Meet the Senior Leadership team

Richard has over 20 years in Insurance primarily in underwriting commercial lines at the Underwriting Manager level.

In his role of Underwriting Manager at NZI East Tamaki, and later Branch Manager, Richard was responsible for managing the underwriting of customers that often-had Heavy Motor as well as those with large fleets as this is a dominant class of business in this location.

Richard in his role as Head of Motor has built the motor portfolio to $9.1M since August 2023.

Damian has a long career (over 25 years) in the insurance industry. He has held various roles across different areas of the business, showing a broad understanding of the insurance sector. These have included roles in Sales & Distribution, Underwriting, Operations, Governance, Strategy and Claims Management. Damian joined DUAL in 2021 with a primary focus to lead the integration of the Liability and Property businesses. Damian currently leads our Underwriting Operations, Strategy and Partner Engagement in the market whilst supporting the Governance and Management of the Property and Motor Binders.

Having lived and worked in London, Singapore, and now based in Sydney, Jordan joined DUAL in 2024 to lead the M&A Insurance team. With over 10 years of experience in M&A, he has developed extensive expertise in underwriting and managing warranty and indemnity / representation and warranty transactions across the US, Europe, and APAC. 

Stewart has worked in the UK and London market for nearly 25 years. He has held a variety of liability positions at AIG and crisis management roles at various Lloyd’s Syndicates and at Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty. Prior to setting up a product recall book of business at Ark Syndicate in 2021 he was the Global Head of Product Recall at AGCS from 2019 looking after a book of cEUR100m. Stewart will be helping grow and diversify the liability book including a regional focus ensuring key service delivery to our broker partners and clients. 

Stewart succeeded Steve Jacques in April 2023 and will be building a team that will service the growing portfolio with a focus on profitability and sustainability whilst assisting develop new product solutions in the NZ market.