Our Team
You can be assured that the dedicated team at Steadfast Re are always available and will be responsive to your needs.
We are proud to set the benchmark in providing reinsurance solutions. We enjoy outstanding relationships, provide expert advice and exceptional value that our clients can rely on.
Simon Cloney
Chief Executive Officer
Email scloney@steadre.com.au
Bio
With over 35 years of experience in the industry, Simon has worked at the convergence of capital markets and reinsurance since 2002.
Simon was appointed Managing Director of Beach & Associates Australia in 2010, and in 2014 initiated a management buyout, followed by a joint venture with Steadfast leading to the formation of Steadfast Re. He now heads-up the SteadRe team, drawing on the impeccable reputation and close industry contacts he has fostered.
Clayton Kasmar
Executive Director – Client Management
Email ckasmar@steadre.com.au
Bio
Clayton Kasmar began his career in the group reinsurance team for an Australian leading insurer and later joined Minet Burn and Roche. He brings over 35 years’ reinsurance industry experience to Steadfast Re.
At Steadfast Re, Clayton works on complex global accounts. He is a specialist in the technical placement of collaterised reinsurance – insurance-linked securities. Clayton has responsibility for senior account management, treaty design, contract documentation, reporting timetables, claims collections and security analysis.
Gavin Li
Executive Director – Actuarial
Email gli@steadre.com.au
Bio
Gavin joined Steadfast Re, formerly Beach & Associates Australia, as an actuarial analyst in 2011 after completing an Actuarial Studies degree at Macquarie University. He has been involved in the modelling of whole account aggregate treaties, retrocession and all forms of catastrophe reinsurance. Gavin is currently studying to become a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia.
Sophie Lancaster
Executive Director – Treaty
Email slancaster@steadre.com.au
Bio
Sophie started her career in the insurance industry in 2008 and was the first new hire for Steadfast Re after the management buyout of Beach & Associates Sydney, joining the Treaty team in Sydney in early 2015. Sophie spent a year in the London in 2017 to support the buildup of the Steadfast Re London operation, opened in November 2016.
She has been involved in broking and account management of property & casualty proportional and non-proportional reinsurance and retrocessional treaty accounts, ILWs as well as binding authority agreements for London market, Bermuda and Australian clients.
Sophia Cao
Senior Broker
Email scao@steadre.com.au
Bio
In 2019, Sophia joined the Steadfast Group Graduate program where she rotated through several core businesses, learning key aspects of the insurance and reinsurance industries.
At the beginning of 2020, Sophia joined the Steadfast Re team as an Account Manager working from the Sydney office. She has been involved in the account management of property & casualty proportional and non-proportional reinsurance and retrocessional treaty accounts, as well as facultative accounts.
Jake Swinn
Senior Account Manager
Email jswinn@steadre.com.au
Bio
Jake joined Steadfast Re in 2019. He holds a Bachelor of Communications and a Juris Doctor which have been valuable asset in assisting the Executive Director of Client Management with various aspects of Treaty and Facultative Reinsurance.
Jake’s previous engagements have been in client facing rolls. As an Account Manager he is involved in contract preparation, claims handling, placement and management of various forms of reinsurance and is a first point of call for client queries.
Maggie Roy-Evans
Reinsurance Technical Accountant
Email mroyevans@steadre.com.au
Bio
Maggie joined the Steadfast Re team in 2022 as a technical accountant after moving to Sydney from New Zealand. Maggie brings 6 years of accounting knowledge from her previous employment in general accounting. This experience has helped her create a more efficient, streamlined approach to the functionality of Steadfast Re’s premium and transaction processing.
In addition to overseeing technical accounting matters, Maggie has implemented a new Reinsurance software that provides placement, claims, contract management and accounting control.
Tammy Lin
Actuarial Analyst
Email jswinn@steadre.com.au
Bio
Tammy joined Steadfast Re in 2019 after working in various general insurance pricing roles, in Sydney and London. This included roles in pricing at CommInsure in Australia and Equity Red Star (ERS) in London. She has experience in both technical and market pricing in personal and commercial lines, along with reinsurance pricing and analysis. Tammy is a qualified fellow of the Institute of Actuaries Australia.