Revealed – 2024 Insurance Business Australia Awards winners

Revealed – 2024 Insurance Business Australia Awards winners

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Revealed – 2024 Insurance Business Australia Awards winners

The industry trailblazers are celebrated

The insurance industry’s finest are now revealed! On Friday night, hundreds of industry professionals gathered for the Insurance Business Australia Awards 2024.

At The Fullerton Hotel in Sydney’s Martin Place, brokers, insurers, underwriters and other industry players enjoyed the glamour and fun of the seventh annual staging of this event.

This year included new awards: Excellence in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; Philanthropy & Community Service – CSR; Woman of Distinction; and, CEO of the Year.

There was also a photo booth – sponsored by Crawford – to make sure everyone had a chance to record their night of glamour.

The celebration included a cocktail reception, dinner banquet, awards presentation ceremony and live entertainment throughout the evening.

Meanwhile, Atomic, from Party Band, provided the evening’s music – and even tempted some to sing!

2024 awards winners

As always, the event belonged to the excellence awardees – all of them are the stand-outs in their respective categories. These insurance professionals have demonstrated what it takes to flourish in today’s challenging global insurance and business environments.

Here is a full list of the night’s victors:

SMALL BROKERAGE 

Excellence awardees: 

Imperium Insurance and Financial Solutions 

Insurance HQ 

Lockmor Insurance Brokers 

National Insurance Brokers 

VIM Cover 

Winner: 

Insurance Lab  

SHIELDCOVER MEDIUM BROKERAGE 

Excellence awardees: 

allinsure 

Bell Partners Insurance 

Clear Insurance 

Elliott Insurance the Green Broker 

Eternity Insurance and Financial Services 

Grace Insurance 

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LARGE BROKERAGE 

Excellence awardees: 

Aviso WA Insurance Brokers 

BAC Insurance Brokers 

National Credit Insurance (Brokers)  

Shielded Insurance 

YOUNG ACHIEVER OF THE YEAR 

Excellence awardees: 

Hayden Clarke, PSC amgi 

Lara Morgan, allinsure 

Skie Mitchell, Tasmanian Insurance Brokers 

Tim Hardy, MGA Insurance Group Canberra 

Winner: 

Gareth Downie, PSC Insurance Brokers

QBE Q NECT AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE YEAR

Excellence awardees: 

Frans du Plessis, Grace Insurance 

Peter Chamberlain, allinsure 

Scott O’Neill, CP Insurance Services 

Spencer Hon, Eternity Insurance & Financial Services 

Winner: 

Sumit Sopori, Imperium Insurance and Financial Solutions 

QBE Q NECT AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE NETWORK OF THE YEAR 

Excellence awardees: 

McLardy McShane Partners 

Oracle Group Australia 

AUSTRALIA UNDERWRITING BROKER OF THE YEAR 

Excellence awardees: 

Deon Locke, Lockmor Insurance Brokers 

Matthew Bates, Bell Partners Insurance 

Regan Pugh, Elliott Insurance the Green Broker 

Shane Brady, Stone Lane Broking & Risk Advisory 

Tanushree Arora-Sopori, Imperium Insurance and Financial Solutions 

Winner: 

Matt Whitley, PSC 

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UNDERWRITING AGENCY OF THE YEAR 

Excellence awardees: 

Agile Underwriting Services 

CHU Underwriting Agencies 

Clover Insurance 

Emergence Insurance 

GT Insurance 

MECON Insurance 

Underwriting Agencies of Australia 

Winner: 

Blue Zebra Insurance 

AAMC CLAIMS TEAM OF THE YEAR 

Excellence awardees: 

Allianz Australia 

Berkley Insurance Australia 

Sportscover 

Woodina Underwriting Agency 

Winners: 

CHU Underwriting Agencies 

Emergence Insurance 

EXCELLENCE IN DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION 

Excellence awardees: 

Allianz Australia 

BizCover 

Crawford & Company (Australia) 

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PHILANTHROPY & COMMUNITY SERVICE – CSR 

Excellence awardees: 

Ansvar Insurance

BizCover 

Stella Insurance

WOMAN OF DISTINCTION 

Excellence awardees: 

Aimee Henderson, Grace Insurance 

Shelagh Bock, GT Insurance 

Tanushree Arora-Sopori, Imperium Insurance and Financial Solutions 

Winner: 

Claire Burke, CHU Underwriting Agencies 

BDM OF THE YEAR 

Excellence awardees: 

Jason Sysouphat, UAA Group 

Stephen Carey, Delta Insurance Australia 

Winner: 

Pamela Beilby, CGU Insurance 

INSURER OF THE YEAR 

Excellence awardees: 

Allianz Australia 

Berkley Insurance Australia 

CEO OF THE YEAR 

Excellence awardees: 

Glen Riddell, Berkley Re Asia Pacific 

Michael Wood, Woodina Underwriting Agency 

Peter Chamberlain, allinsure 

Tony Wheatley, Berkley Insurance Australia 

Winner: 

Tony Dodd, GT Insurance 

OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE 

Excellence awardees:

AIA Australia 

allinsure 

Bell Partners Insurance 

Berkley Insurance Australia 

Elliott Insurance the Green Broker 

Trade Risk 

EMPLOYER OF CHOICE 

Excellence awardees: 

Berkley Insurance Australia 

Emergence Insurance 

Winner: 

Allianz Australia 

BEST SERVICE PROVIDER – CLAIMS 

Excellence awardees: 

ARC Projects 

Credit Clear 

Envista Forensics 

Motorweb 

Sedgwick Australia 

BEST SERVICE PROVIDER – INSURTECH 

Excellence awardees: 

Advisr 

Curium 

Duck Creek Technologies 

JAVLN 

Kanopi 

Sync Technologies 

Winner: 

BizCover for Brokers 

AUSTRALIAN BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR 

Excellence awardees: 

Insurance Lab 

Trade Risk 

Winner: 

McLardy McShane Insurance Brokers 

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

This is the highest honour at the Insurance Business Australia Awards. 

This award recognises and celebrates a leading figure who has contributed much to the advancement of the insurance industry in Australia. 

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This award acknowledges someone with an established history and reputation of distinguished service to the insurance profession and who has exhibited leadership and provided inspiration to others in the sector and own workplace, whilst putting the interests of the industry at the top of their priorities throughout their career. 

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