Sportscover wins at Insurance Awards

Sportscover has been named Underwriting Agency of the Year for the second consecutive year at the 2010 Australia and New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards.

This award category, which was first introduced in 2009, is sponsored by Lloyd's.

Sportscover Chief Executive Chris Nash accepted the award at the function held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, saying "we are extremely proud to have won this award for the second year in succession. It means a great deal to us to be recognised by our industry through this accolade.

This is a tribute to our staff for their continued hard work, and to our broker network and clients for their tremendous support in helping us attain this great achievement."

The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) Awards are held every year and recognise the leaders in the industry in the following categories:

• General Insurance Company of the Year
• Innovation of the Year
• Insurance Leader of the Year
• Large Broker of the Year
• Law Firm/Practitioner of the Year
• Life Insurance Company of the Year
• Loss Adjuster of the Year
• Reinsurance Company of the Year
• Risk Manager/Team of the Year
• Service Provider to the Insurance Industry
• Services to the Community Award
• Small - Medium Broker of the Year
• Treasurer's Award for Good Governance and Practice
• Underwriting Agency of the Year

ANZIIF Chief Executive Joan Fitzpatrick congratulated the winners saying they are well-deserving of the recognition achieved at an industry-leading occasion.

"The Awards highlights the professionalism and excellence of the Australian and New Zealand insurance industry. It is important to take one night to celebrate the best and brightest, who have contributed so much to our industry.

"The winners announced this evening are a standard bearer for the industry's professionalism and we are very proud of them.

"It is now their responsibility, as Award recipients, to actively promote their achievement and to promote the valuable contribution of the insurance industry to our community."

Australian owned Sportscover is one of the world's leading sports and leisure insurance services groups with offices in Melbourne, Sydney, London, Shanghai and Toronto.

Using a worldwide broker network, Sportscover specialises in accident, liability, property, travel and contingency insurances for sport and leisure. As a Lloyd's syndicate, SCS 3334 benefits from Lloyd's market rating and is the only A rated dedicated sports and leisure insurer in the world. Sportscover's main underwriting operations comprise Lloyd's managing agent Sportscover Underwriting, Syndicate 3334, Sportscover, Sportscover Europe, Sutton Sportscover, Sportscover Insurance and SCI Capital.

For further information contact Martin Kelly on 03 8562 9100, E: Martin.kelly@sportscover.com

Click here to view the Sportscover entry in the Australasian Leisure Management Supplier Directory. 

10th March 2010 - SPORTSCOVER LAUNCHES SPORT AND LEISURE TRAVEL INSURANCE