NEOS Life expands its sales team
Australian life insurance specialist, NEOS Life has announced the expansion of its team, with the appointment of the two new underwriting team members and four new sales managers.
Karlton Andrews, who has extensive experience across the management of underwriting rules engines (URE) and underwriting analytics, has been appointed to the position of senior risk specialist.
Following this, the company appointed Tania Du Plessis to senior underwriter tole. Du Plessis has 25 years of experience as an underwriter both in Australia and South Africa and she joined from Hannover Life Re where she served as technical underwriting manager.
In addition to the underwriting team, the company also appointed the following sales managers:
- Liam Carroll as business development manager, QLD/NT
- Troy Abbott as business development manager VIC/TAS/SA
- Geoff Mulray as business development manager NSW/ACT
- Bez Erfan as business development manager NSW
“We’re once again excited to have more extremely high calibre individuals join our team. The fact that we’re able to attract these experienced and respected individuals clearly highlights how successful the launch of NEOS has been the strength of our future prospects,” NEOS Life’s managing director, Brett Yardley, said.
“Additionally, the appointment of an industry leader such as Karlton also demonstrates our unwavering commitment to continuous improvement.
“Despite the fact we’ve already exceeded our target and are delivering 82 per cent of underwriting decisions in three working days, we’re determined we can do better. Karlton will help us achieve that.”
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