Insurance Business Australia finally released its Hot List 2022, featuring 50 insurance professionals who stood out for their commitment to building a sustainable and relevant future for the industry. The report featured Innovation Group Australia managing director Drew Schnehage, who made a name for herself when she rebuilt a struggling business back up to new heights.
Schnehage (pictured), named this year's Insurance Business Australia Hot Lister, has over 30 years of insurance experience. In 2019, she moved from Innovation Group's South African unit to its Australian operations to rebuild Innovation Group Australia.
As part of the transformation plan, Schnehage revamped her top line-up and elevated the line managers who fit the bill.
“I realised that if I lift them up, we were going to have a way better business because they understood it. They're very much in tune with the employees and understand where things are going wrong and where things are not working,” she told Insurance Business.
“And what I did as well is I collapsed a structure because there were just too many layers that we didn't need. We need to be able to say that we all operate on the same level, even me. I'm not sitting at the top, and I'm not dictating to everybody; I go down to the level where I actually go and find out exactly why something's gone wrong.”
You may find other ideas that Schnehage implemented to transform Innovation Group Australia, as well as the rest of the 50 Hot Listers for 2022, in the Insurance Business Australia Hot List 2022 report.
