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

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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

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

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 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 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

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. 

Department

Claims

Main role

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.

Department

Claims

Main Role

Amalina is based in Malaysia and handles a Third Party Casualty portfolio of claims across the Asia Pacific. 

Personal Profile

Amalina joined Liberty in 2023 and focuses on Third Party Casualty claims. Amalina has a legal background and insurance industry experience, specialising in liability claims. 

Amalina holds a Bachelor of Law (LL.B)(Hons) degree.

Department

Claims

Main role

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

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.

Department

Claims

Main Role

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

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

Casualty

Main Role

David joined Liberty in 2009 and works with Liberty staff in Australia and Asia, providing technical support to Casualty underwriters and claims staff.

David’s main focus is on General and Products Liability.  He conducts site visits and desk reviews for clients across a range of industries including construction, manufacturing, retail, chemical, transport and infrastructure.

Personal Profile

David has experience in both First Party and Casualty Loss Control.  Before joining Liberty he worked in the Construction Materials Industry and ran his own risk management consulting firm.  David has Civil Engineering Qualifications and a Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety.

Department

Casualty

Main Role

John is responsible for risk analysis across Liberty's broad Casualty portfolio.  His daily engagement includes working closely with our underwriting and claims professionals to enable them to have a deeper technical understanding of our clients' business needs.  By providing these risk engineering insights, our underwriters are empowered to tailor suitable value add risk solutions and coverages, no matter how diverse and complex the risk.

Personal Profile

As a risk engineering professional with over 30 years' experience across Asia Pacific, John has the ability to analyse risk and provides viable solutions to minimise the potential of loss.  His technical understanding across a wide spectrum of industrial, manufacturing and commercial occupancies enables him to recognise areas of potential risk and their resultant consequences.

His skill set and experience not only includes assessment of casualty related coverages, but also encompasses the risk know-how of complex property and associated business interruption exposures.

John holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Insurance.