ANZIIF reveals finalists for 2022 NZ Insurance Industry Awards

Event to be held in person for the first time since 2019

ANZIIF reveals finalists for 2022 NZ Insurance Industry Awards

Insurance News

By Gabriel Olano

The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) has announced the finalists of several categories of the 2022 New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards.

Now in its 10th year, the awards night will return as an in-person event for the first time since 2019, at the Cordis Hotel in Auckland on Nov. 30. More than 300 people from across the insurance and financial industries are expected to attend, with multi-awarded newsreader and presenter Hilary Barry as master of ceremonies.

The categories and finalists are:

Large Broking Company of the Year

  • Marsh
  • Runacres Insurance

General Insurance Company of the Year

General Insurance Claims Team of the Year

Life Insurance Company of the Year

Insurtech Start-up of the Year

  • InsuredHQ
  • Morgan Project Services (NZ) Ltd
  • Sentro

Professional Services Firm of the Year

  • Ensure Recruitment
  • Finity
  • McLarens New Zealand
  • Sedgwick New Zealand

Service Provider to the Insurance Industry

  • Gallagher Bassett
  • IVAA
  • JB Hi-Fi Business
  • RedBook
  • Smith&Smith

Excellence in Workplace Diversity and Inclusion

  • IAG New Zealand
  • Marsh
  • Partners Life 
  • Southern Cross Travel Insurance
  • Suncorp New Zealand
  • Zurich New Zealand

Excellence in Environmental, Social and Governance Change

  • AIA New Zealand
  • Smith&Smith
  • Zurich New Zealand

Young Insurance Professional of the Year

  • Matt Booth, Wotton + Kearney
  • Miro Doredevich, Delta Insurance
  • Rexina Hulton, Rothbury Insurance Brokers
  • Scott Jensen, Asteron Life
  • Tama Rawhiti, AIG New Zealand
  • Jeremy Thomson, Wotton + Kearney
  • Kate Wills, Wotton + Kearney

The finalists of other categories, including Insurance Leader of the Year and Underwriting Agency of the Year, will be announced on the night.

“This year, we are celebrating how our industry has continued to support the customer, community, environment and its people, and the extraordinary achievements that have helped our industry thrive,” said Prue Willsford, ANZIIF CEO. “Thank you to our diverse judging panel who have given their time to assess the submissions, and our sponsors who continue to support this incredible celebration of our industry. Congratulations to this year’s finalists who have all demonstrated outstanding professionalism and excellence in their submissions.”

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