Liberty Sydney is the flagship of Liberty Australia and the regional headquarters of Liberty Asia Pacific. As the primary focus of all underwriting, risk engineering and claims teams, as well as support staff, we’re able to offer full-service underwriting across all Liberty products.
Sydney specialises in ...
Casualty
Liberty Sydney offers brokers and their clients the full suite of Casualty products. If a specialist operates from another branch, we can rapidly connect you with them.
Marine
Liberty Sydney is the headquarters in Australia for all our Marine underwriting – Liberty’s global head of Marine insurance is based here and we offer our full range of Marine insurance products.
Crisis Management Solutions
The Asia Pacific head of Crisis Management Solutions is based in our Sydney office, along with the specialist claims team. Together, they make their experience available across the region.
Professional & Financial Risks
Liberty Sydney offers the full complement of Liberty’s Professional & Financial Risks products and we have Liberty’s Information Technology Liability (ITL) and Cyber insurance specialist onsite.
Liberty’s Online Quotation System (OQS) is managed from our Sydney office.
Energy Property Construction
Liberty's Sydney covers all product lines and is home to the regional head of Energy and Construction; the global head of Civil Construction; the national head of Energy Property and Construction (EPC); the Australian EPC risk engineering team; and Liberty’s global Power Generation lead engineer.
Surety
Liberty’s Asia Pacific head of Surety shares his experience with branches Australia wide and Liberty offices across the region from his base in Sydney.
Accident & Health
Liberty's Australia's head of Accident & Health coordinates the Liberty Accident & Health team from his base in the Sydney office.
Claims
Sydney is regional headquarters for Liberty Asia Pacific Claims, and team members have specialist experience across all product lines.
Risk Engineering
Liberty Sydney’s engineers specialise in power generation, mining, heavy industries, property, and oil, gas and petrochemical industries, and Liberty’s global Power Generation lead engineer is based here. Their technical experience supports Liberty underwriters, claims staff and clients across the region.
Meet the Sydney team:
Robyn Hassell
Senior Claims Specialist
T: +61 2 8298 5864
Stephen Doherty
Senior Claims Specialist, Professional & Financial Risks
T: +612 8298 5886
Alison Kerr
Senior Claims Specialist, Professional & Financial Risks
T: +61 2 8298 5956
Allison Reis
Senior Claims Specialist, Casualty
T: +61 2 8298 5868
Angela Messih
Senior Claims Specialist, Professional & Financial Risks
T: +61 2 8047 3325
Angus Kench
Vice President Claims - Casualty, Workers Compensation and Crisis Management, Asia Pacific
T: +61 2 8298 5975
Claudia Virgona
Senior Claims Specialist, Professional & Financial Risks
T: +61 7 3235 8845 & +61 2 8298 5845
Gareth Edwards
Claims Manager, Property - Australia
T: +61 2 8298 5883
James Paul
Senior Claims Specialist, Crisis Management & Energy Property Construction
T: +61 2 8298 5974
James Thomas
Assistant Vice President & Technical Claims Manager, Professional & Financial Risks - Asia Pacific
T: +61 2 8298 5937
Jessica Dugandzic
Claims Specialist, Casualty
T: +61 2 8047 3314
Jonathan O'Riordan
Claims Recovery Manager - Asia Pacific
T: +61 2 8298 5894
Kate Mitrevski
Senior Claims Specialist, Professional & Financial Risks
T: + 61 2 8298 5953
Lauren Watson
Claims Manager, Workers Compensation
T: +61 2 8047 3345
Marie Domingo
Claims Specialist, Energy Property Construction & Marine
T: +61 2 8298 5893
Nathan McLellan
Vice President, First Party Claims - Asia Pacific
T: +61 2 8298 5944
Richard Jessup
Australian Casualty Claims Manager
T: +61 2 8298 5922
Robert Mercer
Vice President, Professional & Financial Risks, Surety & Global Financial Risks Claims - Asia Pacific
T: +61 2 8047 3317
Thuy Vu
Accident & Health Claims Manager, Australia
T: +61 2 8047 3337
Matt Haines
Graduate Underwriter, Accident & Health
T: +61 2 8298 5825
Department
Accident & Health
Main role
Matt supports our broker network with the underwriting and distribution of Accident and Health products.
Personal profile
Joining Liberty in 2018, Matt brought with him a strong range of analytical and financial skills.
Matt holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Macquarie University.
Natasha Higgins
Underwriter, Accident & Health
T: +61 2 8047 3302
Department
Accident & Health
Main role
Natasha underwrites the entire suite of products for the Liberty Accident & Health line of business.
Personal profile
Natasha has more than 6 years’ experience in Accident & Health insurance, gained through broking and underwriting across New South Wales and Victoria. She joined Liberty in January 2017 and is based in Liberty’s Sydney office.
Natasha holds Tier 1 (General Insurance Compliance Personal Accident and Sickness) qualifications with ANZIIF.
Richard Todd
Vice President, Accident & Health
T: + 61 2 8298 5984
Department
Accident & Health
Main role
Richard coordinates and manages the Liberty Accident & Health offering from his base in Sydney.
Personal profile
Richard joined Liberty in 2016 with a wealth of experience in Accident & Health insurance gained over 18 years with domestic and international insurers servicing the Australian and New Zealand markets. He has held various executive roles, among them Head of Consumer Lines Australia for a large international insurance organisation.
Richard holds a Bachelor of Arts from Otago University in New Zealand.
Alan Murphy
Assistant Vice President, Casualty - Sydney
T: +61 2 8298 5828
Cameron Hill
Senior Underwriter, Casualty
T: +61 2 8047 3361
Jack Tomkins
Underwriter, Casualty
T: +61 2 8298 5824
John Campbell
Vice President, Casualty
T: +61 2 8298 5839
John Nicholls
Senior Underwriter
T: +61 2 8298 5929
Michael McCarthy
Senior Underwriter, Casualty
T: +61 2 8298 5996
Ashley Leszczuk
Underwriter, Crisis Management
T: +61 2 8298 5985
James Paul
Senior Claims Specialist, Crisis Management & Energy Property Construction
T: +61 2 8298 5974
Michael Lincoln
Vice President, Crisis Management - Asia Pacific
T: +61 2 8298 5958
Brett Gardiner
Vice President & Head of Energy, Property & Construction - Asia Pacific
T: +61 8298 5812
Elyza McConnell
Underwriter, Property
T: +61 2 8298 5912
Guy MacGregor
Assistant Vice President, Risk Engineering
T: +61 2 8298 5808
Jonathan Grossman
Underwriter, Property
T: +61 2 8047 3354
Mehdi Hassani
Senior Risk Engineer, Energy Property Construction
T: +61 2 8298 5898
Sara Soares
Senior Underwriter, Energy Technical Lines
T: +61 2 8298 5994
Scott Turner
Assistant Vice President, Energy Property Construction
T: +61 2 8298 5973
Jasper Taanman
Senior Underwriter, Environmental Impairment Liability
T: +61 2 8298 5820
Elisabeth Baker
Underwriter, Marine
T: +61 2 8298 5833
Robert Cairoli
Assistant Vice President, Marine - Asia Pacific
T: +61 2 8298 5884
Samantha Wong
Underwriter, Marine
T: +61 2 8298 5928
Marcus Thomas
Senior Vice President, Professional & Financial Risks - Asia Pacific
T: +61 2 8298 5846
Department
Professional & Financial Risks
Main Role
Regional Underwriting Manager for Professional & Financial Risks covering financial lines, Professional Indemnity, Directors & Officers Liability and affiliated classes.
Personal Profile
Marcus has been in the professional and financial lines sector of the insurance industry since 1995, gaining experience in both underwriting and broking and has been with Liberty since 2003.
Marcus has a Bachelor of Science Degree (Honors) in Economics.
Chris Maclean
Assistant Vice President and Professional & Financial Risks Portfolio Manager - Project PI
T: +61 2 8298 5863
Department
Professional & Financial Risks
Main Role
Portfolio Manager - Project PI
Personal Profile
Chris has been with Liberty since 2000 and has been underwriting Financial Lines business across Asia Pacific since 1993. Originally based in Sydney, Chris transferred to Liberty's Brisbane office in 2008 to establish and lead the QLD Financial Lines portfolio. He returned to Sydney in 2014 to manage Liberty's Project PI portfolio.
David Gallagher
Portfolio Manager ITL & Cyber, Professional & Financial Risks - Asia Pacific
T: +61 2 8298 5897
Department
Professional & Financial Risks
Main Role
David manages the IT Liability and Cyber portfolios.
Personal Profile
David has a passion for understanding and keeping abreast of the changes in technology. In the rapidly changing technological landscape with evolving threats and losses, as well as the tightening legal and regulatory environment, the IT Liability and Cyber portfolios provide David and his colleagues with an exciting opportunity for specialisation and innovation.
David completed a Bachelor of Science in physics and a Bachelor of Commerce in economics and since graduating in 1993, he has worked in the professional lines area of insurance across a number of broking and underwriting roles.
Since joining Liberty in 2008, David launched Liberty's Information Technology Liability initiative and in 2012 Liberty’s Cyber Insurance initiative for Asia Pacific.
Gavin Goldsbrough
Senior Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks
T: +61 2 8298 5919
Department
Professional & Financial Risks
Main role
Gavin underwrites the full suite of Professional Indemnity (PI) products, as well as Information Technology Liability; Financial Institutions (Investment Manager's insurance and PI for Financial Instutions); Directors' & Officers'; Umbrella Defence Costs; and Cyber insurance.
Personal profile
Gavin has worked in the insurance industry since 2004, and joined Liberty in 2012.
Gavin holds a Bachelor of Business Management and a Masters of Risk and Insurance
Josh Luk
Portfolio Manager FI Australia, Professional & Financial Risks
T: +61 2 8298 5932
Department
Professional & Financial Risks
Main role
Josh underwrites a broad range of financial and professional risks within the NSW Professional & Financial Risks portfolio and specialises in Directors’ & Officers’ Liability, Professional Indemnity (PI), Investment Manager’s insurance and Financial Institutions PI.
Personal profile
Josh has been in the insurance industry since 2000. He joined Liberty in 2010 with over 10 years of diverse experience in financial lines insurance, gained in both the Australian and UK (London) markets.
Michael Mahlo
Senior Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks
T: +61 2 8298 5906
Department
Professional & Financial Risks
Main Role
Senior Underwriter specialising in Financial Institutions (Investment Manager's insurance and Professional Indemnity), Directors & Officers Liability, Information Technology and Cyber insurance.
Personal Profile
Michael joined Liberty in 2008 with more than 15 years' experience in financial lines underwriting. His previous experience in banking, foreign exchange and Credit Union Insurance underpins his work in underwriting within the financial services sector.
Michael is currently a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance.
Nerida Davies
Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks
T: +61 2 8047 3359
Department
Professional and Financial Risks
Main role
Nerida is based in Sydney and focuses on Professional Indemnity and Information Technology OQS risks and IMI, D&O and FIPI facility risks.
Personal profile
Nerida joined Liberty in 2018, bringing with her 17 years' insurance industry experience in broking, underwriting, product development and systems testing for international brokers, international underwriting agencies and international insurers.
Nerida holds a Certificate IV General Insurance via ANZIIF.
Rian Wickens
Senior Underwriter, Professional & Financial Risks
T: +61 2 8047 3316
Department
Professional & Financial Risks
Main role
Rian is based in the Liberty Sydney office and underwrites Professional Indemnity, Information Technology Liability, Directors’ & Officers’ Liability and Cyber insurance.
Personal profile
Rian joined Liberty in 2015 with 7 years’ experience in insurance, gained in the Sydney and Melbourne offices of a global insurer.
Rian holds a Diploma of Financial Services - General Insurance and Diploma of Financial Planning, both through ANZIIF, and is currently studying for a Bachelor of Business (Insurance and Finance) through Charles Sturt University.
Todd Woodard
Portfolio Manager Commercial PI, Professional & Financial Risks - Asia Pacific
T: +61 2 8298 5947
Department
Professional & Financial Risks
Main Role
Todd is responsible for managing the Commercial PI portfolio within Australia. As a Senior Underwriter, Todd's focus is looking after significant, unusual or distressed risks.
Personal Profile
Todd has been with Liberty since 2008.
His previous experience spans marketing and insurance and includes underwriting and senior underwriting roles in the U.S. and Australia.
He has a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Marketing from Cornell University and is an Associate in Surplus Lines Insurance from the American Institute For Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters.
Laura Chapman
Senior Underwriter, Surety
T: +61 2 8047 3368
Jonathan Griffiths
Head of Surety - Asia Pacific
T: + 61 2 8298 5891
Mike Carr
National Surety Manager – Australia
T: +61 2 8047 3309
Nathan McLellan
Vice President, First Party Claims - Asia Pacific
T: +61 2 8298 5944
Guy MacGregor
Assistant Vice President, Risk Engineering
T: +61 2 8298 5808
Mehdi Hassani
Senior Risk Engineer, Energy Property Construction
T: +61 2 8298 5898
