Fourth generation Australian Farmer Brett O’Brien believes it’s important to ‘leave things, including your life, in a better state than you inherited them’.

Having been involved in farming for over 35 years and insurance for over 20, the ANZIIF Fellow is dedicating his time to the introduction of livestock drought insurance.

‘Currently Australian farmers can’t insure their precious livestock against the peril of drought as the mainstream Australian insurance market does not offer such cover,’ O’Brien explains.

‘Introducing insurance against drought for farmers who lose livestock as a result of drought would improve the livelihood of farmers and the farming landscape for the current generation and those to follow in this great country of ours.’

A LOVE OF CATTLE AND INSURANCE

Born in Colac, in rural Victoria O’Brien was a registered Angus Society breeder who came into the insurance industry in the late 1990s after two years managing hotels and bars in Europe.

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