On Friday night, hundreds of industry professionals gathered for the Insurance Business Australia Awards 2025. During a gala dinner at The Hilton Hotel in Sydney, the industry’s finest were celebrated. The award winners are now revealed.

The awards acknowledge the hard work of the industry’s best across 21 categories. The categories include Small Brokerage of the Year, Authorised Representative of the Year, Insurer of the Year, Woman of Distinction and many more.

Professionals representing brokerages, insurers, underwriters and other industry stakeholders enjoyed all the fun and glamour of this eighth annual staging of the event.

The night included a cocktail reception, banquet dinner, live entertainment and, of course, the awards presentations.

The event’s master of ceremonies was television personality and standup comedian Dave Hughes. Modern Vintage Music provided the evening’s musical accompaniment.

2025 awards winners

The celebration belonged to the awards finalists or excellence awardees – all of them stand-outs in their chosen field of insurance specialisation. But the judges could only select one winner from each category.

Here is a full list of the night’s winners. The names of the final victors will also be published on the Insurance Business Awards website.

Authorised Representative Network of the Year 

WINNER 

• Insurance Advisernet 

EXCELLENCE AWARDEE  

• McLardy McShane Partners 

Authorised Representative of the Year 

WINNER 

• Peter Chamberlain, allinsure 

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES  

• Frans du Plessis, Grace Insurance 
• Matthew Bates, Bell Partners Insurance 
• Spencer Hon, Eternity Insurance & Financial Services 
• Sumit Sopori, Fortuna Insurance Services (previously Imperium Insurance) 

BDM of the Year 

WINNER 

• Con Stoitsis, Steadfast Underwriting Agencies 

EXCELLENCE AWARDEE 

• Nick Barilla, Allianz Australia  

Best Service Provider of the Year – Claims 

WINNER  

• EML 

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES 

• ARC Projects 
• Crawford & Company 
• Credit Clear 
• Gallagher Bassett 
• Sedgwick  

Best Service Provider of the Year – Insurtech 

WINNER 

• Xceedance 

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES 

• BizCover for Brokers 
• ChainThat 
• Credit Clear 
• Curium 
• Duck Creek Technologies 
• Kanopi 
• Steadfast Technologies  

Australia Underwriting Broker of the Year 

WINNER 

• Shane Brady, Stone Lane Broking & Risk Advisory 

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES 

• Abbie Wilson, National Insurance Brokers 
• Aimee Henderson, Grace Insurance 
• Kylie Stephens, PSC Insurance Brokers 
• Tanushree Arora Sopori, Fortuna Insurance Services (previously Imperium Insurance) 
• Tryan Christos, Interlink Insurance Brokers 

Sponsored by 

CEO of the Year 

WINNER 

• Michael Gottlieb, BizCover 

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES 

• Amanda Morris, ARMA Insurance Brokers 
• John Elliott, Elliott Insurance The Green Broker 
• Peter Chamberlain, allinsure 
• Stan Alexandropoulos, UAA Group 
• Tryan Christos, Interlink Insurance Brokers  

AAMC Claims Team of the Year 

WINNER  

• NTI 

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES 

• Allianz Australia (GI Claims Team) 
• Arch Insurance 
• AXA XL 
• CHU Underwriting Agencies 
• UAA (Underwriting Agencies of Australia) 
• Woodina Law/Woodina Underwriting Agency  

Sponsored by 

Employer of Choice 

WINNER 

• Helia Insurance 

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES 

• Allianz Australia 
• Arteva Funding 
• BizCover 
• EML 
• Gow-Gates Insurance Brokers 
• NTI 
• Sedgwick 

Excellence in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 

WINNER 

• QBE Insurance Australia (Respect@QBE) 

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES 

• Allianz Australia 
• Aon 
• BizCover 

Insurer of the Year 

WINNER 

• Vero  

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES 

• Allianz Australia 
• HDI Global SE Australia 
• QBE Insurance 

Arch Insurance Large Brokerage of the Year 

WINNER  

• Guardian Insurance Brokers 

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES 

• Interlink Insurance Brokers 
• McLardy McShane Partners 

Sponsored by  

AXA XL Medium Brokerage of the Year 

WINNER 

• Trade Risk  

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES 

• allinsure 
• Bell Partners Insurance 
• Clear Insurance 
• Elliott Insurance The Green Broker 
• FD Beck Insurance Brokers 
• Grace Insurance 

Sponsored by 

Outstanding Customer Experience 

WINNER 

• PassportCard 

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES 

• allinsure 
• Bell Partners Insurance 
• Berkley Insurance Australia 
• BizCover 
• CHU Underwriting Agencies 
• Trade Risk 

Land + Road by AAMC Philanthropy & Community Service – CSR 

WINNER 

• allinsure 

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES 

• BizCover 
• McLardy McShane Partners  

Sponsored by 

Small Brokerage of the Year 

WINNER 

• GT Insurance Brokers  

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES 

• Adapt Risk Solutions 
• CP Insurance Services 
• Global Insurance Solutions 
• Smith & Lane Insurance Brokers 

Underwriting Agencies Council Underwriting Agency of the Year 

WINNER  

• CHU Underwriting Agencies 

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES 

• Agile Underwriting Services 
• Blue Zebra Insurance 
• Clover Insurance 
• Emergence Insurance 
• MHIA Insurance 
• NTI 
• UAA (Underwriting Agencies of Australia) 

Sponsored by 

Woman of Distinction 

WINNER 

• Wendy Foweraker, Community Broker Network 

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES 

• Aimee Henderson, Grace Insurance 
• Kate Greaves, Goldsworthy General Insurance Services 
• Renée Sadler, Sparke Helmore Lawyers 
• Tanushree Arora Sopori, Fortuna Insurance Services (previously Imperium Insurance) 
• Tetiana George, Curium 

Elantis Premium Funding Young Achiever of the Year 

WINNER 

• Tate Harris, allinsure 

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES 

• Andrew Brett, Infosure 
• Austin Rosier, Omnisure 
• Shaun Sirbadhoo, Protego Risk Group 

Sponsored by 

Lifetime Achievement 

WINNER: Robert Kelly AM, Steadfast Group 

Australian Brokerage of the Year 

WINNER 

• GT Insurance Brokers 

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES 

• Guardian Insurance Brokers 
• Trade Risk 

Thanks to our sponsors

This year’s Event Partner was AAMC. The awards were sponsored by Arch Insurance, Australia Underwriting, AXA XL, Elantis Premium Funding, Land + Road by AAMC and the Underwriting Agencies Council (UAC).

The champagne sponsor was HDI Global SE, while Crawford & Company (Australia) sponsored the photobooth and Raindrop was social media sponsor.

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