Who we are

The Lion Partnership helps Australian and New Zealand organisations judge their insurance needs more accurately.

The Lion Partnership is a privately owned consultancy group. We offer truly independent advice for navigating the sometimes costly and complex task of reviewing your organisation’s insurance strategies.

Our core principles

Working Together

As your independent partner, we take a collaborative approach to working with you to understand the fine detail of your needs.

Commitment to Excellence

Everything we do is aligned to helping our clients achieve their business goals – with care, professionalism and proper attention.

Information is key

Effective insurance solutions can be difficult to implement. We source all the information you’ll need to make well-informed decisions with confidence.

Open and transparent

We bring clarity, transparency and accountability to all aspects of our engagements – and we welcome your queries at every step.

Company Profile

The Lion Partnership is a privately owned, specialist consultancy. We offer independent, unbiased advice on insurance and risk management.
Established in Melbourne in 2009, our unique service and success in assisting some of Australia’s largest and most well-known organisations has helped us grow, leading to our expansion into New Zealand in January 2010.

Our close working partnerships with other expert advisors throughout Australasia mean we can offer further specialist support and advice to our clients.

Our ability to foster strong working relationships with leading insurance brokers and providers is something we work hard to maintain – and after 10 plus years, it’s testament to our open and transparent approach that they are as strong as ever.

Ultimately, our job is to help our clients secure the best deal in the market for them – no matter their size, profession or industry. With our intimate knowledge of the local insurance market, years of experience and industry relationships, we’re well equipped to help any organisation ready to optimise their insurance strategies.

“For us, being independent is key. We do not act as a broker and we do not sell insurance. We are a specialist consultancy offering impartial, objective and unbiased advice.”

“We consider this independence as one of the most important and beneficial features of our service proposition, as it adds to our ability to act in the best interests of our clients at all times.”

Meet the Team

The success of any advisory rests with the people who provide the services. Our team is committed to providing thoughtful, attentive service to deliver the best possible outcomes.

Peter Sellwood

Chief Executive Officer

Peter manages The Lion Partnership’s Australasian insurance and risk management consulting services. He has more than 35 years corporate risk management experience with one of the world’s largest global insurance brokers.

Josh Tobin

General Manager

An experienced insurance professional with more than 19 years in the industry, Josh has held several roles covering a wide spectrum of specialities including claims management, insurance broking and risk management consultancy roles.

Anna Charlton

Managing Partner

Anna manages the New Zealand business. With 14 years of experience, Anna has an extensive corporate and financial services background with specialist expertise in risk and insurance management for large, publicly listed companies.

Testimonials

Read what our clients say about their experience with The Lion Partnership.

"TLP's tender process was extremely successful. We managed to achieve material cost savings as well as an insurance programme that better reflected our risk profile. This provided a new level of confidence in our broker's services at Management and Board level, which was appreciated.

We were particularly impressed with how smoothly the process was managed with TLP doing the heavy lifting. They were professional throughout, the reporting was thorough and their understanding of the insurance broker market is excellent."

Lindis Jones

CFO

Z Energy

Masterton Homes approached The Lion Partnership to facilitate a tender process for the provision of risk management and insurance broking services. By implementing our unique Statement of Capability tender process we were able to help them secure notable financial savings and, more importantly, a superior insurance program supported by improved broker performance.

Following on from our engagement The Lion Partnership received feedback outlining how impressed the client was with our level of expertise and the outcome of our consultation.

David Masterton, CEO of Masterton Homes said of his experience, “The Lion Partnership offered exceptional service in facilitating the improvement to our insurance premiums and contract conditions. I found the Lion Partnership team to be very professional and knowledgeable in all areas of insurance.”

Before our engagement Masterton Homes weren’t aware that a consultant such as The Lion Partnership existed, but they realised significant coverage and cost benefits and came out of the experience excited by what we were able to achieve.

David Masterton

CEO

Masterton

"The Lion Partnership (LP) has developed a good process to achieve the goals set down. Relationships with all brokers were good, and the business-like approach of LP ensured a solid evaluation and outcome. Even though we ended up remaining with the incumbent broker, we (and they) gained a lot of knowledge.

We achieved monetary savings as well as improvements in scope of cover. The process is sound and gives a good basis for evaluation of the responding brokers. It is a systematic exercise which LP have developed over time and allows good comparison of the responders."

Stevenson

“The Lion Partnership (TLP) bring a wealth of knowledge and industry experience to the negotiating table. I found the process simple and straightforward to follow.

TLP has a methodology that works and delivered a very good outcome for the organisation. In my view, you have nothing to loose."

Tyrepower

“The expert industry knowledge of TLP was the most advantageous during writing the tender, negotiations and evaluation the tender responses. The reports were very well structured and I felt very informed and supported throughout the process.

TLP met and exceeded our expectations. By engaging with TLP it kept the process honest and transparent and ensured we were receiving the most suitable cover at the right price. While cost savings was not the main focus there were considerable savings achieved along with an increase in cover which was a win-win for us."

Mission Australia

“The professional and thorough service provided by TLP has meant that not only were Dahlsens insurance premiums reduced significantly, but more importantly the cover and the broker relationship were enhanced.

It is good business sense for companies to review their insurances every few years, and I would recommend TLP to provide independent advice for this."

Dahlsens

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