Divisional Manager Corporate Risks, Jardine Lloyd Thompson P/L

Bill Callan is currently the Divisional Manager of the Corporate Risks Division with Jardine Lloyd Thompson's Victorian operation, the third largest insurance broker in Australia and one of the largest globally.

Bill has worked in the Insurance industry for 27 years both in National and international organizations. This included a secondment to London, broking international business into Lloyds and the London insurance market.

Prior to Bill joining Jardine Lloyd Thompson last year and has been heavily involved in the Tourism sector, from an insurance perspective, through his involvement with Tourism Alliance Victoria (and previously VTOA). Over this time Bill had seen the effects Insurance had had on the viability of the Tourism industry and has provided briefings to industry and Government on how they should adapt to the changing insurance market and the importance of best practice. In conjunction with Industry he was also involved in providing insurers with assistance and advice in support of their case to Government for Tort reform.

In 2002 the Victorian Government provided a “rescue plan” to Adventure Tourism operators who were having difficulty in either obtaining insurance or obtaining insurance at a viable cost. Bill had a significant involvement in the negotiations of this arrangement as well as the administration. Bill is a previous judge of the Victorian Tourism Awards.