Popular Melbourne-based Sedgwick Executive Adjuster Rob Robinson has been named the Loss Adjuster of the Year by his industry peers in Victoria.

The presentation was made on Thursday night at the annual dinner of the Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters (AICLA) Victorian branch. More than 500 people attended the event at the Crown Palladium Ballroom in Melbourne.

Mr Robinson, a major and complex loss specialist, has been employed by Sedgwick for the past three years. He was previously with Crawford and Company, and prior to that worked for McLarens for 24 years.

The inaugural Bob Richards Award, which was presented by the long-serving industry veteran, went to young McLarens loss adjuster John Burmeister.

Other award winners were:

• Service Provider of the Year: EHS Assess
• Builder of the Year: Insuraplex
• Loss Adjusting Support Person of the Year: Claire Croft, McLarens
• Young Loss Adjuster of the Year: Robbie White, Sedgwick