined Liberty in April 2018 with more than 7 years of experience in Financial Lines underwriting.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Underwriter specialising in Financial Institutions (FinTech, Investment Manager’s Insurance and Professional Indemnity) and Directors & Officers Liability.

Cennan joined Liberty in 2022 with over five years' experience in financial lines underwriting across multiple products at multinational insurance companies.

Cennan holds a Masters of Applied Finance along with a Bachelors of Applied Finance & Economics.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Vice President, Head of Australia Professional & Financial Risks

Personal Profile

Christian has over 25 years underwriting experience in the professional and financial lines sector, during which time he has worked in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.  He has been with Liberty since 2005.  

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Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Davy underwrites the full suite of Professional Indemnity (PI) products, including Construction Project PI, Medical Malpractice Liability and Information Technology Liability.

Personal Profile

Prior to joining Liberty in 2015, Davy has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2012.

Davy holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

As the Queensland Branch Manager, Helen is responsible for the operations, staff management, market responsiveness and vision of the branch.  As Professional & Financial Risks Queensland Manager, Helen oversees all Professional Indemnity, Financial Institutions (PI and Investment Managers Insurance), Cyber, Side A and Directors’ & Officers’ Liability insurance being placed in Queensland.

Personal Profile

Based in Brisbane, Helen joined Liberty in 2015.  She has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2001, working within both the broking and underwriting fields in the UK, USA, and Australia.

Helen holds a Masters in Mathematics and Masters in Business Administration.
 

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main role

As a senior underwriter and Liberty Professional & Financial Risks Manager for Western Australia, Jerome is responsible for coordinating and managing the Professional & Financial Risks business from the Perth office.  He specialises in Professional Indemnity (PI), Construction PI, Financial Institutions PI, Investment Manager’s insurance, Information Technology Liability, Cyber insurance and Directors’ and Officers’ Liability insurance. 

Personal profile

Jerome has 10 years of underwriting experience, and has a background in finance and risk consulting.  He joined Liberty in 2015. 

Jerome is a qualified Chartered Accountant. 

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Underwriter specialising in Financial Institutions insurance.

Personal Profile

Kevin joined Liberty in 2021 as a Senior Claims Specialist before transferring to his current role as an Underwriter.  He has over 10 years industry experience and previously worked for a large general insurer and a multinational insurance broker.

Kevin holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce and has been admitted as a solicitor in Victoria.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Marie is a Senior Underwriter for Liberty’s Professional & Financial Risks portfolio, focusing on Directors & Officers and Financial Institutions across Asia.

Personal Profile

Marie has over 15 years’ experience in the insurance industry and prior to joining Liberty in 2008, Marie gained over 3 years’ experience working as an underwriter for a large insurer in Malaysia.

Marie's skills and experience have been rounded further during a 6 month secondment to Liberty’s Sydney office.

Marie holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Actuarial Science) from the University of Melbourne.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Assistant Underwriter in Financial Institutions and Directors & Officers Liability insurance

Personal Profile

Matteo joined Liberty in 2022 as an Underwriting Assistant bringing operational experience to the underwriting role.  Matteo holds a Bachelors of Business majoring in Finance & Accounting.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Maurice manages Liberty’s Financial Institution and Director’s & Officer’s insurance portfolio across North Asia.

Personal Profile

Maurice has over 10 years’ experience in the insurance industry comprising various roles within international brokerage firms.  He first started with Liberty in 2011 as an Assistant Underwriter before joining another large international insurer as Senior Underwriter in 2012. 

In 2014 Maurice returned to Liberty where he focuses on our Financial Institution and Directors & Officers insurance portfolio.

Maurice is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. 

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Senior Underwriter specialising in Financial Institutions (FinTech, Investment Manager’s Insurance and Professional Indemnity), Directors & Officers Liability and Information Technology insurance.

Personal Profile

Michael Joined Liberty in 2008 with more than 20 years’ experience in financial lines underwriting. His previous experience in banking, foreign exchange and Credit Union Insurance underpins his work in underwriting within the financial services sector.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Underwriter in Financial Institutions (FinTech, Investment Manager’s Insurance and Professional Indemnity) and Directors & Officers Liability insurance.

Personal Profile

Odile joined Liberty in 2022 with previous operational experience in the professional and financial risks market.

Odile holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Media.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Underwriter specialising in Financial Institutions (FinTech, Investment Manager's Insurance and Professional Indemnity) and Directors & Officers Liability.

Personal Profile

Penny joined Liberty in 2023 with five years experience in financial lines underwriting across multiple products at multinational insurance companies.

Penny holds a Graduate Certificate of Laws along with a Bachelor of Commerce.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Queenie underwrites the full suite of Professional Indemnity (PI) products, as well as Information Technology Liability.

Personal Profile

Queenie has worked in the insurance industry since 2010 and she joined Liberty in 2014.

Queenie holds a Bachelor of Science in Construction Economics and Management, a Master of Insurance and Risk Management, a Master of Laws, and is an ANZIIF fellow.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main role

As a Professional & Financial Risks underwriter based in the Liberty Perth office, Sarah is responsible for underwriting financial lines business for Western Australia. Her focus in on Professional Indemnity insurance, Investment Manager's insurance, Financial Institutions insurance, and IT and Cyber Liability insurance.

Personal profile

Sarah joined Liberty in 2017 with over 10 years' experience as a broker specialising in financial lines, and five years' experience as a financial lines underwriter.

Sarah holds a Diploma in Insurance Broking (ANZIIF), a Certificate IV in Financial Services - General Insurance (ANZIIF), and ASIC RG 146 Tier 1 Insurance Broking Compliance (ANZIIF).

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Shi Min is the FI & D&O Portfolio Manager, Professional & Financial Risks Asia

Personal Profile

Prior to joining Liberty in 2014, Shi Min gained experience working within the Financial Lines team of a large international insurer, and has earned her Associateship of the Chartered Insurance Institute (ACII).

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main role

Financial Institutions Portfolio Manager responsible for the strategy and portfolio management of Professional Indemnity, Directors and Officers Liability for all financial institutions.

Personal profile

Simon has been in the insurance industry since 2000, and has over 15 years of insurance industry experience, ten years of which he has spent underwriting financial lines products.   He holds a Bachelor of Business in Marketing and Economics, as well as a post graduate Certificate in Commercial Law.

Department

Business Development Manager - Japan

Main Role

Todd manages the Japan portfolio across Liberty's full range of products.

Personal Profile

Todd joined Liberty in February 2022 with more than 20 years of financial lines underwriting experience.  Prior to joining Liberty, Todd led the Japanese financial lines divisions for two major global insurers.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Underwrites professional indemnity insurance for a range of clients including PI and IT professionals and design and construct consultants.

Personal Profile

Adriana joined Liberty in 2022 with over 10 years' experience in underwriting professional indemnity in Australia.  Prior to that she worked in the London market for a Lloyds MGA. 

Adriana holds a Bachelor of Business degree.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks & Casualty

Main Role

Ann is the Asia head for all products within Liberty's Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks portfolios. Ann has been based in Singapore since 2017 and initially led the Professional & Financial Risks team before adding Casualty in 2022.

Personal Profile

Ann has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2001 and has been with Liberty since 2005.  She has predominantly worked in the Australian region where she managed one of the largest Professional & Financial Risks portfolios and underwriting teams in Australia. Ann has called Singapore home since 2017, and has been responsible for significantly growing the Professional & Financial Lines Casualty portfolio across the Asia region. 

Ann has a Bachelor of Commerce in finance, risk and insurance and she maintains a long-standing interest in workplace mentoring and training.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main role

As the National Professional & Financial Risks Portfolio Manager for our SME Business, Ashley underwrites the full suite of Liberty’s Professional & Financial Risks products, with a particular emphasis on Professional Indemnity (PI), Construction PI, Financial Institutions insurance and Information Technology insurance. 

Personal profile

Ashley joined Liberty in 2011 with a decade of experience in the insurance industry, gained while working with a PI brokerage and as a financial lines underwriter for an insurance company.

Ashley holds a Bachelor of Business degree. 

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Belinda is based in the Brisbane office where she underwrites the full suite of Professional Indemnity (PI) products, including Project PI, Information Technology Liability, Financial Institutions (Investment Manager's insurance and PI for Financial Institutions), Directors' & Officers' Liability and Cyber insurance.

Personal Profile

Belinda has worked in the insurance industry since 2005 and joined Liberty in 2008.

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Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Cloe focuses on underwriting Professional Indemnity (including D&C, construction consultants, civil liability) and Information Technology Liability insurance.

Personal Profile

Cloe joined Liberty in 2017 with more than 5 years' insurance industry experience.  Cloe holds a Bachelor of Insurance & Finance from France. 

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

David manages the IT Liability and Cyber portfolios. 

Personal Profile

David has a passion for understanding and keeping abreast of the changes in technology.  In the rapidly changing technological landscape with evolving threats and losses, as well as the tightening legal and regulatory environment, the IT Liability and Cyber portfolios provide David and his colleagues with an exciting opportunity for specialisation and innovation.

David completed a Bachelor of Science in physics and a Bachelor of Commerce in economics and since graduating in 1993, he has worked in the professional lines area of insurance across a number of broking and underwriting roles.

Since joining Liberty in 2008, David launched Liberty's Information Technology Liability initiative and in 2012 Liberty’s Cyber Insurance initiative for Asia Pacific.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Davy underwrites the full suite of Professional Indemnity (PI) products, including Construction Project PI, Medical Malpractice Liability and Information Technology Liability.

Personal Profile

Prior to joining Liberty in 2015, Davy has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2012.

Davy holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Helen focuses on underwriting Professional Indemnity including Design & Construct Contractors, Construction Consultants, Miscellaneous PI and Information Technology Liability.

Personal Profile

Helen joined Liberty in 2022 with over 25 years broking and underwriting experience in the professional and financial lines sector across a broad range of industries.

Helen holds a Diploma in Financial Services, General Insurance (ANZIIF).

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Ivan is a Melbourne based Underwriter  specialising in Professional Indemnity and Information Technology Liability insurance.

Personal Profile

Ivan joined Liberty in 2020 with over 10 years’ broking and underwriting experience in the financial lines sector across a broad range of industries.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main role

As a senior underwriter and Liberty Professional & Financial Risks Manager for Western Australia, Jerome is responsible for coordinating and managing the Professional & Financial Risks business from the Perth office.  He specialises in Professional Indemnity (PI), Construction PI, Financial Institutions PI, Investment Manager’s insurance, Information Technology Liability, Cyber insurance and Directors’ and Officers’ Liability insurance. 

Personal profile

Jerome has 10 years of underwriting experience, and has a background in finance and risk consulting.  He joined Liberty in 2015. 

Jerome is a qualified Chartered Accountant. 

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Lauren is a Senior Underwriter for Liberty’s Professional & Financial Risks Portfolio, specialising in Construction and Non-Construction Project PI and Commercial Annual PI for South Asia.

Personal Profile

Lauren has over 10 years’ experience working in Hong Kong across all classes of Financial Lines insurance.  In 2010 she moved to Singapore to become Financial Lines manager for a leading insurance company. 

In 2011, Lauren joined Liberty bringing with her invaluable experience in both the North and South Asian market.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Louise is a Senior Underwriter for Liberty's Professional & Financial Risks portfolio, focusing on Professional Indemnity in South Asia.

Personal Profile

Louise has over 8 years' experience in the insurarnce industry.  Prior to joining Liberty in 2012, Louise gained over 3 years' broking experience with a large international brokerage firm in Malaysia, prior to moving to Singapore and transitioning into underwriting Financial Lines.

Louise holds a Bachelor of Business (Law) from Monash University.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Senior Underwriter specialising in Financial Institutions (FinTech, Investment Manager’s Insurance and Professional Indemnity), Directors & Officers Liability and Information Technology insurance.

Personal Profile

Michael Joined Liberty in 2008 with more than 20 years’ experience in financial lines underwriting. His previous experience in banking, foreign exchange and Credit Union Insurance underpins his work in underwriting within the financial services sector.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks 

Main Role

Nick is an Underwriter in the Professional & Financial Risks team, focusing on Cyber and Information Technology Liability.

Personal Profile

Nick joined Liberty in 2023 with 5 years industry experience.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Macquarie University and is currently pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity from the University of Adelaide.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Queenie underwrites the full suite of Professional Indemnity (PI) products, as well as Information Technology Liability.

Personal Profile

Queenie has worked in the insurance industry since 2010 and she joined Liberty in 2014.

Queenie holds a Bachelor of Science in Construction Economics and Management, a Master of Insurance and Risk Management, a Master of Laws, and is an ANZIIF fellow.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main role

Rian is based in the Liberty Sydney office and he specialises in Information Technology Liability and Cyber insurance. 

Personal profile

Rian joined Liberty in 2015 with 7 years’ prior experience underwriting Information Technology Liability and Professional Indemnity insurance, gained in the Sydney and Melbourne offices of a global insurer.

Rian holds a Diploma of Financial Services - General Insurance and Diploma of Financial Planning, both through ANZIIF, a Bachelor of Business (Insurance) from Charles Sturt University and is currently studying for a Masters of Cyber Security through Charles Sturt University.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Underwriter, Professional Indemnity, Information Technology and Cyber insurance

Personal Profile

Sara joined Liberty in September 2022 with 14 years' experience as a financial line insurance broker, and an additional six years' experience as a financial lines underwriter across the Sydney and Perth markets.  Having both broking and underwriting experience, Sara understands the key requirements at both a broking and underwriting level, to ultimately deliver the best outcomes for brokers and clients.

Sara holds a Diploma of Financial Services – Insurance Broking (NIBA) ASIC PS 146 Tier 1 – Insurance Broking (NIBA).

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main role

As a Professional & Financial Risks underwriter based in the Liberty Perth office, Sarah is responsible for underwriting financial lines business for Western Australia. Her focus in on Professional Indemnity insurance, Investment Manager's insurance, Financial Institutions insurance, and IT and Cyber Liability insurance.

Personal profile

Sarah joined Liberty in 2017 with over 10 years' experience as a broker specialising in financial lines, and five years' experience as a financial lines underwriter.

Sarah holds a Diploma in Insurance Broking (ANZIIF), a Certificate IV in Financial Services - General Insurance (ANZIIF), and ASIC RG 146 Tier 1 Insurance Broking Compliance (ANZIIF).

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Sarah is based in the Sydney office where she focuses on underwriting Professional Indemnity (including Construction Consultants, Design & Construct Contractors and miscellaneous PI) and Information Technology Liability for the NSW/ACT market.

Personal Profile

Sarah joined Liberty in February 2020 and has previous experience working for both a global insurer and Lloyd’s coverholder across multiple General Insurance products.

Sarah holds a Diploma in General Insurance as well as a Bachelor of Economics.

Department

Business Development Manager - Japan

Main Role

Todd manages the Japan portfolio across Liberty's full range of products.

Personal Profile

Todd joined Liberty in February 2022 with more than 20 years of financial lines underwriting experience.  Prior to joining Liberty, Todd led the Japanese financial lines divisions for two major global insurers.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

As a senior underwriter Todd's responsibilities include Professional Indemnity, Construction PI, Financial Institutions PI and Investment Managers insurance for the Western Australian market.

Personal Profile

Todd joined Liberty in 2021 and has been in the insurance industry for 20+ years, with varying roles in Melbourne and Perth including professional and financial risks underwriting, multinational accounts, broker development and underwriting management. 

Todd holds a Diploma of Risk Management and is a Senior Associate with ANZIIF.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Underwrites professional indemnity insurance for a range of clients including PI and IT professionals and design and construct consultants.

Personal Profile

Adriana joined Liberty in 2022 with over 10 years' experience in underwriting professional indemnity in Australia.  Prior to that she worked in the London market for a Lloyds MGA. 

Adriana holds a Bachelor of Business degree.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks & Casualty

Main Role

Ann is the Asia head for all products within Liberty's Casualty and Professional & Financial Risks portfolios. Ann has been based in Singapore since 2017 and initially led the Professional & Financial Risks team before adding Casualty in 2022.

Personal Profile

Ann has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2001 and has been with Liberty since 2005.  She has predominantly worked in the Australian region where she managed one of the largest Professional & Financial Risks portfolios and underwriting teams in Australia. Ann has called Singapore home since 2017, and has been responsible for significantly growing the Professional & Financial Lines Casualty portfolio across the Asia region. 

Ann has a Bachelor of Commerce in finance, risk and insurance and she maintains a long-standing interest in workplace mentoring and training.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main role

As the National Professional & Financial Risks Portfolio Manager for our SME Business, Ashley underwrites the full suite of Liberty’s Professional & Financial Risks products, with a particular emphasis on Professional Indemnity (PI), Construction PI, Financial Institutions insurance and Information Technology insurance. 

Personal profile

Ashley joined Liberty in 2011 with a decade of experience in the insurance industry, gained while working with a PI brokerage and as a financial lines underwriter for an insurance company.

Ashley holds a Bachelor of Business degree. 

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Belinda is based in the Brisbane office where she underwrites the full suite of Professional Indemnity (PI) products, including Project PI, Information Technology Liability, Financial Institutions (Investment Manager's insurance and PI for Financial Institutions), Directors' & Officers' Liability and Cyber insurance.

Personal Profile

Belinda has worked in the insurance industry since 2005 and joined Liberty in 2008.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Vice President, Professional & Financial Risks Manager - NSW

Personal Profile

Chris has been with Liberty since 2000 and has been underwriting Financial Lines business across Asia Pacific since 1993. Originally based in Sydney, Chris transferred to Liberty's Brisbane office in 2008 to establish and lead the QLD Financial Lines portfolio. He returned to Sydney in 2014 to manage Liberty's Project PI portfolio.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Vice President, Head of Australia Professional & Financial Risks

Personal Profile

Christian has over 25 years underwriting experience in the professional and financial lines sector, during which time he has worked in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.  He has been with Liberty since 2005.  

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Professional & Financial Risks

Main role

Claudia focuses on underwriting Professional Indemnity, including Design & Construct Contractors, Construction Consultants and miscellaneous PI.

Personal profile

Claudia re- joined Liberty in 2021 with prior experience working as a Senior Claims Consultant, managing professional and financial risk matters. Claudia has experience in legal practice, insurance claims management and operations.

Claudia holds a Bachelor of Arts/Laws (Honours) degree, a Masters of Business (Human Resources) and a Graduate Diploma of Risk Management and Corporate Governance. She is an admitted solicitor in NSW and holds a current practising certificate.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Cloe focuses on underwriting Professional Indemnity (including D&C, construction consultants, civil liability) and Information Technology Liability insurance.

Personal Profile

Cloe joined Liberty in 2017 with more than 5 years' insurance industry experience.  Cloe holds a Bachelor of Insurance & Finance from France. 

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Davy underwrites the full suite of Professional Indemnity (PI) products, including Construction Project PI, Medical Malpractice Liability and Information Technology Liability.

Personal Profile

Prior to joining Liberty in 2015, Davy has worked in the Professional & Financial Risks sector since 2012.

Davy holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks, NSW Branch

Main role

Gavin has branch responsibilities for operations, staff management and market effectiveness in respect of the RMB (Domestic brokers) engagement and relationships.  Gavin also underwrites a broad range of financial and professional risks within the NSW Professional & Financial Risks portfolio and specialises in Professional Indemnity (PI) products and Information Technology Liability.

Personal profile

Gavin has worked in the insurance industry since 2004.  He joined Liberty in 2012 with experience in both the insurance broking and underwriting sectors gained in the Australian market.

Gavin holds a Bachelor of Business Management and a Masters of Risk and Insurance

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Helen focuses on underwriting Professional Indemnity including Design & Construct Contractors, Construction Consultants, Miscellaneous PI and Information Technology Liability.

Personal Profile

Helen joined Liberty in 2022 with over 25 years broking and underwriting experience in the professional and financial lines sector across a broad range of industries.

Helen holds a Diploma in Financial Services, General Insurance (ANZIIF).

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Ivan is a Melbourne based Underwriter  specialising in Professional Indemnity and Information Technology Liability insurance.

Personal Profile

Ivan joined Liberty in 2020 with over 10 years’ broking and underwriting experience in the financial lines sector across a broad range of industries.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

At Liberty I am part of the PFR team with a focus on Professional Indemnity risks.

Personal Profile

Graduating with a Bachelor of Business majoring in Economics & Marketing, Jack joined the insurance industry in Hong Kong working across multiple lines of business.  Jack joined Liberty in 2023 as a professional lines underwriter. 

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main role

As a senior underwriter and Liberty Professional & Financial Risks Manager for Western Australia, Jerome is responsible for coordinating and managing the Professional & Financial Risks business from the Perth office.  He specialises in Professional Indemnity (PI), Construction PI, Financial Institutions PI, Investment Manager’s insurance, Information Technology Liability, Cyber insurance and Directors’ and Officers’ Liability insurance. 

Personal profile

Jerome has 10 years of underwriting experience, and has a background in finance and risk consulting.  He joined Liberty in 2015. 

Jerome is a qualified Chartered Accountant. 

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Managing the Korean PFR portfolio

Personal Profile

Before joining Liberty 2007, Joong Young worked in Korea as a reinsurance broker handling a finite reinsurance program as well as treaty and facultative reinsurance for professional lines.

He holds the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation from the American Institute of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters and the Registered Professional Liability Underwriter designation from the Professional Liability Underwriting Society.  Joong Young’s other insurance qualifications include the Associate in Risk Management and Associate in Reinsurance designations from AICPCU/IIA.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Lauren is a Senior Underwriter for Liberty’s Professional & Financial Risks Portfolio, specialising in Construction and Non-Construction Project PI and Commercial Annual PI for South Asia.

Personal Profile

Lauren has over 10 years’ experience working in Hong Kong across all classes of Financial Lines insurance.  In 2010 she moved to Singapore to become Financial Lines manager for a leading insurance company. 

In 2011, Lauren joined Liberty bringing with her invaluable experience in both the North and South Asian market.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Louise is a Senior Underwriter for Liberty's Professional & Financial Risks portfolio, focusing on Professional Indemnity in South Asia.

Personal Profile

Louise has over 8 years' experience in the insurarnce industry.  Prior to joining Liberty in 2012, Louise gained over 3 years' broking experience with a large international brokerage firm in Malaysia, prior to moving to Singapore and transitioning into underwriting Financial Lines.

Louise holds a Bachelor of Business (Law) from Monash University.

Department

Professional & Financial Risks

Main Role

Based in the Sydney office, Mitchell specialises in underwriting Professional Indemnity and Information Technology Liability for the NSW/ACT market.

Personal Profile

Mitchell joined Liberty in 2022 with several years’ experience working at underwriting agencies specialising in Professional & Financial Lines.

Mitchell holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of NSW.

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Professional & Financial Risks

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Namhun is the Client Business Manager for Liberty’s Korean Professional & Financial Risks Portfolio.

Personal Profile

Prior to joining Liberty in 2011, Namhun gained experience as a general and professional liability underwriter in Korea as well as being responsible for a reinsurance treaty program.

Based in Hong Kong, Namhun manages Liberty's Korean Professional & Financial Risks Portfolio.

Namhun holds a Bachelor of Business Administration.

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Professional & Financial Risks

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Nicole is based in the Brisbane office specialising in underwriting Professional Indemnity and Information Technology Liability for the Queensland market.

Personal Profile

Nicole joined Liberty in 2021 with over 16 years' experience in the insurance industry, working across Australia and Canada.  She has worked in various roles in the industry including on the claims side and on the broking side.

Nicole holds a Diploma of Insurance Broking - General Insurance as well as a Canadian CIP.

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Professional & Financial Risks

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Queenie underwrites the full suite of Professional Indemnity (PI) products, as well as Information Technology Liability.

Personal Profile

Queenie has worked in the insurance industry since 2010 and she joined Liberty in 2014.

Queenie holds a Bachelor of Science in Construction Economics and Management, a Master of Insurance and Risk Management, a Master of Laws, and is an ANZIIF fellow.

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Professional & Financial Risks

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Underwriter, Professional Indemnity, Information Technology and Cyber insurance

Personal Profile

Sara joined Liberty in September 2022 with 14 years' experience as a financial line insurance broker, and an additional six years' experience as a financial lines underwriter across the Sydney and Perth markets.  Having both broking and underwriting experience, Sara understands the key requirements at both a broking and underwriting level, to ultimately deliver the best outcomes for brokers and clients.

Sara holds a Diploma of Financial Services – Insurance Broking (NIBA) ASIC PS 146 Tier 1 – Insurance Broking (NIBA).

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Professional & Financial Risks

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As a Professional & Financial Risks underwriter based in the Liberty Perth office, Sarah is responsible for underwriting financial lines business for Western Australia. Her focus in on Professional Indemnity insurance, Investment Manager's insurance, Financial Institutions insurance, and IT and Cyber Liability insurance.

Personal profile

Sarah joined Liberty in 2017 with over 10 years' experience as a broker specialising in financial lines, and five years' experience as a financial lines underwriter.

Sarah holds a Diploma in Insurance Broking (ANZIIF), a Certificate IV in Financial Services - General Insurance (ANZIIF), and ASIC RG 146 Tier 1 Insurance Broking Compliance (ANZIIF).

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Professional & Financial Risks

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Sarah is based in the Sydney office where she focuses on underwriting Professional Indemnity (including Construction Consultants, Design & Construct Contractors and miscellaneous PI) and Information Technology Liability for the NSW/ACT market.

Personal Profile

Sarah joined Liberty in February 2020 and has previous experience working for both a global insurer and Lloyd’s coverholder across multiple General Insurance products.

Sarah holds a Diploma in General Insurance as well as a Bachelor of Economics.

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Business Development Manager - Japan

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Todd manages the Japan portfolio across Liberty's full range of products.

Personal Profile

Todd joined Liberty in February 2022 with more than 20 years of financial lines underwriting experience.  Prior to joining Liberty, Todd led the Japanese financial lines divisions for two major global insurers.

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Professional & Financial Risks

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As a senior underwriter Todd's responsibilities include Professional Indemnity, Construction PI, Financial Institutions PI and Investment Managers insurance for the Western Australian market.

Personal Profile

Todd joined Liberty in 2021 and has been in the insurance industry for 20+ years, with varying roles in Melbourne and Perth including professional and financial risks underwriting, multinational accounts, broker development and underwriting management. 

Todd holds a Diploma of Risk Management and is a Senior Associate with ANZIIF.

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Professional & Financial Risks

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Todd is responsible for managing the Commercial PI portfolio within Australia.  As a Senior Underwriter, Todd's focus is looking after significant, unusual or distressed risks.

Personal Profile

Todd has been with Liberty since 2008.

His previous experience spans marketing and insurance and includes underwriting and senior underwriting roles in the U.S. and Australia.

He has a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Marketing from Cornell University and is an Associate in Surplus Lines Insurance from the American Institute For Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters. 

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Based in Sydney, Aaron underwrites construction risks across New South Wales.

Personal Profile

Aaron joined Liberty in 2023 and comes from a background underwriting construction, agriculture, and property in Australia and New Zealand.

Aaron is currently studying for a Bachelor in Urban and Regional Planning.

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Energy, Property & Construction

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Celine is a Senior Underwriter based in Singapore and responsible for underwriting Construction and Power risks across Asia.

Personal Profile

Celine joined Liberty Singapore's Energy, Property & Construction team in 2010 as an Underwriter.  Prior to joining Liberty, Celine worked for an international broker firm for more than 5 years, as a wholesale regional broker handling risks across Asia.

Celine's primary experience resides in the underwriting and broking for the Construction and Power industry spanning a wide range of risks including renewable and conventional power stations, LNG trains, airports, desalination plants, hotels, casinos and manufacturing.

Celine has a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of London.

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Energy, Property & Construction

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Daniel underwrites Material Damage and Business Interruption (Delay in Start-Up / Advanced Loss of Profit) insurance for construction risks. This includes CAR, Civil, EAR risks and annual policies. Daniel can underwrite risks across Australia and New Zealand.

Personal Profile

Daniel joined Liberty’s Energy, Property and Construction team at the Melbourne office as an Assistant Underwriter in 2022, having had previous experience as an underwriter for Victorian based civil and building risks.

Daniel is a Commerce (majoring in Economics) graduate from Monash University and an Affiliate with ANZIIF.

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Energy, Property & Construction

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Eric is a Senior Underwriter in the Energy, Property & Construction team based in Singapore, responsible for underwriting power and construction direct and reinsurance risks across Asia.  Eric works closely with our Risk Engineers to develop bespoke risk transfer solutions for brokers and their clients.

Personal profile

Eric has worked in the insurance industry for 14 years.  Prior to joining Liberty in 2014, Eric was Regional Property Underwriting Manager at AXA Corporate Solutions, managing the Property and Power Portfolio.  Eric also has seven years of experience as a wholesale regional broker.