It’s with a really heavy coronary heart that I write to advise that my colleague and nice good friend Murray Rowley misplaced his battle with most cancers yesterday at circa 10:30am on Monday.
Murray is survived by his spouse Pam, his devoted sister Lyndal and 4 kids together with loss adjuster Mark Rowley who a lot of you’ll know.
Murray was 86 years outdated and was the senior associate in MBS Pumfreys Loss Adjusters which I joined as a younger man in January 1982.
I in reality met Murray for the primary time again in 1974 after I was a claims officer and had a report of his in respect of a serious loss arising from the Australia Day 1974 Brisbane Floods. Regardless of being tremendous busy, he invited me over to his workplace and went by way of the reserve step-by-step with me in order that I absolutely understood the varied facets of the declare.
Inside a yr of becoming a member of MBS Pumfreys Murray invited me to affix in him modify a declare following a serious hearth on the division retailer Walton’s Mackay retailer in 1983. It was the primary of many claims we labored on along with him entrusting me extra, below his supervision, on every declare. It was a fantastic studying expertise for me which continued ever since.
I nonetheless have the experiences on that fireplace in my archive, and I learn the primary report once more this morning.
Murray inspired me and absolutely supported my transfer to PNG for the corporate and was a mentor particularly on the huge Bougainville Copper Declare in 1998.
Murray was the youngest ever Chartered Accountant to qualify in Australia on the age of 19. He put so much into his occupation together with taking over the function as Australian Division President of the UK based mostly Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters.
His specialty was enterprise interruption and dealt with most of the world’s main mining losses for corporations reminiscent of BHP and Anglo Amercian, Rio Tinto and others.
His two passions have been flying and at one stage he owned two plane, and he piloted me on many events out to homestead, industrial or mining losses in Queensland. I at all times felt tremendous protected with him flying as he was a stickler for threat administration.
He received two main flying races. One in his class from London to Brisbane to honour the feat of aviation pioneer Sir Charles Kingford Smith and one round Queensland. From reminiscence these have been each within the 1980’s
Whether or not as a loss adjuster or claims preparer he at all times acted pretty following the precept of performing with utmost good religion which was within the code for the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters.
Once I was considering beginning LMI he was very supportive of the transfer and it was he who got here up with the title, Loss Administration Worldwide. I used to be delighted when he agreed to affix LMI Group over 15 years in the past the place he has been a fantastic asset to the group and me personally.
He can be sadly missed by so many individuals, me, very a lot included.
I’m so happy I obtained to go and say goodbye to him only some brief weeks in the past and he rang me final Friday to as soon as once more say goodbye. To the very finish he was brave and in optimistic spirits.
Together with his passing and that of his long-standing associate at MBS, Paul O’Sullivan two months in the past, it does really feel like the top of an period.
Murray’s funeral can be held on the Southport Uniting Church, Nook of Brief and Scarborough Streets, Southport at 11.00am Tuesday Could 6, 2025.
Relaxation in Peace my good friend.