IAG has appointed Tim Plant to the newly created role of Chief Insurance and Strategy Officer.
Plant is expected to join the company before the end of the year and will be accountable for group governance across underwriting, claims and customer experience. He will also be responsible for developing and driving the implementation of IAG’s strategy, innovation and ventures activities.
IAG says Plant has 30 years’ experience in the general insurance industry, joining the company after spending three years as Chief Executive Officer General Insurance Australia and New Zealand at Zurich Insurance. In his role at Zurich, Plant was accountable for developing and driving the company’s general insurance strategy and sustainable business growth.
Prior to Zurich, IAG says Plant was Group Executive Insurance for icare with responsibility for the largest public sector self-insurer in Australia.
Plant joined icare from QBE where he spent seven years in senior roles, including Managing Director Elders Insurance, Executive General Manager Corporate Partners and Specialty, and CEO Australian and New Zealand Operations. He has also held roles at Swiss Re and Australian Eagle Insurance.
IAG says Plant has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Graduate Diploma in Agricultural Economics from the University of New England, a Bachelor of Agricultural Science from La Trobe University, and has completed Harvard Business School’s advanced management programme. He is also President and a non-executive director of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF).