The Australasian Life Underwriting and Claims Association (ALUCA) has conferred life memberships on G&T Risk Management joint owner Tony O’Leary and RGA Australia Underwriting and Claims Technical Services Manager Brian Sussman.

The awards were announced at the ALUCA conference’s gala dinner in Adelaide on Saturday. Mr O’Leary and Mr Sussman were recognised for significant contributions to the association and the life insurance industry.

The ALUCA TurksLegal Scholarship winner is AMP Insurance Manager (Superannuation) Nick Wendon.

The runners-up are Christine Gan from Hannover Re and Elizabeth Haddow-Allen from CommInsure.

AMP won the Swiss Re-ALUCA award for excellence and innovation in return to work.

The MLC-Monash-ALUCA student award winner is Christina Zorbas, and the conference package prize went to BT Financial Services Senior Underwriter Cara Glanville.