ANZIIF’s New Zealand Insurance Leader of the Year award recognises insurance professionals whose outstanding leadership has had a long-term, positive impact on the insurance industry as a whole.

This year’s winners were acknowledged for the role they played in the development and implementation of a world first — New Zealand’s new Natural Disaster Response Model (NDRM).

They are Jimmy Higgins, CEO of Suncorp New Zealand (pictured); Sid Miller, CEO of the Earthquake Commission (EQC); Campbell Mitchell, executive general manager — claims and operations at Suncorp New Zealand; and Blair Williams, general counsel and executive general manager — external relations at IAG New Zealand.

The award was sponsored by DLA Piper and presented by partner Misha Henaghan who described the NDRM as an initiative that has fundamentally changed the experience of clients who suffer the devasting effects of earthquakes and other natural disasters.

‘Sometimes a leader can make a lasting contribution to our industry through sheer force of will,’ she said at the presentation.

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