Rising Stars in Insurance (NSW)

David commenced his career in claims in 1991 and has worked in all classes of Short Tall Claims. He previously held the position of Head of Property Claims at QBE and commenced his position as Head of Claims with CHU in March 2022.

David is a Senior Associate of ANZIIF and is a Charted Loss Adjuster for AICLA. He is also member of the Insurance Council CAT Panel, the ANZIIF Claims Faculty Board, and the AICLA Claims Conference Committee.

Steven Capp is an experienced Insurance professional at QBE and has worked in multiple business functions including Workers Compensation, Claims, Multinational Operations and now within Business Partnerships.

Steven takes pride in providing a solution focused approach to internal and external stakeholders, and is motivated by building strong, long lasting authentic relationships.

Megan is a co-founder of Mitti Insurance, a tech led, data driven insurance company aiming to challenge the traditional insurance model for small to medium businesses, with a key focus on risk mitigation to reduce the frequency and severity of claims. She currently leads the Sales & Underwriting team at Mitti Insurance.

Megan holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Graduate Certificate in Insurance and Risk Management from Deakin University.

With over 15 years’ experience in the industry, Megan has worked across various roles in Claims, Underwriting, eBusiness Solutions, Distribution and Broking. With her diverse industry background, she and the Mitti team have created a solid platform to ensure it is customer led in driving value.

She’s very proud of what the Mitti team has achieved, including being named the Insurtech Start-Up of the Year at the 2022 ANZIIF Australian Insurance Industry Awards together with being named one of the Insurance Business Australia Young Guns in 2021.

Outside of work, Megan enjoys travelling with her family, encouraging her two daughters in their performing and sporting endeavours, and energising and activating her mind at her daily F45 Balwyn gym class.

George has developed a career spanning over 20 years in Sales and Relationship management in the financial services industry, in particular within general insurance. With roles across client services and business development, George has built an impressive network of contacts within the Loss Adjusting, insurance claims, brokerage and building consultancy community.

George has worked for Sedgwick in Australia for almost 10 years, niching in claims services (Loss Adjusting), Building consultancy and strata services to Australian Insurers. George holds a Bachelor of Business (Marketing ) degree and a Certificate IV in General Insurance through ANZIIF.

Kate is a multi award winning insurance broker based in regional Victoria with 14 years experience in broking and underwriting. She launched Macedon Ranges Insurance in September 2020 as an AR with the PSC Network, and within 2 years she had hired two staff members and hit $1mil GWP.

Kate and her team pride themselves on putting the clients’ first and helping them make informed decisions about insurance and risk. She and her team have 8 children aged 1-5 so professionalism does look a little different some days, but in a post-COVID world Kate has found that clients value the quality of the advice more than being in the office 9-5.