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.
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.
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