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"West Oak’s success has come from always putting our clients’ best interests first and always finding ways to improve and add more value to them"
Andrew mcquiston,
west oak family office, wellington-altus private wealth
Drew Schnehage has 30 years of experience in the insurance industry in South Africa. Her first insurance job was in claims, and she worked for two insurers and a broker before joining a third-party administrator.
Drew became a director at age 32 and, soon after, joined an underwriting agency to develop a new niche insurance product for high-net-worth individuals. In 2008, she was offered the opportunity to start an underwriting agency to grow the first-ever high-net worth portfolio, which has never been done before in South Africa. In 2016, her company won the Underwriting Agency of the Year award. After seven years, she sold her business to Hollard Insurance in South Africa and joined their personal lines division to assist in the development of their new personal lines product offering. After two years, she was headhunted to join Innovation Group in South Africa as commercial director.
Uprooting herself to rebuild the business in Australia was the challenge that she accepted in 2019
– she left the South African unit of Insuretech and Innovation Group to lead the Australian operations
as managing director.
Having created and grown two businesses from the ground up, Drew maintains a strong focus on building and strengthening client relationships. She thrives in innovative and entrepreneurial environments, and nurtures highly effective teams to enable them to succeed. She believes that honesty establishes a sense of trust with the team. Leading by example and believing that hard work pays off, she is always willing to have open and honest conversations with her teams and staff.
Level 15, 8 Exhibition St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
+61 499 599 829
drew.schnehage@innovation.group
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Drew Schnehage
Managing Director
Innovation Group Australia
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Drew Schnehage has 30 years of experience in the insurance industry in South Africa. Her first insurance job was in claims, and she worked for two insurers and a broker before joining a third-party administrator.
Drew became a director at age 32 and, soon after, joined an underwriting agency to develop a new niche insurance product for high-net-worth individuals. In 2008, she was offered the opportunity to start an underwriting agency to grow the first-ever high-net worth portfolio, which has never been done before in South Africa. In 2016, her company won the Underwriting Agency of the Year award. After seven years, she sold her business to Hollard Insurance in South Africa and joined their personal lines division to assist in the development of their new personal lines product offering. After two years, she was headhunted to join Innovation Group in South Africa as commercial director.
Uprooting herself to rebuild the business in Australia was
the challenge that she accepted in 2019 – she left the South African unit of Insuretech and Innovation Group to lead the Australian operations as managing director.
Having created and grown two businesses from the ground up, Drew maintains a strong focus on building and strengthening client relationships. She thrives in innovative and entrepreneurial environments, and nurtures highly effective teams to enable them to succeed. She believes that honesty establishes a sense of trust with the team. Leading by example and believing that hard work pays off, she is always willing to have open and honest conversations with her teams and staff.
Milestones
2020
Insurance Business Magazine | Key Media
Receive an excellence award
2020
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2019
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
TeD Talk Speaker
2019
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2018
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
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2018
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2020-2021
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
Received Lexology Client Choice Award (Labour and Employment – Canada)
2020-2021
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2014-2022
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
Received Best Lawyer in Canada Award (Employment and Labour Law)
2014-2022
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2014-2022
2020-2021
2018
2019
2020
Drew Schnehage
Managing Director
Innovation Group Australia
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Drew Schnehage has 30 years of experience in the insurance industry in South Africa. Her first insurance job was in claims, and she worked for two insurers and a broker before joining a third-party administrator.
Drew became a director at age 32 and, soon after, joined an underwriting agency to develop a new niche insurance product for high-net-worth individuals. In 2008, she was offered the opportunity to start an underwriting agency to grow the first-ever high-net worth portfolio, which has never been done before in South Africa. In 2016, her company won the Underwriting Agency of the Year award. After seven years, she sold her business to Hollard Insurance in South Africa and joined their personal lines division to assist in the development of their new personal lines product offering. After two years, she was headhunted to join Innovation Group in South Africa as commercial director.
Uprooting herself to rebuild the business
in Australia was the challenge that she accepted in 2019 – she left the South African unit of Insuretech and Innovation Group to lead the Australian operations as managing director.
Having created and grown two businesses from the ground up, Drew maintains a strong focus on building and strengthening client relationships. She thrives in innovative and entrepreneurial environments, and nurtures highly effective teams to enable them to succeed. She believes that honesty establishes a sense of trust with the team. Leading by example and believing that hard work pays off, she is always willing to have open and honest conversations with her teams and staff.
Milestones
2011-2022
Insurance Business Magazine | Key Media
Senior Executive at Telstra HR
Winner, HRD Best Technology and Innovation (2016)
Winner, Best Shared Services Team in Australasia (2018)
Finalist Best Health and Wellbeing Program (2021)
Winner (Telstra), HRD Workplace Flexibility (2021)
2011 to present
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2019-2021
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
NIBA Broker of the Year, 2019
Elite Broker Ranked No. 2, 2019
Insurance Business Global 100, 2021
2019-2021
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2016-2021
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
Managing director at Innovation Group Australia (initially joined Innovation Group in South Africa as commercial director, and then transferred
to Australia in 2019)
Board Member of Underwriting Association in South Africa
for three years
Committee Member of Insurance Institute and Women in Insurance Association in South Africa
2016-2021
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2008-2014
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
CEO at Aquarius Underwriting Managers
Won Underwriting Manager
of the Year award in 2013
2008-2014
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1998-2007
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
Held several positions in the insurance industry; started as claims handler and progressed to claims manager, and then operations manager at a third-party administrator
1998-2007
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1998-2007
2008-2014
2016-2021
2019-2021
2011 to present
Drew Schnehage
Managing Director
Innovation Group Australia
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2020
2019
2018
2020-2021
2014-2022
2020
Insurance Business Magazine | Key Media
Received Best Lawyer in Canada Award (Employment and Labour Law)
2020
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2019
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
TeD Talk Speaker
2019
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2018
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
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2018
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2020-2021
Human Resources Magazine | key media
Received Lexology Client Choice Award (Labour and Employment – Canada)
2020-2021
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2014-2022
human resources | key media
Received Best Lawyer in Canada Award (Employment and Labour Law)
2014-2022
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Milestones
Career Accolades
2011 to present
2019-2021
2016-2021
2008-2014
1998-2007
2014-2022
Insurance Business Magazine | Key Media
Senior Executive at Telstra HR
Winner, HRD Best Technology and Innovation (2016)
Winner, Best Shared Services Team in Australasia (2018)
Finalist Best Health and Wellbeing Program (2021)
Winner (Telstra), HRD Workplace Flexibility (2021)
2011 to present
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2019-2021
Human Resources Magazine | key media
NIBA Broker of the Year, 2019
Elite Broker Ranked No. 2, 2019
Insurance Business Global 100, 2021
2019-2021
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2016-2021
Human Resources Magazine | key media
Managing director at Innovation Group Australia (initially joined Innovation Group in South Africa as commercial director, and then transferred to Australia in 2019)
Board Member of Underwriting Association in South Africa for three years
Committee Member of Insurance Institute and Women in Insurance Association in South Africa
2016-2021
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2008-2014
Human Resources Magazine | key media
CEO at Aquarius Underwriting Managers
Won Underwriting Manager of the Year award in 2013
2008-2014
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1998-2007
human resources | key media
Held several positions in the insurance industry; started as claims handler and progressed to claims manager, and then operations manager at a third-party administrator
1998-2007
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Career Highlights
2011 to present
2019-2021
2016-2021
2008-2014
1998-2007
2011-2022
Insurance Business Magazine | Key Media
Received Best Lawyer in Canada Award (Employment and Labour Law)
2011 to present
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2019-2021
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
NIBA Broker of the Year, 2019
Elite BrokeR Ranked No. 2, 2019
Insurance Business Global 100, 2021
2019-2021
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2016-2021
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
Managing director at Innovation Group Australia (initially joined Innovation Group in South Africa
as commercial director, and then transferred
to Australia in 2019)
Board Member of Underwriting Association
in South Africa for three years
Committee Member of Insurance Institute and
Women in Insurance Association in South Africa
2016-2021
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2008-2014
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
CEO at Aquarius Underwriting Managers
Won Underwriting Manager of the Year award in 2013
2008-2014
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1998-2007
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
Held several positions in the insurance industry; started as claims handler and progressed to
claims manager, and then operations manager
at a third-party administrator
1998-2007
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Career Accolades
2020
2019
2018
2020-2021
2014-2022
2020
Insurance Business Magazine | Key Media
Receive an excellence award
2020
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2019
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
TeD Talk Speaker
2019
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2018
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
title of milestone
2018
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2020-2021
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
Received Lexology
Client Choice Award
(Labour and Employment – Canada)
2020-2021
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2014-2022
Ted Talk in collaboration with key media
Received Best Lawyer in
Canada Award
(Employment and Labour Law)
2014-2022
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