PROFILE
FTA Insurance FTA Insurance, a Sydney-based underwriter and Lloyd’s coverholder, prides itself on providing a fast turnaround on quotes to brokers, winning new business, and offering better cover and sharper pricing.
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FTA INSURANCE provides a fast turnaround on all quotes, with guaranteed better cover and sharper pricing. FTA has a broad underwriting appetite on all its products, including professional indemnity – with optional combined PI and GL wording available, design and construct, information technology liability, management liability, and associations liability. FTA targets hired labour providers, IT companies and contractors, business
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consultants and D&C companies. It also partners with top-shelf security such as Chubb, as well as AIG and Berkshire Hathaway, via their Lloyd’s platforms. For two years running, brokers have chosen FTA as a winner in the Insurance Business 5-Star Awards for Professional Indemnity Insurers. FTA’s expertise and positive culture are significant contributors to its high ratings in the Australian market.
PRODUCTS • Professional Indemnity • Combined PI and GL • Management Liability • Design and Construction (D&C) • Information Technology (IT) • Associations Liability • Excess Layers *Professional Indemnity and Combined PI & GL now available through our QuikQuoter platform
CHRISTIAN GARLING, MANAGING DIRECTOR CHRISTIAN GARLING has worked in the insurance industry for over 25 years. He was the founder of the Australian operations of a New York Stock Exchangelisted company. Subsequently, he founded FTA Insurance, a Lloyd’s coverholder. Garling has successfully run insurance operations in the Australian market for over 15 years. He is well known in the market for providing exceptional service and support to brokers, and always has a ‘can do’ attitude when working collaboratively with brokers and helping to win business.
What do you see as FTA’s most important feature as a company? ‘Fast Turn Around’ (it’s in our name!) is the most important thing to brokers, and it is to us too. How have recent events – such as the pandemic or the Russia-Ukraine conflict – impacted your business? The pandemic forced us to a better work-life balance, and we have continued to encourage this with our team and our brokers so that all of us are happier and more productive.
What do you think is the biggest current challenge in the underwriting market? Finding an insurer who will actually engage with the broker and then – if within appetite – apply terms that reflect the exposure. This is partly due to the harder market but also due to people being able to hide behind technology. FTA underwriters are always encouraged to talk to their broker and find out what’s going on and how we can help. Have you introduced any new products recently? We continue to have the best white-collar
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