The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance has unveiled the list of finalists for its industry awards event, to be held in Sydney on August 22.

Aon and Marsh will battle it out for large broker of the year, while Allianz, CGU, Chubb and QBE are up for the large insurer award. There are 14 other categories at the event, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary.

“Together, let’s celebrate the extraordinary commitment and passion that enables our industry to thrive,” ANZIIF CEO Katrina Shanks said.

Insurance leader of the year and ANZIIF lifetime achievement award winners will be announced on the night.

Here is the list of finalists in full:

Small broking company of the year

Clear Insurance
Moody Kiddell & Partners (Insurance) 
Trade Risk
Vie Legal Insurance

Large broking company of the year

Aon
Marsh

Authorised representative network of the year

Community Broker Network
Insurance Advisernet
McLardy McShane Partners
Resilium

Underwriting agency of the year

Blue Zebra Insurance
CHU Underwriting Agencies
Emergence Insurance
Envest Direct Agencies (EDA)
MECON Insurance 
NTI
ProRisk
UAA (Underwriting Agencies of Australia)

Small-medium general insurance company of the year

Achmea Farm Insurance
Adica Insurance
Royal Automobile Club of Tasmania (RACT)

Large general insurance company of the year

Allianz Australia
CGU Insurance
Chubb
QBE Insurance

Claims team of the year

Allianz Australia
CHU Underwriting Agencies
Chubb
Emergence Insurance
IAG
Marsh
NTI
PassportCard
ProRisk
UAA (Underwriting Agencies of Australia)
Woodina Law

Life insurance company of the year

AIA
MetLife Australia
NobleOak

Insurtech start-up of the year

Clover Insurance
Curium
FreightInsure
Simfuni
Sync Technologies

Professional services firm of the year

Barry Nilsson
DLA Piper
Finity
Hall and Wilcox 
McLarens
MinterEllison
Sparke Helmore Lawyers
Technical Assessing
Turks (TurksLegal)

Service provider to the insurance industry

Allied Universal Compliance and Investigations
ARC Projects
Crawford & Company Australia
DXC Technology
Gallagher Bassett
IVAA Claims
Sedgwick

Excellence in workplace diversity

Allianz Australia
Aon
MetLife Australia

Excellence in environmental, social and governance change

CHU Underwriting Agencies
IAG
Insurance Council of Australia
QBE Insurance

Young insurance professional of the year

Brianna Cattanach - Allianz
Rachel Hardy - AXA XL
Raquel Kearns - Allianz
Jodie Krafft - WTW
Molly Liskazer (nee Carr-Walsh) - Toll
Demi Peters - Barry Nilsson
Justin Portelli - Finity
Travis Saxby - Allianz