Revealed - 2023 Insurance Business Australia Awards winners

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Revealed – 2023 Insurance Business Australia Awards winners

A full list of the industry’s victorious trailblazers

Insurance News

By
Daniel Wood

On Friday night, in the beautiful splendour of The Fullerton Hotel in Martin Place, Sydney, the insurance industry’s finest were revealed!

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.

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2023 awards winners

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.

BROKERAGE AWARDS

Authorised Representative Network of the Year

Australian Broker Network

Best Customer Service from an Individual Office

Elliott Insurance Brokers

Imperium Insurance and Financial Solutions

InterRe Insurance Brokers

Innovation Group Best Digital Strategy – Brokerage

Winner: Shielded Insurance

Brokerage of the Year (1-5 Staff)

InterRe Insurance Brokers

Praden Insurance Broking and Advisory

Brokerage of the Year (6-20 Staff)

Winner: Bell Partners Insurance

ARMA Insurance Brokers Young

Elliott Insurance Brokers

Brokerage of the Year (20+ Staff)

Winner: Honan Insurance Group

McLardy McShane Insurance Brokers

Specialist Brokerage of the Year

Winner: CCM Insurance Group

Trade Risk

BROKER AWARDS

QBE Broker of the Year – Authorised Representative

Winner: Aimee Henderson, Grace Insurance

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)

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)

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

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

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

Will Bird, Insure 247- Ausure

AXA XL Young Gun of the Year – International

Winner: Mahrukh Hamayun, Marsh

Hayden Moorcroft, Gallagher

INSURER AWARDS

Australian General Insurer of the Year

Underwriting Agencies Council Australian Underwriting Agency of the Year

Winner: Emergence Insurance

Agile Underwriting Services

CHU Underwriting Agencies

Underwriting Agencies of Australia

Best Digital Strategy – Insurer

Winner: Blue Zebra Insurance

Berkley Insurance Australia

Allied Universal Compliance and Investigations

Crawford & Company Australia

General Insurer BDM of the Year

Winner: Michael Walker, CGU

Luke Wennerbom, Vero Insurance

AAMC General Insurer Claims Team of the Year

Winner: Berkley Insurance Australia

Underwriting Agencies Council Underwriting Agency BDM of the Year

Winner: Katrina Johnson, CHU Underwriting Agencies

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

Woodina Underwriting Agency

NATIONAL AWARDS

Australian Broker of the Year

Winner: Dale Hansen, Austbrokers Coast to Coast

Aimee Henderson, Grace Insurance

Kay Jackson, Simplex Insurance Solutions

Gary Sim, CCM Insurance Group

Australian Brokerage of the Year

Winner: CCM Insurance Group

Australian Young Gun of the Year

Winner: Hannah Tormey, Honan Insurance Group

Thanks to our event partner: UAC

This year’s Awards Premium Partner was the Underwriting Agencies Council (UAC).

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.

And thanks to sponsors

IB would also like to thank all of the awards sponsors for supporting this event and encouraging insurance excellence.

Our sponsors for the 2023 awards were: AAMC, AXA XL, CHU Underwriting Agencies, Innovation Group, QBE and Wilbur. SongDivision was the Entertainment Partner.