Ben Sheat has been appointed GM Self-Insurance at Gallagher Bassett, based in Melbourne.

The former physiotherapist has been the third party claims administrator’s national self-insurance manager since March. In his newly established role he is responsible for management and performance of the national self-insurance business unit.

Before joining Gallagher Bassett Mr Sheat served as a technical specialist and senior manager in the self-insurance and workers’ compensation schemes for Allianz and CGU.

He says the Federal Government’s decision to open the Comcare scheme, which allows federal agencies and departments to partner with third party administrators, will create “a lot of opportunities to roll out innovation and improvement in the those portfolios”.

Mr Sheat’s team was recently appointed to provide self-insurance claims management services for public sector employees on behalf of the NT Government.