Jason Forrest of Integral Insurance Services was named PSC Connect’s Australian authorised representative of the year at the group’s conference in Auckland last week.

New Zealand member broker of the year is Stephen Doecke of Asset Insurance Brokers, while Frank Androutsos from HighPoint Insurance Advisers is up-and-coming authorised representative of the year.

The conference was held in New Zealand for the first time.

The 150 delegates took part in a workshop run by former Zurich CEO Daniel Fogarty, in which teams had to run their own brokerages through a range of scenarios.

Highlights of the three-day event included bungee jumping, the SkyWalk over Auckland, a gala dinner at the maritime museum and a traditional Maori welcome.

PSC Connect began in March 2011 and now has 130 authorised representatives in Australia and 28 member brokers in New Zealand.