Danie joined Crawford in 2008 after seventeen years working for multi-national adjusting firms in South Africa and New Zealand. Danie specialises in handling major and complex assignments, and is particularly skilled at streamlining claims through balancing sound technical skills with a commercially sensible and pragmatic approach. He is highly experienced in dealing with large losses and has built a solid reputation for being very accessible to all stakeholders; communicating clearly; meeting deadlines;and maintaining steady progress across even the most challenging stages of the claims handling process. Danie has played a prominent role in Crawford's response to the 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquakes, providing technical expertise and guidance to others, while at the same time continuing to service a personal portfolio of large and complex losses for leading insurers. He has successfully settled several large, high profile losses arising from these events.
