Phil Hobson

International Affinity segment across all regions (excluding USA & Canada) and is a member of the International Executive committee for Marsh. In his previous role Phil led the Commercial & Consumer Segment for Marsh in Asia since January 2018, having previously managed the Automotive practice since 2015 and prior to that the China Consumer practice when he moved to Beijing from Australia in 2012.

Phil has 36 years’ experience within the industry, with the last 26 years at Marsh. Phil specializes in OEM’s, Sponsor Programs, Device and the Sharing Economy and personally maintains global responsibility for the relationship with some of our largest clients.

The Sharing Economy aspect covers, subscription, platform exposure, last mile logistics, supplies benefits and food delivery exposures.  In 2019 Phil was invited to present a series of lectures in China to one of the world’s largest insurers on the sharing economy.

In his previous role Phil relocated to Australia and managed the Private Client and Affinity practice for the Pacific from 2006. Phil’s prior experience in Financial Lines and Employee Benefit practices as well as multinational clients was developed whilst he was based in New Zealand. Having worked for Marsh in New Zealand, Australia, China, Hong Kong (and managed projects in the US, LAC, Middle East and Africa) and now moving to London, he is well placed to provide a global perspective for clients and to support the management of programs across most of the Marsh operations.

A key personal highlight in Phil’s broking career has been to lead a team responsible for the design and implementation of a complete risk and insurance program for two Americas Cup regattas.

Phil is a Business Studies graduate of Massey University and also holds a Diploma in Business Studies from the Auckland University of Technology.