Specialist Liability and Cyber Chartered Loss Adjuster Daniel Palmer is working towards his goal of being Head of Cyber for Sedgwick New Zealand.

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Born in Auckland, New Zealand, where he has lived his whole life, the 33-year-old insurance professional attended Massey High School in West Auckland up to year 13 but left to enter the workforce.

“I didn’t feel like I was making the most of my time at school,” says Palmer, who specialises as a cyber incident response manager working closely with industry-leading experts to provide rapid responses and high-quality outcomes.

As a storeman at a warehousing and logistics company, it wasn’t long before Palmer wanted to try something new. He and his partner, a real estate administrator both responded to an ad online asking for 12 people to be inducted as claims consultants with IAG.

“Funnily enough, we both got the job,” he recalls. “It was a great experience as we received a five-week classroom learning-style training, going over everything from what is a premium to what is an excess.

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