Chartered Loss Adjuster David Finney has died after a long illness.  

He was aged 88 and had retired at the end of 2011 before earning a degree in Political History from Macquarie University in more recent years. He died on October 9 at Sydney’s St Paul’s Hospice Northbridge. 

Mr Finney arrived in Sydney from the UK in 1969 to set up and manage the Australian operations of global adjusting and investigation company Graham Miller & Co.  

He took an active role in the development of the Australasian Division of Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters. 

“He was well known for his sharp sense of humour from presentations to the Division,” Chartered Loss Adjuster and colleague Michael Millard tells insuranceNEWS.com.au.  

After a stint offshore directing the global company, he returned to Sydney in 1979 to develop the loss adjusting partnership of Finney Millard, and also worked with McLarens Australia and Freemans, which later became Cerno.  

Mr Finney was a keen golfer, playing off a handicap of 4 at his prime, and could often be seen sculling a single shell on Lane Cove River, Mr Millard says. He leaves behind a daughter and three sons.