On Friday night, in the beautiful splendour of The Fullerton Hotel in Martin Place, Sydney, the insurance industry’s finest were revealed!
Hundreds of insurance professionals, including brokers, authorised representatives, insurers and underwriters enjoyed all the glamour and fun of the sixth annual Insurance Business Australia Awards. The hard work of the industry’s best was recognized in 25 prestigious categories.
The awards night included a cocktail reception, dinner banquet, awards presentation ceremony – and, of course, live entertainment throughout the evening.
Comedian, radio and television presenter Merrick Watts hosted the evening with engaging humour and wit.
SongDivision’s Party Band provided the evening’s music and kept 100s of delegates tapping their feet and tempted many on to the dance floor.
As always, the event belonged to the nominees – the trail blazers in their respective categories who demonstrated what it takes to thrive in today’s challenging insurance and business environments.
With huge pride here is a full list of the night’s winners.
From 9am on Monday Sept. 18 this list will also be published here on the Insurance Business Awards website with judges’ comments.
Authorised Representative Network of the Year
Winner: Insurance Advisernet
Excellence Awardees:
Australian Broker Network
Community Broker Network
McLardy McShane Group
Oracle Group Australia
Best Customer Service from an Individual Office
Winner: Gallagher
Excellence Awardees:
allinsure
AUZi Insurance
Bell Partners Insurance
Elliott Insurance Brokers
Imperium Insurance and Financial Solutions
InterRe Insurance Brokers
Innovation Group Best Digital Strategy – Brokerage
Winner: Shielded Insurance
Excellence Awardees:
AUZi Insurance
DKG Insurance Brokers
Brokerage of the Year (1-5 Staff)
Winner: Insurance Lab
Excellence Awardees:
Cruden Read
InterRe Insurance Brokers
J&B Insurance Brokers
Praden Insurance Broking and Advisory
Smith & Lane Insurance
Brokerage of the Year (6-20 Staff)
Winner: Bell Partners Insurance
Excellence Awardees:
Agile Insurance
allinsure
ARMA Insurance Brokers Young
Clear Insurance
Elliott Insurance Brokers
Grace Insurance
Stewart Insurance Group
Brokerage of the Year (20+ Staff)
Winner: Honan Insurance Group
Excellence Awardees:
CRM Brokers
McLardy McShane Insurance Brokers
Shielded Insurance
Specialist Brokerage of the Year
Winner: CCM Insurance Group
Excellence Awardees:
AMA Insurance Brokers
AUZi Insurance
CRM Brokers
Cruden Read
Insurance Lab
Trade Risk
QBE Broker of the Year – Authorised Representative
Winner: Aimee Henderson, Grace Insurance
Excellence Awardees:
Anthony Anastasio, Everest Risk Group
Matthew Bates, Bell Partners Insurance
Shane Brady, McLardy McShane South East Insurance Brokers
Ken Dixon, Dixon Insurance Services
Sumit Sopori, Imperium Insurance and Financial Solutions
Jay Vuppala, Mga Insurance Group - Melbourne
Broker of the Year (1-19 Staff)
Winner: Kay Jackson, Simplex Insurance Solutions
Excellence Awardees:
Dean Kennedy, Cruden Read
Luke McMahon, Bespoke Insurance Group & First Nations Insurance Group
Frans du Plessis, Grace Insurance
Daniel Webber, Webber Insurance Services
Broker of the Year (20+ Staff)
Winner: Dale Hansen, BMS Coast to Coast
Excellence Awardees:
Shannan Gardner, Guardian Insurance Brokers
Simon Gray, Planned Cover
James Musial, Honan Insurance Group
Olivia Pollock, Shielded Insurance Brokers
Daniel Reid, Honan Insurance Group
Broker of the Year - Specialist
Winner: Gary Sim, CCM Insurance Group
Excellence Awardees:
Shabab Maqsud, Honan Insurance Group
Leanne Murphy, Praden Insurance Broking and Advisory
Young Gun of the Year – Independent (1-19 staff)
Winner: Tate Harris, allinsure
Excellence Awardees:
Joseph Cuzzocrea, Maxton Insurance Brokers
Regan Pugh, Elliott Insurance Brokers
Olivia Taylor, Praden Insurance Broking and Advisory
William Thompson, Thompson Insurance
Siobhan Wilde, ARMA Insurance Brokers Hunter Valley Pty Ltd
James Wilson, Delmont Insurance Group
CHU Underwriting Agencies Young Gun of the Year – Independent (20+ staff)
Winner: Hannah Tormey, Honan Insurance Group
Excellence Awardees:
Will Bird, Insure 247- Ausure
Adam Sloan, Ausure
AXA XL Young Gun of the Year – International
Winner: Mahrukh Hamayun, Marsh
Excellence Awardees:
Hayden Moorcroft, Gallagher
Lisa O’Sullivan, AON
Ben Willis, Gallagher
Australian General Insurer of the Year
Winner: Allianz
Excellence Awardees:
Berkley Insurance Australia
Chubb Insurance
Underwriting Agencies Council Australian Underwriting Agency of the Year
Winner: Emergence Insurance
Excellence Awardees:
Agile Underwriting Services
ARAG Australia
CHU Underwriting Agencies
GT Insurance
Solution Underwriting Agency
Underwriting Agencies of Australia
Best Digital Strategy – Insurer
Winner: Blue Zebra Insurance
Excellence Awardees:
Berkley Insurance Australia
Emergence Insurance
ProRisk Underwriting
Best Service Provider
Winner: Gallagher Bassett
Excellence Awardees:
AAMC
Advisr
Allied Universal Compliance and Investigations
Crawford & Company Australia
Duck Creek Technologies
DXC Technology
Kanopi
General Insurer BDM of the Year
Winner: Michael Walker, CGU
Excellence Awardees:
Bradley Gray, QBE
Sanj Reddy, Allianz
Luke Wennerbom, Vero Insurance
Bernadette Wood, Allianz
AAMC General Insurer Claims Team of the Year
Winner: Berkley Insurance Australia
Excellence Awardees:
AIG Australia
Chubb Insurance
Underwriting Agencies Council Underwriting Agency BDM of the Year
Winner: Katrina Johnson, CHU Underwriting Agencies
Excellence Awardees:
Tena Dedic, Longitude Insurance
Connie Gane, Underwriting Agencies of Australia
Jessica Hutchinson, Dual Australia
Jessica Jenkins, Solution Underwriting Agency
Daniel Joiner, Mecon Insurance
Anthony Porter, AFA Insurance
Chris Varkoly, Prorisk Underwriting
Wilbur Underwriting Agency Claims Team of the Year
Winner: Emergence Insurance
Excellence Awardees:
GT Insurance
Woodina Underwriting Agency
Australian Broker of the Year
Winner: Dale Hansen, BMS Coast to Coast
Excellence Awardees:
Aimee Henderson, Grace Insurance
Kay Jackson, Simplex Insurance Solutions
Gary Sim, CCM Insurance Group
Australian Brokerage of the Year
Winner: CCM Insurance Group
Excellence Awardees:
Bell Partners Insurance
Honan Insurance Group
Insurance Lab
Australian Young Gun of the Year
Winner: Hannah Tormey, Honan Insurance Group
Excellence Awardees:
Mahrukh Hamayun, Marsh
Tate Harris, Allinsure
The representative organisation for Australia’s agencies, a longtime supporter of the event, also sponsored two awards: the Underwriting Agency of the Year award and Underwriting Agency BDM of the Year.
IB would also like to thank all of the awards sponsors for supporting this event and encouraging insurance excellence.
