The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance has announced the finalists for this year’s industry awards.

Aon, Gow-Gates Insurance Brokers and Marsh will battle it out for the large broker of the year prize, while Allianz, CGU, QBE and Vero are up for the large insurer award.  

Winners will be announced at an event in Sydney on August 21. The insurance leader of the year and the ANZIIF lifetime achievement award winner will also be revealed.

There are 11 other categories in the awards program, now in its 21st year.  

ANZIIF CEO Katrina Shanks says the awards night is a “timely opportunity to thank your team and recognise the unparalleled contribution our industry makes as it continues to pursue excellence, innovation and customer satisfaction. We are exceedingly proud to present the finalists.”

The other contenders are:  

Small-medium broking company of the year

• Crucial Insurance and Risk Advisors
• Interlink Insurance Brokers
• Simplex Insurance Solutions
• Vie Legal Insurance
• Warren Saunders Insurance Brokers

Authorised representative network

• Community Broker Network
• Insurance Advisernet
• McLardy McShane Partners

Underwriting agency

• Agile Underwriting Services
• ARAG Australia
• CHU Underwriting Agencies
• Coalition Insurance Solutions
• Dual
• Elders Insurance
• NTI
• ProRisk
• SGUA
• Sportscover Australia

Small-medium general insurer

• Adica Insurance
• Hospitality Industry Insurance
• RACT Insurance

Claims team

• Allianz Australia
• CHU Underwriting Agencies
• Emergence Insurance
• FM
• HDI Global
• Marsh
• NTI
• PassportCard
• PetSure
• ProRisk
• Sedgwick
• Sportscover Australia
• WFI Claims (IAG)
• Woodina Law
• Zurich Financial Services Australia

Life insurer

• AIA Australia
• NobleOak
• Zurich Financial Services Australia  

Insurtech

• CelsiusPro
• ClaimsGateway
• Curium
• Five Sigma
• FreightInsure
• myVal

Professional services firm  

• Arteva Funding
• Barry Nilsson
• DLA Piper Australia
• Finity
• Fuse Recruitment
• Hall & Wilcox
• McLarens
• Sedgwick
• Silver Wolf Projects
• Sparke Helmore
• The Bridge International
• Turks

Service provider to the insurance industry

• Allied Universal Compliance and Investigations
• Australian Restoration and Construction
• BizCover
• Brooksight Investigations
• Compliance Advocacy Solutions
• Cotality
• Crawford & Company (Australia)
• Curium
• DXC Technology
• EML
• Gallagher Bassett
• Insurebuild
• IVAA Contents Procurement
• Kanopi
• Xceedance

Excellence in workplace diversity and inclusion

• Allianz Australia
• Dual
• O’Brien Glass Industries
• QBE Insurance Australia
• Swiss Re

Young insurance professional

• Justin McDonald – Adica Insurance
• Stephanie Blase – Coalition Inc
• Irene Zhu – KeyInsure  
• Michael Hiller – Marine Bind
• Justin Micale – Marsh
• Ben McInnes – MHIA Insurance
• Govin Poduval  – Sedgwick
• Joshua Clayfield – Star Insurance Solutions
• Michael Stojanovic – Willis
• Jonathan Isijanovski – Woodina Underwriting Agency