QBE Keeps Lead In Liability – Appoints Craig Anderson
New Zealand and Australia are clearly following US trends that find organisations and individuals increasingly at risk to major liability awards and lawsuits.
“Proper risk management has always included liability cover, but in today’s ever more litigious world, insurance solutions have to be innovative and focused or there can be dangerous gaps in protection. I don’t believe New Zealand or Australia will ever be as litigious as the US, but our professionals, directors, officers and trustees are increasingly being held personally accountable for their actions. With growing frequency insurance and risk management procedures are being utilised to protect against such exposures,” said Craig Anderson, QBE New Zealand’s new national manager – Professional and Corporate Liability Division.
Anderson has spent the last two years as southern region manager of QBE Australia’s Professional Liability Division. He has specific experience and strengths in professional indemnity underwriting.
He comes to New Zealand with wealth of business education that complements successful business career spanning multiple industries. He holds Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Monash University; Graduate Diploma of Insurance from Deakin University; Graduate Diploma of Advanced Accounting from Monash University; and is nearing completion of his Master of Finance Degree.
Anderson is keen to build on QBE’s reputation as provider of innovative, specialist insurance solutions for businesses and professionals.
QBE offers full range of liability solutions for businesses, extending from personal liability for leaders within businesses and corporations to business liability. QBE has earned its reputation as an innovative insurer with flexible underwriting approach in both coverage and pricing.
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Grant Logan
Goodman Fielder has appointed Logan as chief financial officer. He has been chair and CEO of Philips Electronics in Australia and NZ for the last three years.
John McGough
McGough is the new national sales manager of the Dynasty Hotel Group, which encompasses the Heritage Hotels, and CityLife brands.
Peter Christian
Bass Hotels & Resorts has appointed Christian as director of operations for NZ and Fiji, to be based in Auckland.
Kevin Lohr, David Keirle
Cisco Systems has appointed Lohr as enterprise account manager and Keirle as optical account manager.
Michelle Heath
Heath is the new marketing manager at Shieff Angland, after six years in the marketing department at Rudd Watts & Stone.
Judith Tizard
Minister of State Tizard is chair of the South Africa/NZ Advisory Board, replacing ex-National Hutt list MP Joy McLauchlan who retired from Parliament late last year.
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Greig Dean
Sky City has appointed Dean to the new role of general manager, group support services, responsible for all HR, property, security and surveillance across the group, including Auckland, Adelaide and the new Queenstown casino. He has previously been with BTR Nylex and Optus in Australia, Cable & Wireless in London and Hong Kong, and Zespri.
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Lenni Maglaque, Scott Abbot
Informix has appointed Maglaque as senior consultant. She joins the NZ office from Informix Philippines. Abbott has also been appointed senior consultant, and he joins the firm after 13 years IT consulting with PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
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Denis McNamara
McNamara has been appointed to the board of the New Zealand Pacific Economic Co-operation Council, filling the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Susan Glazebrook, who has been appointed Judge of the High Court.
McNamara is partner at Simpson Grierson’s Auckland office, and is director of the Pacific Rim Advisory Council, and Honorary Solicitor of several organisations.
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Geoffrey Stafford
Venture capital firm Waitiri Capital has appointed Stafford as its business analyst.
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Roger Parker
Parker has joined research consultancy R Cubed as senior consultant.
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Heather Gordon
Gordon is the new director of sales at The George Hotel (Chch). Most recently she was manager of the Queenstown Convention Bureau.
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Garry Clayton
The University of Auckland has appointed Clayton as director of its graduate business programmes. He was previously director of continuing education at Waikato University.
