Headquarters:
North Sydney, NSW
Year founded:
1978
Number of employees:
220
Phone:
1300 361 263
Email:
info@chu.com.au
Website:
chu.com.au
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/corporate-underwriting-agencies-pty-ltd
"We are constantly living by our core values: integrity, impact and teamwork"
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CAAT Pension Plan
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Kimberley Jonsson
Chief Executive Officer
James Makin
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
Kristy Pownall
Head of People and Culture
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Kimberley Jonsson was appointed as CEO of CHU in 2020 after a 15-year career with the company. This extensive experience means she is recognised as one of Australia’s leading strata insurance specialists and is often called upon by both the strata and insurance sectors to present on various topics affecting the industry. She is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is both a Fellow and Board Member of ANZIIF. She holds an MBA from AIM Business School.
Chief Executive Officer
Kimberley Jonsson
James Makin, the CFO and COO at CHU, has been with the company for six years and was previously head of commercial portfolio management at Zurich Australia. He has over 25 years of experience in the insurance industry and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. He has extensive experience in actuarial analytics across both life and general insurance in Australia and overseas.
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
James Makin
Kristy Pownall has operated at director level for over 13 years as head of people and culture/HR director. She has experience across multiple regions covering Australia, Asia-Pacific, UK and Europe across a range of sectors including professional services, media, technology and insurance. She is a member of the Australian Human Resources Institute.
Head of People and Culture
Kristy Pownall
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Hela Ebrahimi
Head of Long Tail Lines
With extensive experience in the risk space working with the likes of CBA and Allianz as head of risk advisory, Hela Ebrahimi has transformed CHU’s risk and compliance function to ensure it is fit for the current regulatory environment.
Head of Risk and Compliance
Hela Ebrahimi
Anne-Maree Paull
Chief Customer Officer
Anne-Maree Paull has an extensive insurance and financial services career spanning almost 40 years. She plays an active role in the Strata Community Association nationally and in NSW as a board member. She has a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Sydney, a diploma in Direct Marketing from UK IDM, and a certificate from the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Chief Customer Officer
Anne-Maree Paull
CHU Underwriting Agencies is Australia’s first and leading strata underwriting agency. It is committed to leading the way in the industry by focusing on artificial intelligence and technology, diversity and inclusion, and environmental sustainability. CHU is part of the Steadfast Group, a top 200 ASX-listed company with $7bn in total billings. Steadfast is the largest general insurance broker network and group of underwriting agencies in Australasia.
CHU’s policies are underwritten by QBE Insurance (Australia), one of the country’s most secure insurance companies. CHU is among the largest and most respected insurance underwriting agencies in Australia. As the market leader, it protects over 100,000 residential strata properties nationwide, worth over half a trillion dollars.
CHU is a winner of the Underwriting Agency of the Year award in 2017, 2018 and 2020; the Insurance Business Gold award in 2016–2018; and the ANZIIF Excellence in Workplace Diversity and Inclusion award in 2019. A career at CHU brings opporCHUnity – the opportunity to create, innovate and grow in a flexible work environment with an industry leader that has a track record of putting its people and customers first.
“Now, we have much more frequent recognition awards because we want to celebrate people staying at CAAT and recognize the contributions that they bring to the organization”
Julie Giraldi,
CAAT Pension Plan
Steve Tchepak
National Underwriting Manager
David Gow
Head of Claims
Ani Kakulapati
Head of Distribution
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Steve Tchepak became the national underwriting manager at CHU in June 2019. He has over 13 years of experience in strata management and strata insurance. He has held various positions including commercial underwriter, team leader, and NSW/ACT branch manager.
National Underwriting Manager
Steve Tchepak
David Gow has over 30 years of experience in handling property, public liability, employers’ liability and motor third party/personal injury claims. He is also a senior associate of ANZIIF and is a chartered loss adjuster for AICLA. Previously, he was head of property claims at QBE.
Head of Claims
David Gow
Ani Kakulapati is head of distribution at CHU. He has rapidly progressed in his career since joining the insurance industry in 2008, relocating three times in pursuit of his goal to be an exceptional leader. His previous role was CHU’s head of customer service and state manager for Queensland and Northern Territory.
Head of Distribution
Ani Kakulapati
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and
Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Anthony Dippolito
Chief Wellness Officer
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years
of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation
of the company’s internal customer
service department.
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
CHU Underwriting Agencies is Australia’s first and leading strata underwriting agency. It is committed to leading the way in the industry by focusing on artificial intelligence and technology, diversity and inclusion, and environmental sustainability. CHU is part of the Steadfast Group, a top 200 ASX-listed company with $7bn in total billings. Steadfast is the largest general insurance broker network and group of underwriting agencies in Australasia.
CHU’s policies are underwritten by QBE Insurance (Australia), one of the country’s most secure insurance companies. CHU is among the largest and most respected insurance underwriting agencies in Australia. As the market leader, it protects over 100,000 residential strata properties nationwide, worth over half a trillion dollars.
CHU is a winner of the Underwriting Agency of the Year award in 2017, 2018 and 2020; the Insurance Business Gold award in 2016–2018; and the ANZIIF Excellence in Workplace Diversity and Inclusion award in 2019. A career at CHU brings opporCHUnity – the opportunity to create, innovate and grow in a flexible work environment with an industry leader that has a track record of putting its people and customers first.
