Edward Tate

Department

Energy, Property & Construction

Main Role

Based in Sydney, Mehdi works across the Asia Pacific region conducting site surveys and assessing risk in oil and gas production; refining; power generation; mining and construction projects.  His key priorities are in providing regional direction with technical support to Liberty's underwriters as well as providing risk control consultation to brokers and clients.

Personal Profile

Edward holds a Bachelor of International & Global Studies from the University of Sydney, and Juris Doctor from the University of Sydney.  He has over 5 years' experience in the insurance industry across broking and law, specialising in property insurance. As a broker, Edward's experience was in building large and complex insurance policies and attending risk engineering site visits. As an insurance lawyer, he has experience in both coverage analysis and recovery litigation.

Department

Energy, Property & Construction

Main Role

Based in Sydney, Edward underwrites operational Oil & Gas and Power Generation risks across Australia and New Zealand. Edward works closely with the Claims and Risk Engineering teams on both new and existing clients.  

Personal Profile

Edward joined Liberty in August 2026. Before joining Liberty, he spent over 5 years in the insurance industry across broking and law, specialising in property insurance. As a broker, experience in building large and complex insurance policies as well as attending risk engineering site visits. As an insurance lawyer, experience advocating for insurers in both coverage analysis and recovery litigation. 

Edward holds a Bachelor of International & Global Studies from the University of Sydney and Juris Doctor also from University of Sydney.