Meet the Woodina team

At Woodina, we truly redefine insurance service in Australia. We recognise the frustrations for brokers in obtaining quick turnaround of quotations for clients, and utilise our popular Woodina Online portal to facilitiate these requirements. We also maintain the ability for brokers to discuss all risks with our accomplished underwriters.

In parallel, we appreciate that insurance encompasses more than just cost and quote speed. In 2012, we introduced our award winning inhouse law firm claims model in Australia, which our CEO, Michael Wood, applied with major success in London from 1997 to 2006.

Michael Wood

Chief Executive Officer
Tel: 61 7 3222 9400
Raoul Basile

Professional Lines Underwriting Manager
Tel: 61 7 3222 9403
Howard Poignand

Financial Lines Senior Underwriter
Tel: 61 7 3222 9413
Georgia Bradley

Professional Lines Underwriter — Team Leader
Tel: 61 7 3222 9434
Benjamin Farrell

Professional Lines Underwriter
Tel: 61 7 3222 9415
Anne Nguyen

Professional Lines Underwriter
Tel: 61 7 3222 9445
Olga Sinsilia

Professional Lines Underwriter
Tel: 61 2 9160 4795
Ella Cunningham

Assistant Professional Lines Underwriter
Tel: 07 3222 9411
Ian Williams

Financial Lines Senior Underwriter
Tel: 0421 253 373

Mark Scowen

National Manager — General Liability Underwriter
Tel: 61 2 9160 4796
Dan Ireland

Victorian Manager — General Liability Underwriter
Tel: 61 3 5849 1570
Jonathan Isijanovski

Liability Underwriter
Tel: 61 7 3222 9431
Lucy Tairi

Liability Underwriter
Tel: 61 3 5849 1571
Bowen Corry

Assistant Liability Underwriter
Tel: 61 7 3222 9416

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Woodina’s service to brokers extends from frontend fast quote turnaround to its popular online portal. With a staff of 50 — split between underwriting and our unique inhouse team, Woodina is one of the foremost PI underwriters in Australia.

As the market leader, by a strong margin, on property valuers and our established schemes for real estate agents, bookkeepers, building designers, pre-purchase, pool, and pest inspectors, Woodina continues to lead with innovative designs to facilitate the lives of insureds and brokers.

The defence costs that are saved through Woodina’s pride and joy, our inhouse law firm, not only lead to more efficient resolutions than external law firms but also allows Woodina to offer a unique benefit; the insured’s deductible does not get eroded by internal defence costs. This is a huge selling point for insureds and brokers.

Our unique claims model was recognised when it won the Insurance Business award for Underwriting Agency Claims Team of the Year 2022 and was runner-up for the PI Product of the Year 2022.