Allianz has been named large general insurer of the year for the third time in a row at the Australian Insurance Industry Awards.

The company also won the ANZIIF Women’s Council Employer of the Year award.

National Transport Insurance also won two awards – small/medium general insurance company of the year and claims service provider of the year.

The event, run by the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF), took place in Sydney on Wednesday.

Other winners were:

Small broker – IBL Limited
Medium broker – Roderick Insurance Brokers
Large broker – Aon
Law firm/practitioner – HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
Life insurance company – AIA
Underwriting agency – Brooklyn Underwriting
Service provider to the insurance industry – Recoveries Corporation Group Limited
Innovation – BT Financial Group
Reinsurance company – Swiss Re
Insurance leader – Terry Towell
ANZIIF lifetime achievement award – Ian Brown, Jim Minto, John Richardson, Lach McKeough and Joan Fitzpatrick.