Experience

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  Vega

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Insurance Adviser

    • Nov 2021 - Present
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    I have been in the insurance industry for 20 years and come with a unique perspective as i was a medical and financial underwriter for over a decade for the main providers in New Zealand. I am now proud to be able to bring my vast wealth of industry-specific expertise and knowledge to the forefront of my community, in order to help individuals, couples, families and businesses alike achieve a straight forward approach to the essentiality of insurance protection.

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  Love Insurance Limited

  • New Zealand

  • Managing Director

    • Jan 2019 - Nov 2021
    • New Zealand

    At Love Insurance we help you protect what you love most your family, you and your business. We love what we do and we care. We will be there for you from the start and through every step of your journey. Our values:L - Loyalty, O - Openness,V - Value, E - Ethics.We use all the main providers and offer: Life, Trauma, Permanent disability, Income and Mortgage Protection, Health cover, business and new to business cover.

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  OnePath

  • Australia
  • Financial Services
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Regional Sales Manager

    • Jan 2017 - Dec 2018

    By utilising my extensive knowledge of the industry and strong relationship skills, my goal is to support advisers aligned with Onepath using my wealth of underwriting experience and product knowledge to better help with the preparation of assessments and understanding of underwriting requirements and outcomes. This will ensure faster turn around and commercially savvy outcomes.

  • Underwriting Manager

    • Oct 2014 - Dec 2018

    To lead a team of underwriting professionals and a key relationship consultant to provide best service practice with dedicated underwriting and new business support to the adviser network.

  • Senior Underwriter

    • Jul 2014 - Dec 2018

    To assess risk and determine apropriate terms. Offering excellent customer service to financial advisers and building new and maintinaing long term working relationships.

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  Sovereign

  • New Zealand
  • Insurance
  • 300 - 400 Employee

  • Underwriting Manager

    • Jul 2013 - Jul 2014

    To lead, manage and develope an underwriting team that excels in customer service whilst providing consistent and realistic underwriting decisions.

  • Senior Underwriter

    • Sep 2012 - Jul 2013

    To assess risk and determine appropriate terms and conditions. Building new and maintaining exisiting relationships with quality underwriting and first class service.

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  TOWER

  • New Zealand
  • Insurance
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Acting Underwriting Manager - Intermediary Distribution

    • Apr 2012 - Sep 2012

    Managing a team of underwriting professionals.

  • Roaming Underwriter

    • Nov 2009 - Sep 2012

    To provide a comercial and sound underwriting experience. Available 24/7 via work mobile for any queries or pre assesments. Happy to come out of the office and discuss cases directly with you and build on the key relationship betwen Adviser and Underwriter.

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  Sovereign

  • Underwriter / customer service rep new business

    • Feb 2000 - Oct 2009