Experience

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  Delta Insurance Group

  • Casualty Manager And Team Leader

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  Delta Insurance Group

  • New Zealand
  • Insurance
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Casualty Manager and Team Leader

    • Nov 2022 - Present

    Manage profitable growth of casualty portfolio and assist with day to day underwriting across other lines offered by DINZ.Manage, supervise and motivate team, ensuring smooth team operations and effective collaboration. Lease by setting a good example and engage the team to achieve goals.Help manage broker relationships with existing and new brokers.

  • Team Leader and Senior Liability Underwriter

    • Aug 2021 - Nov 2022

    Leading a Team to Underwrite, promote and market liability insurance products and services with an emphasis on developing and maintaining a customer centric approach.

  • Senior Liability Underwriter

    • Feb 2021 - Aug 2021

    Underwrite, promote and market liability insurance products and services with an emphasis on developing and maintaining a customer centric approach.

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  • Looking for a new opportunity

    • Dec 2019 - Feb 2021

    Looking for a new opportunity

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  New Zealand Electoral Commission

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Voting Place Manager

    • Oct 2020 - Oct 2020
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    Worked during advanced voting and as a voting place manager for the 2020 election

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  NZI

  • New Zealand
  • Insurance
  • 300 - 400 Employee

  • Underwriting Manager Liability

    • Apr 2019 - Nov 2019

    • Provide technical, people and market leadership of the General Liability and Financial lines portfolios for business distribution. • The role is responsible for developing and enhancing underwriting capability and is key to the execution of market strategies.• Responsible for ensuring underwriting is consistent, of a high standard and achieves profitability and growth levels in the Liability portfolio• Implement and communicate a consistent underwriting approach and risk appetite to the business• Execution of market strategy in the Liability portfolio• Monitor external and internal business environment for business risks or opportunities that may effect market strategy

  • Distribution Referral Manager

    • Aug 2015 - Apr 2019

    • A leadership role to effectively lead and develop the Distribution Referral team, • Contributing to the management and maintenance of effective underwriting of the Liability portfolio to ensure profitability, • renewal retention of the Liability Portfolio• provide development opportunities internally and externally on Liability products

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  Lumley General Insurance (NZ) Limited

  • New Zealand
  • Insurance
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Managing Liability Underwriter - Branch Division

    • Jan 2012 - Aug 2015

     Provide support to the overall Liability leadership team to ensure all department goals are met Ensure company service standards are met by the General Liability referral team Manage, coach and develop the General Liability referral team, ensuring they adhere to risk appetite, underwriting authority and treaty parameters Provide leadership in creating, facilitating and delivering training on technical General Liability issues and topics to the distribution network Develop and maintain a profitable business portfolio in conjunction with the General Liability Product Manager Work with the General Liability Product Manager to identify trends, risks and opportunities for improvement throughout the General Liability portfolio Monitor & manage business written through the branch network, ensuring all business is written within risk appetite, underwriting authority and treaty parameters Develop relationships with key staff producing liability business Maintain relationships with key reinsurers Formulate terms of cover and premium for submission to brokers, obtain feedback and liaise with broker

  • Senior Liability Underwriter

    • Oct 2009 - Jan 2012

     Ensure company service standards are met, by myself and Underwriting Assistant Develop and maintain a profitable business portfolio Monitor business written through the branch network Develop relationships with all staff producing liability business Maintain relationships with key reinsurers Formulate terms of cover and premium for submission to brokers, obtain feedback and liaise with broker Maintain strong relationships with the broker network throughout New Zealand

  • Liability Underwriter

    • Apr 2006 - Oct 2009

     Ensure company service standards are met Develop and maintain a profitable business portfolio Work closely with branches and their brokers to write profitable business Develop relationships with the staff writing liability business Maintain relationships with key reinsurers Formulate terms of cover and premium for submission to brokers, obtain feedback and liaise with broker Maintain strong relationships with brokers throughout New Zealand

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  AIG

  • United States
  • Insurance
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Casualty Underwriter

    • 2004 - Apr 2006

     Establish/maintain strong customer/industry relationships Broker relationships with indigenous and international brokering firms Relationships with the reinsurance market Underwriting of new and renewal accounts Underwriting of SME business with particular focus on the lower North Island and South Island. Administration of multinational accounts

  • Casualty Underwriting Assistant

    • May 2001 - 2004

     Administration of commercial liability lines of business for small to medium enterprises Maintain premium receivables within company standards Administration of pre-renewal letters, to be sent six weeks prior to renewal Maintain underwriting files to a reasonable standard, and keep filing to a current status Support for commercial liability team for any special projects undertaken by the department Administration of multinational accounts Processing of all business new and renewal