Specialist New Zealand-headquartered underwriting agency Delta says Group Claims Manager Petra Lucioli will take up a broader global role for Delta International, which now has offices in Australia and Singapore.

Earlier this year, Delta opened a Brisbane office headed by GM Tesh Patel, building on recent Asia Pacific growth.

Group MD and co-founder Ian Pollard says Auckland-based Ms Lucioli’s expanded role acknowledged the strong claims division as a “competitive differentiator”.

“As the group grows internationally, it’s vital for us to provide a consistent and exceptional level of performance across our different offices and teams – and claims is one of the most important areas to manage well,” he said.

“Petra has led an award-winning team in this space and we’re thrilled to now have her … leading our group-wide claims activity.”

Delta also says Dasha Goryacheva has been appointed People and Operations Manager.