Headquarters:
31 Aintree Ave, Airport Oaks, Auckland
Year founded:
2018
Number of employees:
9
Phone:
09 218 6218
Email:
info@prestigeinsurance.co.nz
Website:
prestigeinsurance.co.nz
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/prestige-insurance-broker-services-limited
“Stelvio [restructured] its software development team to sit under four distinct, multi-disciplinary teams, capable of building and modifying any product within the EstImage product suite”
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PRESTIGE INSURANCE
BROKER SERVICES
Rick Hao
Director
Mike Hall
Vice President
David Hogg
Director
Leadership
Similar to many other F&G insurance professionals in New Zealand, Rick Hao started his insurance career at State Insurance where he gained basic industry knowledge. After two and a half years at State, he helped put together the company’s Asian division where he was the leader, then went on to join a global broking firm where he spent four and a half years. This is where he gained substantial specialised insurance knowledge in the transport, construction and other market segments. In mid-2018, Rick started Prestige Insurance Brokers, which has grown from one employee to a team of nine.
Director
Rick Hao
With 32 years of experience in the financial industry, Michael Hall excels as a dynamic and inspiring leader. Working as a manager with a major banking institution allowed him to gain considerable success in leading elite mortgage agents. When Oriana Financial was founded in 2000, he became the president. With CMP and CMBA designations, Mike is a proud recipient of the 2006 Entrepreneur of the Year and the 2019 Mortgage Broker Leadership Award, reflecting his experience in management, education and sales. He prioritizes the success of those he leads by focusing on their professional development with best-in-class standards.
Vice President
Mike Hall
David Hog is Oriana’s newest and youngest partner. After graduating from Western University, David worked at a few different mortgage institutions before joining the Oriana team in 2005. In May 2015, he was appointed as a partner and has focused on business development and lender relations, as well as adding some youth to the management team to advance the Oriana Brand.
Director
David Hogg
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Yvonne Garvey
Communications and Resource Development Manager
Mike Hall
Vice President
Rick Hao
Director
Leadership
Headquarters:
31 Aintree Ave, Airport Oaks, Auckland
Year founded:
2018
Number of employees:
9
Phone:
09 218 6218
Email:
info@prestigeinsurance.co.nz
Website:
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/prestige-insurance-broker-services-limited
Similar to many other F&G insurance professionals in New Zealand, Rick Hao started his insurance career at State Insurance where he gained basic industry knowledge. After two and a half years at State, he helped put together the company’s Asian division where he was the leader, then went on to join a global broking firm where he spent four and a half years. This is where he gained substantial specialised insurance knowledge in the transport, construction and other market segments. In mid-2018, Rick started Prestige Insurance Brokers, which has grown from one employee to a team of nine.
Director
Rick Hao
With 32 years of experience in the financial industry, Michael Hall excels as a dynamic and inspiring leader. Working as a manager with a major banking institution allowed him to gain considerable success in leading elite mortgage agents. When Oriana Financial was founded in 2000, he became the president. With CMP and CMBA designations, Mike is a proud recipient of the 2006 Entrepreneur of the Year and the 2019 Mortgage Broker Leadership Award, reflecting his experience in management, education and sales. He prioritizes the success of those he leads by focusing on their professional development with best-in-class standards.
Vice President
Mike Hall
Yvonne Garvey has worked in communications management for almost 20 years and has been an integral member of the Oriana Financial team for 10 years. Among the many things that Yvonne loves about her role are learning and communications about the industry, planning events, and her absolute favourite: collaborating with the people. She thrives on connecting with others and loves brainstorming new ways to help Oriana Financial and all of its agents excel.
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Yvonne Garvey
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For the second year running, Shielded Insurance Brokers has claimed the number-one spot among IB’s Top Brokerages. In 2020, it was record-setting growth that drove the company’s impressive success. This year, says managing director Stuart Brady, the key ingredient behind the win is the Shielded culture. Brady is proud of the shared vision for constant improvement across all aspects of the business. “We are thrilled to take out the win again, and it’s hats off to the team for their hard work over the past year,” he says.
“Stelvio [restructured] its software development team to sit under four distinct, multi-disciplinary teams, capable of building and modifying any product within the EstImage product suite”
Yannick Giguère,
Stelvio Australia
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PRESTIGE INSURANCE
BROKER SERVICES
Angela Terreblanche
Technical Business Analyst
Mike Hall
Vice President
Rick Hao
Director
Leadership
Headquarters:
31 Aintree Ave, Airport Oaks, Auckland
Year founded:
2018
Number of employees:
9
Phone:
09 218 6218
Email:
info@prestigeinsurance.co.nz
Website:
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/prestige-insurance-broker-services-limited
SPECIAL REPORT
Home
Bio
Similar to many other F&G insurance professionals in New Zealand, Rick Hao started his insurance career at State Insurance where he gained basic industry knowledge. After two and a half years at State, he helped put together the company’s Asian division where he was the leader, then went on to join a global broking firm where he spent four and a half years. This is where he gained substantial specialised insurance knowledge in the transport, construction and other market segments. In mid-2018, Rick started Prestige Insurance Brokers, which has grown from one employee to a team of nine.
Director
Rick Hao
With 32 years of experience in the financial industry, Michael Hall excels as a dynamic and inspiring leader. Working as a manager with a major banking institution allowed him to gain considerable success in leading elite mortgage agents. When Oriana Financial was founded in 2000, he became the president. With CMP and CMBA designations, Mike is a proud recipient of the 2006 Entrepreneur of the Year and the 2019 Mortgage Broker Leadership Award, reflecting his experience in management, education and sales. He prioritizes the success of those he leads by focusing on their professional development with best-in-class standards.
Vice President
Mike Hall
Yvonne Garvey has worked in communications management for almost 20 years and has been an integral member of the Oriana Financial team for 10 years. Among the many things that Yvonne loves about her role are learning and communications about the industry, planning events, and her absolute favourite: collaborating with the people. She thrives on connecting with others and loves brainstorming new ways to help Oriana Financial and all of its agents excel.
Communications and Resource Development Manager
Yvonne Garvey
For the second year running, Shielded Insurance Brokers has claimed the number-one spot among IB’s Top Brokerages. In 2020, it was record-setting growth that drove the company’s impressive success. This year, says managing director Stuart Brady, the key ingredient behind the win is the Shielded culture. Brady is proud of the shared vision for constant improvement across all aspects of the business. “We are thrilled to take out the win again, and it’s hats off to the team for their hard work over the past year,” he says.
Yvonne Garvey
Communications and Resource Development Manager
Yvonne Garvey has worked in communications management for almost 20 years and has been an integral member of the Oriana Financial team for 10 years. Among the many things that Yvonne loves about her role are learning and communications about the industry, planning events, and her absolute favourite: collaborating with the people. She thrives on connecting with others and loves brainstorming new ways to help Oriana Financial and all of its
agents excel.
Communications and Resource Development Manager
Yvonne Garvey
David Hogg
Director
David Hog is Oriana’s newest and youngest partner. After graduating from Western University, David worked at a few different mortgage institutions before joining the Oriana team in 2005. In May 2015, he was appointed as a partner and has focused on business development and lender relations, as well as adding some youth to the management team to advance the Oriana Brand.
Director
David Hogg
David Hogg
Director
David Hog is Oriana’s newest and youngest partner. After graduating from Western University, David worked at a few different mortgage institutions before joining the Oriana team in 2005. In May 2015, he was appointed as a partner and has focused on business development and lender relations, as well as adding some youth to the management team to advance the Oriana Brand.
Director
David Hogg
Angela Terreblanche
Technical Business Analyst
Angela Terreblanche is an experienced business analyst and finance professional (CA) with a demonstrated history of working on system implementations, particularly in the insurance industry. She is skilled in business process mapping, understanding finance and accounting processes, financial reporting, banking integration processes, project management and implementing customer-centric solutions.
Technical Business Analyst
Angela Terreblanche
Angela Terreblanche
Technical Business Analyst
Angela Terreblanche is an experienced business analyst and finance professional (CA) with a demonstrated history of working on system implementations, particularly in the insurance industry. She is skilled in business process mapping, understanding finance and accounting processes, financial reporting, banking integration processes, project management and implementing customer-centric solutions.
Technical Business Analyst
Angela Terreblanche
Yvonne Garvey
Communications and Resource Development Manager
Angela Terreblanche is an experienced business analyst and finance professional (CA) with a demonstrated history of working on system implementations, particularly in the insurance industry. She is skilled in business process mapping, understanding finance and accounting processes, financial reporting, banking integration processes, project management and implementing customer-centric solutions.
Technical Business Analyst
Angela Terreblanche
Prestige Insurance Broker Services is a boutique insurance brokerage based in Auckland and specialising in the construction industry, with tailored services targeting the Asian construction sector.
“Our highly specialised service catered to the Asian construction sector is what differentiates us from the competition,” says Rick Hao, director and commercial insurance manager at the company. “Ninety-five percent of our clients are in construction-related businesses.”
Prestige Insurance has been continuously providing world-class insurance solutions to their clients since 2018. The company helps businesses find the right balance between risk and protection to ensure they financially survive any insurable event. Prestige Insurance does this by using its knowledge of the construction sector through a deep understanding of the market, work environment, opportunities, challenges, key contacts, and everything else that makes their clients’ business more successful and sustainable. Their Auckland-based multilingual team consists of professional insurance consultants who are passionate, highly experienced, and capable of helping clients at the national and international levels.
The Prestige Insurance team has pushed for providing a customised service that anticipates clients’ preferences and prioritises their needs in a changing environment. Thanks to this ethos, Prestige Insurance has received referrals by their clients through word of mouth, among other things, and these have become one of the pillars of the company’s growth. Prestige Insurance attributes this growth to its clients’ trust and ensures that clients can rely on its team. The trust is earned not only through the tailored insurance solutions provided with their industry knowledge of clients’ businesses but also through the highly experienced claims team. The professionals at Prestige Insurance believe that claim service is what sets them apart from their competitors in the market.
What are the company’s objectives for the near future? “With the current unstable global and local economies, our main objective for the next 12 months is to maintain a high level of service for our current clients,” says Hao. “And we will try to expand to other industries as opportunities arise.”
As the leader of Sephora Canada’s strong e-commerce business, Laura Unger focuses her team on driving growth through industry-leading online client experiences.
Laura has worked for Sephora for nearly six years, leading the e-commerce merchandising team for makeup, and has hands-on experience at Sephora inside JC Penney. She is passionate about developing and leading teams and has earned a reputation for driving business results by doing so.
Before joining Sephora, Laura honed her talents at such well-known companies as Google and Gap, as well as e-commerce start-ups Minted and Shop It To Me.
Laura is a graduate of Smith College, and earned an MA from Stanford University and an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. She enjoys hiking and being outdoors and loves spending time with her family, especially her four-year-old son. In quiet moments, you might find her reading The New Yorker.
Vice President/General Manager, .CA
Laura Unger
Paul Mayer has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience at the vice president level. He is a graduate of Queen’s University and has an MBA from IESE Business School in Spain. He speaks English, French, and German, and has an understanding of Spanish.
Executive Vice President, Investment Sales
Paul Mayer
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
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
Laura Unger
Vice President/
General Manager, .CA
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Paul Mayer
Executive
Vice President, Investment Sales
As the leader of Sephora Canada’s strong e-commerce business, Laura Unger focuses her team on driving growth through industry-leading online client experiences.
Laura has worked for Sephora for nearly six years, leading the e-commerce merchandising team for makeup, and has hands-on experience at Sephora inside JC Penney. She is passionate about developing and leading teams and has earned a reputation for driving business results by doing so.
Before joining Sephora, Laura honed her talents at such well-known companies as Google and Gap, as well as e-commerce start-ups Minted and Shop It
To Me.
Laura is a graduate of Smith College, and earned an MA from Stanford University and an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. She enjoys hiking and being outdoors and loves spending time with her family, especially her four-year-old son. In quiet moments, you might find her reading The New Yorker.
Vice President/General Manager, .CA
Laura Unger
Paul Mayer has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience at the vice president level. He is a graduate of Queen’s University and has an MBA from IESE Business School in Spain. He speaks English, French, and German, and has an understanding of Spanish.
Executive Vice President, Investment Sales
Paul Mayer
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich
School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at
The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
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
Laura Unger
Vice President/
General Manager, .CA
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Paul Mayer
Executive
Vice President, Investment Sales
Sarah M Stewart
Associate
Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
As the leader of Sephora Canada’s strong e-commerce business, Laura Unger focuses her team on driving growth through industry-leading online client experiences.
Laura has worked for Sephora for nearly six years, leading the e-commerce merchandising team for makeup, and has hands-on experience at Sephora inside JC Penney. She is passionate about developing and leading teams and has earned a reputation for driving business results by doing so.
Before joining Sephora, Laura honed her talents at such well-known companies as Google and Gap, as well as e-commerce start-ups Minted and Shop It To Me.
Laura is a graduate of Smith College, and earned an MA from Stanford University and an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. She enjoys hiking and being outdoors and loves spending time with her family, especially her four-year-old son. In quiet moments, you might find her reading The New Yorker.
Vice President/General Manager, .CA
Laura Unger
Paul Mayer has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience at the vice president level. He is a graduate of Queen’s University and has an MBA from IESE Business School in Spain. He speaks English, French, and German, and has an understanding of Spanish.
Executive Vice President,
Investment Sales
Paul Mayer
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the
Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
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
“Stelvio’s approach to EstImage is unique in that it leverages software integration to simplify communication and data exchange between insurers and their suppliers from one centralised location, eliminating the need for multiple products or portals”
Yannick Giguère,
Stelvio Australia
“Stelvio’s approach to EstImage
is unique in that it leverages software integration to simplify communication and data exchange between insurers and their suppliers from one centralised location, eliminating the need for multiple products or portals”
Yannick Giguère,
Stelvio Australia
“Stelvio’s approach to EstImage is unique in that it leverages software integration to simplify communication and data exchange between insurers and their suppliers from one centralised location, eliminating the need for multiple products or portals”
Yannick Giguère,
Stelvio Australia
