Rural Affinity
Rural Affinity is a specialist agricultural insurance agency. ABN 72 119 838 854 | AFS Licence No. 302182
Established in 2006, Rural Affinity provides an extensive range of agricultural insurance products which are underwritten by one of the world’s largest insurance groups. Rural Affinity is wholly owned by founding directors James Hooper and Mike Kilborn. Our team has significant experience and understanding of both insurance and agriculture. We pride ourselves on our customer service, relationships and industry knowledge.
23/05/2024
Rural Affinity turned 18 today 🎉 finally old enough for a drink to celebrate the occasion 🥂
We would like to thank everyone who has supported us through the years, from employees to brokers to insureds. The next 18 will be the best yet!
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23/02/2024
Rural Affinity are thrilled to announce a new member of our Underwriting team - Flyn Kilby. Flyn is bringing a wealth of agriculture knowledge to the team, and is already proving to be a valuable team member. Welcome Flyn! 👨🌾 🚜
18/01/2024
We are excited to announce that Leah Walker has joined the Rural Affinity team on 15th January 2024 as Compliance & IDR Manager. Leah brings both strong experience in, and a general passion for, compliance and dispute resolution. With the attention on compliance within the financial services sector showing no signs of slowing, Leah’s expertise in a dedicated compliance and IDR role will be a great addition to our team.
Welcome Leah! 👩🌾
11/12/2023
We are excited to announce that Koel Turner has joined the Rural Affinity team as Head of IT. With over 20 years’ experience working in many facets of financial services technology primarily in the solutions architecture space Koel will be a great addition to our IT team, particularly as we continue development of Laserbeam and move to towards broker access for Farm Pack and Small Farm in 2024.
Welcome Koel! 👨🌾 🎉
06/12/2023
Rural Affinity is pleased to introduce our newest team member, Doug Beckinsale. Doug has joined us as a graduate underwriter in our St Leonards HQ. Doug recently finished his Bachelor of Agribusiness Management at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga. He also has first-hand experience working in Ag having had fun with mixed cropping, sheep and dairy farms. We know Doug will be a credit to our team now and in the years to come. 👨🌾
14/09/2022
Training hard and ready to race, our 10k crew will be unstoppable at this Sunday's Sydney Running Festival! Give a (virtual) cheer for James, Jess, Connor, Aidan and Luke, and be sure to show your support by donating to the incredible Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) - https://shoutforgood.com/fundraisers/RuralAffinityRFRC
12/09/2022
Champions of both our Technical team and the Rural Affinity running team, Kate and Harri will be taking on the whopping half marathon at this year’s Sydney Running Festival –that’s a massive 21 kilometers!
To make those miles worthwhile, be sure to cheer them on and help them fundraise for the fantastic Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) - https://shoutforgood.com/fundraisers/RuralAffinityRFRC
08/09/2022
A huge shoutout to our amazing claims crew, who will be running in the Rural Affinity team at the upcoming Sydney Running Festival. Ellie and Shannen will be crushing the 3.5k, with Jordan and Ronald smashing the 10!
Be sure to cheer them on, and help them raise funds for the incredible Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) - https://shoutforgood.com/fundraisers/RuralAffinityRFRC
19/08/2022
Rural Affinity is proud to be named a Top Insurance Employer by Insurance Business Australia . We are honoured to be among such esteemed peers.
Top Insurance Employers 2022 This year’s leading companies are recognised for their perseverance to attract and retain employees
12/07/2022
NIBA/UAC Conference
Come and say hi to Sophie and Isabel from the Underwriting team
30/05/2022
Day 2 of Insurance Camp
These three keeping us entertained 🐬
25/05/2021
🌾🌾🌾 Rural Affinity Winter Broadacre Automatic Temporary Cover is now available on Laserbeam! 🌾🌾🌾
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21/05/2021
The NIBA Underwriters festival is on today in Melbourne! Come say hi to Nikki and Luke at the Rural Affinity booth.
20/04/2021
More students sign up for university agriculture courses The number of students choosing to study agriculture at Australian universities this year has jumped by 16 per cent on last year.
12/04/2021
Our hearts go out to the people of WA in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Seroja, and hope all those affected stay safe and continue to follow the advice of local authorities and emergency services.
Ex-Cyclone Seroja destroys homes, historic jetty and leaves thousands without power Kalbarri and Northampton residents bore the brunt of ex-Tropical Cyclone Seroja, which wreaked havoc on WA's mid-west coast, leaving a trail of destruction and power outages.
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