Former HFA Asset Management Managing Director Oscar Martinis today announced the launch of McDougall Kelly & Martinis, a specialist financial lines brokerage servicing some of Australia’s leading financial services firms.
McDougall Kelly & Martinis is a merger between the three senior partners respective firms, all of whom specialised in providing Professional Indemnity and Directors and Officers liability insurance to IFA’s, Fund Managers, Hedge Funds, Listed Investment Companies, Private Equity firms and ASX listed entities.
Mr Martinis said, “It made sense for us to merge and scale, transforming the specialist knowledge each partner brings to the firm in over 25 years of insurance and investment management sector experience into outcomes that matter for our clients, our staff and the financial services industry.”
The merger creates one of Australia’s largest specialist Financial Institutions Insurance Brokerages with an extensive Investment Manager and IFA client base. Mr Martinis commented that the merger places McDougall Kelly & Martinis in the top tier of brokerages specialising in financial institutions leading to the financial institutions insurance markets in Australia and London willingness to work closely with McDougall Kelly & Martinis, delivering keen pricing and acceptance of broad cover.
