Steve Ross joins Australasia Underwriting Leadership Team

Head of Casualty brings technical excellence to fast-growing Underwriting Agency.

Australasia Underwriting (AUPL) welcomed Steve Ross to its leadership team this month. Steve is Australasia Underwriting’s newly appointed Head of Casualty, and he leads the liability class and its development. Steve brings decades of underwriting experience across Casualty & Financial Lines to the role.

AUPL’s Managing Director Alan Mackay said, “Steve’s appointment is another step in our mission to bring human-centered expertise into the marketplace. He has a proven track record for profitable growth, driving product development, and building high-performing teams. Harnessing expert underwriting, and giving our brokers immediate access to that, is a fundamental component of our proposition. It’s what makes us different. Steve shares that ethos, and we look forward to his contribution to the leadership team.”

Steve Ross said, “I’m excited to join a business that aligns with my values of how to do business. With integrity, wisdom, and a healthy dose of fun. I was attracted to the role due to AUPL’s solutions-first approach and desire for innovation to meet the changing needs of its customers. My focus is to continually enhance and develop our product proposition and capacity management to enable our underwriters to provide sustainable, profitable, and innovative coverages for our broking partners. I urge brokers not yet trading with us to get in touch.”

About Australasia Underwriting

Australasia Underwriting (AUPL) looks at insurance a little differently. An underwriting agency challenging the status quo providing expert underwriting analysis and solutions for complex Property & Liability.

Delivering a full-service insurance proposition, including risk management and claims support. They a forging a better way to meet brokers’ needs. A way that complements the wider development of the insurance industry. Driven by innovation to mitigate the risk of market failure and help underpin the Australian economy for a more sustainable future.