New Zealand's peak broker body has announced the finalists for next month's national awards for excellence, which cover brokers, insurers, loss adjusters and service providers.

The awards were set up to provide a more meaningful local version of the annual awards organised by the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance in collaboration with Singapore-based Asia Insurance Review.

The Insurance Brokers Association of New Zealand says it has had a huge response to its call for nominations, and the finalists have been selected by a panel of experts. The awards night will be held at a gala dinner in Auckland on November 7.

The finalists are:

Broker of the year: Chris Biggs, John Blackmore, Paul Casey, Alan Race.
Insurer of the year: Lumley NZ, NZI, Vero NZ.
Young professional broker: Daniel Donaldson, Eamon O'Connor, Nicola Telford.
Young professional insurer: Duncan Boyd, Donna Green, Simon Lockwood.
Young professional loss adjuster: Mark Kenyon, Richard Murphy, Mark Taylor.
Best innovation of the year: Lumley DriveCam, Vero Quotable Value, Insurer Services.
Best support services to the industry: DLA Phillips Fox, Lumley Finance, Photosecure NZ.