Managing director
HDI Global
Since restarting the HDI Global (formerly HDI-Gerling) brand after joining the group in 2010, Stefan Feldmann has helped the company achieve significant growth. Closeness to industry is essential to HDI’s ethos, which Feldmann feels sets it apart from its competitors.
“We are a company which works very closely with clients,” he said in an interview with IB late last year. “We are created by industry, for industry, so we tend to build quite a deep dialogue with our valued clients. When we talk to big Australian and New Zealand companies, they like our closeness to the industry.”
Looking ahead, Feldmann also believes HDI has opportunities to thrive as a premier provider of third-party liability insurance, particularly in the wake of so many other withdrawals from the local market. “Liability insurance is an essential risk transfer solution for every corporation in Australia and New Zealand,” he said. “For a liability mutual like us, it’s core to our business.”
