New Zealand

About Us

About Us

Delta was established in 2014 to answer the call for insurance in new or specialised areas, with exceptional customer service - all underpinned by transparency and integrity. Today we cover over 30,000 risks in New Zealand, Singapore and Australia and are proud to have won ANZIIF’s Insurance Underwriting Agency of the Year award for the last five years for our continued focus on customers. As well as resolving claims we focus on prevention using a range of risk mitigation strategies, partnerships and solutions.

Our Philosophy

Our Vision

We embrace change to make the world a safer place.

Our Mission

We give you the confidence and security to succeed.

Our Values

With our entrepreneurial spirit, we’re proactive and nimble.

We do the right thing.

We’re passionately curious.

We’re at our inspirational best when we collaborate.

We enjoy the journey and celebrate it.

Delta Insurance New Zealand Fact Sheet

Learn more about Delta Insurance New Zealand at a glance with our infographic fact sheet.

Our Leaders

Andrew Beaton

Chief Executive Officer

Dinesh Murali

General Manager, Portfolio and Distribution

Delta Group Leadership Team

Kent Chaplin

Group Chief Executive Officer

Craig Kirk

Group Executive Director - Underwriting

Nathan Barrett

Group Chief Operations Officer

Petra Lucioli

Group Claims Manager

Miranda Cook

Group Head of Marketing

Jordan Urry

Head of Finance

Delta Team Profiles

May 1, 2024

Delta Spotlight - Central Region: Amy Gillum, Kyle Steven & Lisa Andrew

With business booming in the North Island, the Delta Insurance Central Region team, work out of brand-new offices in Papamoa, Tauranga servicing everywhere from Hastings to Hamilton and in between. Read More

April 23, 2024

Delta Spotlight - Michael Hookham

Michael's passion for automobiles, particularly as a self-confessed car enthusiast, became the driving force behind his career. His ascent to the position of Portfolio Manager for Commercial Motor, marked a significant milestone. With 17 years of experience at another insurance firm, where he also served as the Chairman of the Motor Committee for the Insurance Council of New Zealand, Michael embraced a new challenge by joining Delta Insurance as the Head of Commercial Motor. Read More

March 1, 2024

Delta Spotlight - Nathan Barrett

Delta Insurance Chief Operating Officer Nathan Barrett is something of a rarity in the business because he decided this was the industry for him while still in school. He recalls a Year 12 ‘work experience day’ where he visited a broking office in Hastings and decided that this seemed like a great career with a lot of potential for those who stick with it. So, that’s precisely what he did. After finishing his studies at Massey University, Nathan started out at State Insurance before heading off on his OE to London via Sydney where he worked as an underwriting assistant and has never looked back. Read More

Our Partners

Delta is a coverholder at Lloyd's. Lloyd’s is the world’s leading insurance and reinsurance marketplace. Through the collective intelligence and risk-sharing expertise of the market’s underwriters and brokers, Lloyd’s helps to create a braver world.

The Lloyd’s market provides the leadership and insight to anticipate and understand risk, and the knowledge to develop relevant, new and innovative forms of insurance for customers globally.

It offers the efficiencies of shared resources and services in a marketplace that covers and shares risks from more than 200 territories, in any industry, at any scale. And it promises a trusted, enduring partnership built on the confidence that Lloyd’s protects what matters most: helping people, businesses and communities to recover in times of need.

Lloyd’s began with a few courageous entrepreneurs in a coffeeshop. Three centuries later, the Lloyd’s market continues that proud tradition, sharing risk in order to protect, build resilience and inspire courage everywhere.

Lloyd’s is a member of the Insurance Council of NZ and we adhere to the Fair Insurance Code, which provides you with assurance that we have high standards of service for our customers

We are a member of the Insurance Council of New Zealand and adhere to the Fair Insurance Code which provides you with assurance that we have the highest standards of service for our customers.

Allied World offers diversified insurance and reinsurance products globally. It is headquartered in Switzerland and is owned by Fairfax Financial Holdings. Delta works with Allied World as a capacity partner, and Allied provides additional expertise, broader product and geographical support and financial strength. Delta, as a Coverholder, accesses Allied World capacity via Lloyd’s.