Revealed – Insurance Business Australia Awards 2024 excellence awardees
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Revealed – Insurance Business Australia Awards 2024 excellence awardees
“A timely reminder of the great work”
Insurance News
                            By
                                Daniel Wood
                        
After a round of nominations, Insurance Business is proud to announce the excellence awardees for the Insurance Business Australia Awards 2024.
One excellence awardee from each category listed below will be selected by our judges as the winner. All the winners will be announced and honoured on May 3 at The Fullerton Hotel in Sydney.
A good time to celebrate
Daniel Lukich (pictured below) thinks it’s a good time to celebrate what the industry does well.
“Recent events have placed claims performance under the spotlight with the sector experiencing more than its fair share of negative press,” said Lukich who is sales and strategic relationship manager at AAMC. “This award is a timely reminder of the great work that goes on with a claims team, and an opportunity to shine a light on excellence within what has been a challenging period.”
AAMC, one of Australia’s largest providers of motor accident management services, is sponsoring the Claims Team of The Year award.

The 2024 Awards will be a black-tie gala evening at The Fullerton, one of Sydney’s most beautiful and historic buildings.
This year Insurance Business has introduced new categories including: CEO of the Year, Employer of Choice, Philanthropy and Community Service and a Lifetime Achievement prize. There are no excellence awardees for the Lifetime Achievement Award – the winner will be announced on the night.
Celebrate with industry partners
QBE Australia is sponsoring two prizes: Authorised Representative Network of the Year and the Authorised Representative of the Year awards.
“As our Q nect model is specifically designed to help our Authorised Representatives and brokers achieve their business ambitions, we’re proud to be part of this recognition and look forward to celebrating with our partners,” said Steve Talbot (pictured below), head of Q nect, Partnerships for QBE Australia Pacific.

INSURANCE BUSINESS AWARDS 2024 EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Small Brokerage
Imperium Insurance and Financial Solutions 
Insurance HQ 
Insurance Lab 
Lockmor Insurance Brokers 
National Insurance Brokers 
VIM Cover  
ShieldCover Medium Brokerage
allinsure 
Bell Partners Insurance 
Clear Insurance 
Elliott Insurance The Green Broker 
Eternity Insurance and Financial Services 
Grace Insurance 
Trade Risk 

 
Large Brokerage
Aviso WA Insurance Brokers 
BAC Insurance Brokers 
McLardy McShane Insurance Brokers 
National Credit Insurance (Brokers)  
Shielded Insurance 
Young Achiever of the Year
Gareth Downie, PSC Insurance Brokers 
Hayden Clarke, PSC amgi 
Lara Morgan, allinsure 
Skie Mitchell, Tasmanian Insurance Brokers 
Tim Hardy, MGA Insurance Group Canberra 
QBE Q nect Authorised Representative of the Year
Frans du Plessis, Grace Insurance 
Peter Chamberlain, allinsure 
Scott O’Neill, CP Insurance Services 
Spencer Hon, Eternity Insurance & Financial Services 
Sumit Sopori, Imperium Insurance and Financial Solutions 
QBE Q nect Authorised Representative Network of the Year 
Community Broker Network 
Insurance Advisernet 
McLardy McShane Insurance Brokers 
Oracle Group Australia 
Sponsored by QBE Q nect
 
Broker of the Year 
Deon Locke, Lockmor Insurance Brokers 
Matt Whitley, PSC 
Matthew Bates, Bll Partners Insurance 
Regan Pugh, Elliott Insurance the Green Broker 
Shane Brady, Stone Lane Broking & Risk Advisory 
Tanushree Arora-Sopori, Imperium Insurance and Financial Solutions 
 
Underwriting Agency of the Year 
Agile Underwriting Services 
Blue Zebra Insurance 
CHU Underwriting Agencies 
Clover Insurance 
Emergence Insurance 
GT Insurance 
MECON Insurance 
Underwriting Agencies of Australia 
AAMC Claims Team of the Year
Allianz Australia 
Berkley Insurance Australia 
CHU Underwriting Agencies 
Emergence Insurance 
Sportscover 
Woodina Underwriting Agency 

 
Excellence in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 
Allianz Australia 
Aon 
BizCover 
Crawford & Company (Australia) 
Philanthropy & Community Service – CSR
allinsure 
Ansvar Insurance 
BizCover 
Stella Insurance 
 
Woman of Distinction 
Aimee Henderson, Grace Insurance 
Claire Burke, CHU Underwriting Agencies 
Shelagh Bock, GT Insurance 
Tanushree Arora-Sopori, Imperium Insurance and Financial Solutions 
Jason Sysouphat, Underwriting Agencies of Australia 
Pamela Beilby, CGU Insurance 
Stephen Carey, Delta Insurance Australia 
Allianz Australia 
Berkley Insurance Australia 
Vero 
Glen Riddell, Berkley Re Asia Pacific 
Michael Wood, Woodina Underwriting Agency 
Peter Chamberlain, allinsure 
Tony Dodd, GT Insurance 
Tony Wheatley, Berkley Insurance Australia 
Outstanding Customer Experience
AIA Australia 
allinsure 
Bell Partners Insurance 
Berkley Insurance Australia 
BizCover 
Elliott Insurance the Green Broker 
Trade Risk  
Allianz Australia 
Berkley Insurance Australia 
Emergence Insurance  
Best Service Provider – Claims
ARC Projects 
Credit Clear 
Envista Forensics 
Motorweb 
Sedgwick Australia 
Xceedance 
Best Service Provider – Insurtech
Advisr 
BizCover for Brokers 
Curium 
Duck Creek Technologies 
JAVLN 
Kanopi 
Sync Technologies  
Australian Brokerage of the Year
This award recognises the most outstanding brokerage operation in Australia. The excellence awardees in this category comprise the winners of the brokerage categories:
	Small Brokerage 
	Medium Brokerage 
	Large Brokerage 
Excellence awardees will be announced on the night.
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.
This award will acknowledge 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.
As mentioned above, there are no excellence awardees for this category. Nominations will be evaluated by the shortlisting team. The recipient of this award will be contacted before the awards and will be revealed at the Insurance Business Awards gala dinner.
Thanks to our supporters
Thanks to our sponsors for investing in this industry event: AAMC, QBE Australia and ShieldCover, Financial Education and Crawford & Co.
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