Winners of this year’s Australian Insurance Awards will be revealed through an “online movie” production, the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) announced last week.

ANZIIF says the winners in Australia will be revealed as planned on October 26. It had originally wanted to hand out the prizes at The Star Event Centre in Sydney but ditched the event because of the COVID-19 situation.

It has also announced finalists for its New Zealand equivalent of the awards, which will be unveiled on November 17.

Here are this year’s Australia finalists in each category:

Small broking company of the year - Austbrokers Coast to Coast, Carollo Horton & Associates, Hunter Broking Group, Trade Risk, Vie Legal Insurance

Medium broking company - Guardian Insurance Brokers, Warren Saunders Insurance Brokers

Large broking company - Aon, Gallagher, Honan Insurance Group, Insurance Advisernet, Insurance House Group, Marsh

Authorised representative network - Community Broker Network, Insurance Advisernet

Underwriting agency - Agile Underwriting Services, CHU Underwriting Agencies, Club Marine Insurance, GT Insurance, Professional Risk Underwriting Agency, Sportscover, Underwriting Agencies of Australia

Small general insurance company - Adica Insurance, Guild Insurance, Lawcover Insurance, RACT Insurance

Large general insurance company - Allianz, CGU, Hollard Insurance, QBE Australia Pacific, Zurich General Insurance (Australia & New Zealand)

Life insurance company - AIA Australia, MetLife Australia, TAL

Insurtech - Codafication, Daisee, Mitti Insurance, Wilbur

Professional services firm - Barry.Nilsson.Lawyers, DLA Piper, Finity, Hall & Wilcox, MinterEllison, Sedgwick

Service provider to the insurance industry - Bay Building Group, BizCover, Claim Central Consoliated, Construct Services, Duck Creek Technologies, DXC Technology, Gallagher Bassett, Independent Validation Advisory Australia, JB Hi-Fi, Manheim ANZ, MJM Corporate Risk Services, MVR (Motor Vehicle Replacement), Paynters, Phenix Jewellery

Excellence in workplace diversity and inclusion - Allianz Australia, CHU Underwriting Agencies, Hollard Insurance, Marsh, MetLife Australia, QBE Insurance Australia Pacific

Insurance learning program - Guild Insurance, Sedgwick

Young insurance professional - Renee Betton (CHU Underwriting Agencies), Robbie Gibbs (Risk Guidance Insurance), Matthew McHutchison (Independent Validation Advisory Australia), Linh Nguyen (Sedgwick), Jonathan Pack (Chubb Insurance), Bianca Parussolo (ProRisk), Jessie Wang (Hollard Insurance)

Insurance leader - announced on October 26

ANZIIF lifetime achievement award - announced on October 26

Here are the New Zealand finalists in each category:

Large broking company of the year - announced on the night

Underwriting agency - announced on the night

General insurance company - AA Insurance, AIG New Zealand, Farmers Mutual Group, Vero

Life insurance company - AIA New Zealand, Asteron Life, Fidelity Life

Innovation of the year - Gallagher Bassett, Pinnacle Life, Tower

Professional services firm - DLA Piper, Finity, McLarens ,Sedgwick New Zealand, Wotton + Kearney, RMS

Service provider to the insurance industry - CoreLogic NZ, IVAA, JB Hi-Fi, Smith&Smith

Excellence in workplace diversity and inclusion - DLA Piper, Suncorp New Zealand, Zurich General Insurance Australia & New Zealand

Insurance learning program - AA Insurance, AIG New Zealand

Young insurance professional - Stephen Cantwell (Farmers Mutual Group), Amy Cavanaugh (Pinnacle Life), Len Elikhis (AIA New Zealand), Joseph Fitzgerald (Wotton + Kearney), Steph Kelly (Farmers Mutual Group), Daniel Mathieson (Sherpa), Megan Wolak (Delta Insurance)

Broking professional - announced on the night

Insurance leader - announced on the night

ANZIIF lifetime achievement award - announced on the night