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Mr Gary C. K. Lau, ACLA, ANZIIF (Snr Assoc) CIP, HKCIP, MIMS, ACI Arb, Chartered Loss Adjuster

  • Mr Gary Lau graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1993 and awarded with the Higher Diploma in Insurance Studies.
  • Mr Lau has further pursued professional education. He was qualified as the Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 1994, full member of Institute of Management Specialists in 1996, full member of Hong Kong Society of Certified Insurance Practitioners in 1999, Senior Associate of Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance in 2001, Diploma of Business (Loss Adjusting) of ANZIIF and Associate of Australian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjuster in 2003.

  • Mr. Lau started his profession in Loss Adjuster at Pierre Leong & Co. Ltd, a leading firm of Chartered Loss Adjusters. In 1995, he was appointed as Deputy General Manager of their Macau Branch and stationed in Macau, responsible for the supervision of the business and for claims handling. Gary returned to Hong Kong Head Office in 1996 and took up the role of Associate Director of the Hong Kong HeadOffice and General Manager of the Macau Branch. He was subsequently promoted to be the Deputy General Manager of the Hong Kong operation. In 2001, he was appointed as Director of the China operation, being the first wholly-owned foreign firm of adjusters to be granted an official license for operation in the PRC.Mr. Lau specialized in major fire, property and liability losses in the Greater China region primarily in Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China,.

  • In 2002, Gary established Garson Adjusters & Surveyors Co. Ltd. (“Garson”), a leading local Chartered Loss Adjusters firm. As a founder of Garson and one of its Directors, he was responsible for obtaining and handling major and extensive projects, inclusive of but not limited to assisting the Drainage Services Department of the Government of the HKSAR in its Damage Assessment Survey for Hong Kong West Drainage Tunnel in Northern Hong Kong Island; Hong Kong’s first Mobile Phone Insurance Claim Program with “3” Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong on behalf of ACE Insurance Limited; and Case Management and Computer On-Line Claims Services for Sino Group of Companies Limited.
  • In 2009, Mr. Lau acquired all the equity interest of Garson and restructure the company to become G A S Adjusters (HK) Ltd. Under the new corporate identity, Gary leads the team to deliver professional standards of loss adjusting services to the Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China market.