The finalists for the ANZIIF New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards have been announced. The awards are being held on the 27th of November at the Cordis Hotel in Auckland. 

The finalists for the 2019 New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards are:

• Life Insurance Company of the Year - Asteron Life and Fidelity Life
• Innovation of the Year - AA Insurance, Cove, Cover-More Travel Insurance, and Initio
• Service Provider to the Insurance Industry - CoreLogic NZ, IVAA Jewellery Claims Management, JB Hi-Fi, Smith & Smith, and Verisk
• Large Broking Company of the Year - Insurance Advisernet New Zealand and Rothbury Insurance Brokers
• Underwriting Agency of the Year - Delta Insurance and Underwriting Agencies New Zealand 
• Direct General Insurance Company of the Year - AA Insurance, FMG, and Tower Insurance
• Professional Services Firm of the Year - Crawford and Company NZ, DLA Piper, Duncan Cotterill, Finity Consulting, RMS, Sedgwick New Zealand, and Wotton + Kearney
• Excellence in Workplace Diversity and Inclusion - DLA Piper, IAG NZ, Suncorp New Zealand, and Zurich New Zealand 

Last night the 7th ANZIIF New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards were held at Sky City in Auckland.

Congratulations to Fidelity Life who took home the Life Insurance Company of the Year and Accuro Health Insurance who walked away with the Innovation of the Year award.

Click here to view winners of all categories.

Congratulations to Partners Life for winning the ANZIIF Life Insurance Company of the Year. Also congratulations to Naomi Ballantyne for winning a lifetime achievement award - the strong performance of Partners Life year after year is being recognised in that award, along with her career achievements with OnePath Life, and Sovereign Assurance. 

Asteron Life won Women's Employer of the Year. DLA Piper New Zealand won Professional Services Firm of the Year. We think they are great too. 

You can check out the full list of winners at this link.