The National Insurance Brokers Association (NIBA) has named Kelly Keast of Holdfast the SA and NT broker of the year.

She beat finalists Brett Hagan of Insurance Risk Solutions and Joanne Tutton of Aon.

The region’s young broker of the year is Mitchell Sleigh of Arthur J Gallagher, who beat finalists Karl Stephens of Gallagher and Georgina Frost of Holdfast.

The pair will compete against other regional winners for the national Stephen Ball Memorial Award for best broker and Warren Tickle Memorial Award for young brokers, with the winner announced at the NIBA Convention in Sydney on September 11.