ALUCA Life Insurance Excellence Awards Night 2019

ALUCA’s 2019 ALUCA Life Insurance Excellence Awards night held on May 22nd at the majestic Arts Centre in Melbourne was once again a wonderful testament for the best in the profession to be recognised by their peers and colleagues for the fantastic work that they do. Feedback from those who attended the night was very positive with many commenting how much it meant to them to celebrate the value great Life Insurance underwriting, claims, rehabilitation and other professionals/services contribute to this vibrant industry of ours. 

Judging Process

In total we received almost 60 nominations across all of the categories. The papers once again were judged via a 2-round process. A first round panel of cross industry judges marked and scored all of the papers independently. They marked these against the key criteria for each of the award categories using a marking sheet. The scores were sent back and collated at a central level. Judges then met to discuss the papers and the scores. The top 2 – 4 finalist entries were agreed on for each category.

The finalist papers for each category were then provided to a cross industry and external industry panel of judges who also all marked against the key criteria for each of the award categories via a marking sheet – these were all scored separately and independently. Once again, the scores were sent back and collated at a central level. Judges then met to discuss the papers and the winners for each category. Any judging bias was removed first via a strong cross industry panel and where papers were very close, to remove any judging bias – judges scores for their company were taken out of the process.

Our Thanks

A huge thanks and congratulations to everyone who was nominated for an Award. The judges were very impressed by the high quality of the submissions. Everyone should all be incredibly proud of their achievements. It was very close in a number of the categories with a joint winner for one of the team award categories.

A huge heartfelt thanks to all the 20 judges involved in this process. It takes a lot of time to read and rate each submission against the key criteria.

Many thanks to all of ALUCA’s sponsors who helped to make these Awards possible. A shout out to our platinum sponsors who each awarded one of the winners in a category.

A big thanks to our Awards committee who all worked tirelessly to ensure the night ran seamlessly.

Guest Speaker: Dr Harry Eeaman and Mc Dan Devine

Before the Awards presentations began we were privileged to hear from guest speaker Dr Harry Eeaman. Harry is a Rehabilitation Medicine Physician and a Specialist Pain Medicine Physician – who shared his inspiring and touching life story. He sustained a severe form of Guillain Barre Syndrome half-way through his training at University of Sydney as a medical student. He was hospitalised for 2 years, of which 5 months were in ICU.

The MC for the night was Dan Devine. Dan did an excellent job keeping the audience entertained and the award presentations moving along.

SAVE THE DATE ALUCA Life Insurance Excellence Awards Night 2020 – THURSDAY MAY 21st.
May 21st, 2020 – save the date in your diaries for ALUCA’s 2020 Life Insurance Excellence Awards night at Dockside, Darling Harbour. Nominations for all awards will open in November 2019.

ALUCA Life Insurance Excellence Awards Finalists & Winners, 2019

The award finalists and winners for each category are listed below.

Individual Awards

1 ALUCA Life Insurance Leadership Excellence Award
Andrew Correlje – MLC Life Insurance
Gary Oberg – MLC Life Insurance
Peter Tilocca – OnePathWINNER

2 ALUCA Life Insurance Claims Excellence Award
Michelle Byrne – CommInsure WINNER
Lisa Lowe – EMLife
Kristal Williams – MLC Life Insurance

3 ALUCA Life Insurance Underwriting Excellence Award
Scott Power – Zurich Australia Limited WINNER
Andrew Correlje – MLC Life Insurance
Gary Oberg – MLC Life Insurance

4 ALUCA Life Insurance Rehabilitation Excellence Award
Erin Beilby – AMP Limited
Melissa Colonna – MetLife WINNER
Curtis Guglielmana – Konekt Workcare
Vicki Ruskin – Thrive Re Consulting

5 ALUCA Excellence in Life Insurance Rising Star of the Year Award
Stephanie Doesburg – AMP Limited
Emily Plahuta – AMP Limited WINNER
Christopher Thompson – AMP Limited

6 ALUCA David Mico Excellence in Life Insurance Education Award
Tony Baker – Zurich Australia Limited WINNER
Paula Ramsay – MLC Life Insurance

7 ALUCA Life Insurance Excellence Volunteer Hero Award
Jennifer Jackson – CommInsure WINNER
Tony O’Leary – G&T Risk Management
Mary Sinclair-Porter – Zurich Australia Limited

TEAM AWARDS

8 ALUCA Life Insurance Excellence Underwriting Team of The Year Award
MetLife WINNER
MLC Life Insurance
Pacific Life Re
Zurich Australia Limited

9 ALUCA Life Insurance Excellence Claims Team of The Year Award
BT Financial Group JOINT WINNER
Zurich Australia Limited
MLC Life Insurance JOINT WINNER

10 ALUCA Life Insurance Excellence Team of The Year Award: Customer Service
EMLife Team
MLC Life Insurance Underwriting Team
AMP Limited Motivational Interactions TeamWINNER

11 ALUCA Life Insurance Excellence Team of The Year Award – Innovation
IPAR / AIA / SwissRe
MetLife
MLC Life Insurance –Mental Health Navigator – WINNER

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