Revealed - Insurance Business Australia Awards 2023 excellence awardees

After an impressive round of nominations, Insurance Business is proud to announce the excellence awardees for the Insurance Business Australia Awards 2023.

The Insurance Business Australia Awards, recognise and celebrate the outstanding achievements of the country’s top insurance industry professionals. That means brokers and brokerages, insurers and insurance companies, underwriters and agencies, claims handlers and service companies.

See the list of awardees for IB's Insurance Industry Professionals | Global 100 in our special report.

The 2023 Awards will be an in-person black-tie gala evening on September 15, 2023, at one of Sydney’s most beautiful and historic buildings: The Fullerton Hotel in Martin Place.

But before those celebrations, IB is proud to reveal the 2023 excellence awardees. One of the excellence awardees in each category listed below - and on the Awards website - will be selected by our judges and then announced on the night as the winner.

BROKERAGE AWARDS

AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE NETWORK OF THE YEAR

Australian Broker Network

Community Broker Network

Insurance Advisernet

McLardy McShane Group

Oracle Group Australia

BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE FROM AN INDIVIDUAL OFFICE

allinsure

AUZi Insurance

Bell Partners Insurance

Elliott Insurance Brokers

Gallagher

Imperium Insurance and Financial Solutions

InterRe Insurance Brokers

INNOVATION GROUP BEST DIGITAL STRATEGY – BROKERAGE

AUZi Insurance

DKG Insurance Brokers

Shielded Insurance

BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR (1-5 STAFF)

Cruden Read

Insurance Lab

InterRe Insurance Brokers

J&B Insurance Brokers

Praden Insurance Broking and Advisory

Smith & Lane Insurance

BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR (6-20 STAFF)

Agile Insurance

allinsure

ARMA Insurance Brokers Young

Bell Partners Insurance

Clear Insurance

Elliott Insurance Brokers

Grace Insurance

Stewart Insurance Group

BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR (20+ STAFF)

Aon

CRM Brokers

Honan Insurance Group

McLardy McShane Insurance Brokers

Shielded Insurance

SPECIALIST BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR

AMA Insurance Brokers

AUZi Insurance

CCM Insurance Group

CRM Brokers

Cruden Read

Insurance Lab

Trade Risk

BROKER AWARDS

QBE BROKER OF THE YEAR – AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE

Anthony Anastasio, Everest Risk Group

Matthew Bates, Bell Partners Insurance

Shane Brady, McLardy McShane South East Insurance Brokers

Ken Dixon, Dixon Insurance Services

Aimee Henderson, Grace Insurance

Sumit Sopori, Imperium Insurance and Financial Solutions

Jay Vuppala, Mga Insurance Group – Melbourne

BROKER OF THE YEAR (1-19 STAFF)

Kay Jackson, Simplex Insurance Solutions

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

Dale Hansen, Austbrokers Coast to Coast

James Musial, Honan Insurance Group

Olivia Pollock, Shielded Insurance Brokers

Daniel Reid, Honan Insurance Group

BROKER OF THE YEAR – SPECIALIST

Shabab Maqsud, Honan Insurance Group

Leanne Murphy, Praden Insurance Broking and Advisory

Gary Sim, CCM Insurance Group

YOUNG GUN OF THE YEAR – INDEPENDENT (1-19 STAFF)

Joseph Cuzzocrea, Maxton Insurance Brokers

Tate Harris, allinsure

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)

Will Bird, Insure 247- AUSURE

Adam Sloan, Ausure

Hannah Tormey, Honan Insurance Group

AXA XL YOUNG GUN OF THE YEAR – INTERNATIONAL

Mahrukh Hamayun, Marsh

Hayden Moorcroft, Gallagher

Lisa O’Sullivan, AON

Ben Willis, Gallagher

INSURER AWARDS

AUSTRALIAN GENERAL INSURER OF THE YEAR

Allianz

Berkley Insurance Australia

Chubb Insurance

UNDERWRITING AGENCIES COUNCIL AUSTRALIAN UNDERWRITING AGENCY OF THE YEAR

Agile Underwriting Services

ARAG Australia

CHU Underwriting Agencies

Emergence Insurance

GT Insurance

Pen Underwriting

Solution Underwriting Agency

Underwriting Agencies of Australia

BEST DIGITAL STRATEGY – INSURER

Berkley Insurance Australia

Blue Zebra Insurance

Emergence Insurance

ProRisk Underwriting

BEST SERVICE PROVIDER AWARD

AAMC

Advisr

Allied Universal Compliance and Investigations

BizCover

Crawford & Company Australia

Duck Creek Technologies

DXC Technology

Gallagher Bassett

Kanopi

GENERAL INSURER BDM OF THE YEAR

Bradley Gray, QBE

Sanj Reddy, Allianz

Michael Walker, CGU

Luke Wennerbom, Vero Insurance

Bernadette Wood, Allianz Australia

AAMC GENERAL INSURER CLAIMS TEAM OF THE YEAR

AIG Australia

Berkley Insurance Australia

Chubb Insurance

UNDERWRITING AGENCIES COUNCIL UNDERWRITING AGENCY BDM OF THE YEAR

Tena Dedic, Longitude Insurance

Connie Gane, Underwriting Agencies of Australia

Jessica Hutchinson, Dual Australia

Jessica Jenkins, Solution Underwriting Agency

Katrina Johnson, CHU Underwriting Agencies

Daniel Joiner, Mecon Insurance

Anthony Porter, AFA Insurance

Chris Varkoly, Prorisk Underwriting

WILBUR UNDERWRITING AGENCY CLAIMS TEAM OF THE YEAR

Emergence Insurance

GT Insurance

Woodina Underwriting Agency

Thanks to partners and sponsors

IB would like to extend a special thanks to the 2023 Awards Premium Partner, the Underwriting Agencies Council (UAC). A warm thank you also goes to the awards sponsors: AAMC, AXA XL, CHU Underwriting Agencies, Innovation Group, QBE and Wilbur for supporting this event and encouraging insurance excellence. SongDivision is our Entertainment Partner.

Apart from all the 2023 excellence awardees listed on the awards website, there’s also registration information and a complete rundown of the night’s events.

We look forward to seeing you there!