Excess/Umbrella

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

Anna is based in the Melbourne office and underwrites corporate and commercial Casualty business across Victoria and Tasmania.

Personal Profile

Anna began her insurance career in 2018 and joined Liberty in 2024 with experience underwriting Casualty risks for both domestic and multinational clients.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts & Cultural Management from the University of Melbourne.

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

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 Head of Casualty, Australia, Dan is responsible for market engagement, technical underwriting and portfolio management for Liberty's Australian Casualty business.

Personal Profile

Daniel has over 25 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

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

Jenna's role as Victorian Casualty Manager includes managing a diverse portfolio of risks and underwriting for both international and non-international brokers.

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 Head of 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 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

Kate is an Underwriter in Liberty's Melbourne office, specialising in underwriting corporate and commercial Casualty business across Victoria and Tasmania.

Personal Profile

Kate joined Liberty in 2019 in the Casualty Melbourne team. Prior to joining Liberty, Kate worked as a commercial broker in both regional and metro broking teams.

She holds a Bachelor of Psychological Science from La Trobe University.

Department

Casualty 

Main role

Lucas is a Senior Casualty Underwriter and technical specialist based in Melbourne specialising in the corporate segment for primary, umbrella, and excess casualty/liability products, and servicing Victoria and Tasmania.

Personal profile

Joining Liberty in 2024, Lucas has over 15 years’ experience in Casualty underwriting across Australia.

Lucas' qualifications include a Bachelor of Business, ANZIIF Diploma of General Insurance, and Senior Associate affiliation with 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

Martin is a Senior Underwriter based in the Liberty Adelaide office, responsible for the corporate and commercial Casualty business for South Australia.

Personal profile

Martin joined Liberty in 2024 with over 35 years of experience in the insurance industry, focused on underwriting, account management and broker relationships.

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

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

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

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

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.