Farmers' Mutual Group has appointed James Gerrie to the newly created position of national claims manager. Gerrie, who was formerly National Claims Manager for AA-GIO Insurance in
Auckland, will head the claims division at the group's head office in
Palmerston North.
He will be responsible for the management of all claims settlement processes.
He has a strong background in claims management having worked for a
number of insurance providers in England and New Zealand over the past 12
years. Previous to his work at AA-GIO, Gerrie held positions at Churchill
Insurance, Boncaster Insurance, C.G.A Insurance Brokers and Colonial Mutual
General Insurance where he held his first claims management role in 1988.