Excess/Umbrella

Department

Casualty

Main role

As a member of the Liberty Adelaide Casualty team, Andrew underwrites corporate and commercial Casualty business in South Australia.  

Personal profile

Andrew’s insurance career began in 1999 and he held a range of management/underwriting roles with both domestic and international insurers and broking houses prior to joining Liberty in 2012.

Andrew holds a BA (Asian Studies) from Flinders University, as well as ASIC Tier 1 (Insurance Broking) qualifications and a Cert. IV in Frontline Management.

Department

Casualty

Main role

Senior Underwriter focusing on international brokers.

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

Senior Vice President Casualty

Personal Profile

Dominic has over 35 years insurance underwriting experience in Australia. Since joining Liberty in 2000, he has led our National, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth Casualty teams. Dominic also managed the set up of our Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth branch operations.

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

Jack underwrites Casualty risks for the Liberty Sydney office.

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.

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

Department

Casualty

Main role

Janet supports the senior Casualty underwriters and the branch manager of Liberty Brisbane, and she has a growing book of Casualty business of her own. 

Personal profile

Janet has over 35 years’ experience in the insurance industry, having worked with global insurers and broking houses in London before immigrating to Australia and joining Liberty in 2009.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

As Vice President for 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

Main Role

As Casualty Manager (Queensland), Mark oversees all Casualty business being written from the Liberty Brisbane office.

Personal Profile

Mark has over 30 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

Michael is a senior underwriter focusing on international brokers.

Personal Profile

Michael joined Liberty in 2017 following a number of years working for a large international insurer in the London international Casualty market.

Michael is a Fellow of ANZIIF.

Department

Casualty

Main role

Senior Underwriter & 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

Underwriting of corporate and commercial Casualty business in Victoria.  Also responsible for the development and management of the Excess and Umbrella Liability portfolio for Australia.

Personal Profile

Paul joined Liberty in March 2008 and prior to that he held senior Casualty underwriting roles with SRS Underwriting Agency, AIG and Zurich.

He is a Fellow 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

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

Claims

Main Role

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.

Department

Claims

Main role

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

Main Role

Mark manages a variety of Casualty claims emanating from the Brisbane office with particular emphasis on Construction.

Personal Profile

Mark has 25 years' claims handling experience working with several major insurance companies.  Mark joined Liberty London in 2003, transferring to the Australian operation in 2012.

Mark has extensive experience in handling a wide variety of Casualty claims including complex Personal Injury and Product Liability claims. Mark also has claims management experience of third party service providers.

Mark is a Senior Associate of ANZIIF and a member of the Institute of Legal Executives and has a Diploma in Insurance (UK).

Department

Claims

Main Role

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.

Department

Claims

Main role

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

Personal profile

Natasha has 8 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

Casualty Claims

Main Role

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.