Insurance Brokers Association - IBANZ, Brokerweb & BNI

At Avon Insurance Brokers, our size is our advantage. We provide the personal touch of a small, dedicated team backed by the strength, integrity and market position of the Insurance Brokers Association of New Zealand (IBANZ) and the BrokerWeb Group. As members of IBANZ and Brokerweb, we work in accordance with their guidelines, rules, standards and codes of practice.

About IBANZ

The Insurance Brokers Association of New Zealand (IBANZ) is New Zealand's professional body representing the interests of fire and general insurance brokers, risk managers and consumers in New Zealand.

IBANZ’s membership consists of 180 member firms that employ over 2200 staff and write annual premiums of $2.3 billion out of a gross market premium of around $3.5 billion. This gives IBANZ significant strength and influence in the industry as its members handle the majority of NZ's corporate, commercial and consumer general insurance requirements.

IBANZ is the voice of the industry; advising members, government, consumer groups and other stakeholders on key insurance issues. IBANZ also works to raise and maintain standards in the industry through training, continuing professional development programs, technical advice, guidance on regulation and business support.

IBANZ Members embrace strict standards of conduct, professionalism and practice. This ensures they maintain the highest ethical standards and the utmost good faith in all activities in which they are engaged.

About Brokerweb

The Brokerweb Group is a consortium of 38 respected New Zealand owned and operated independent Insurance Brokers who collectively manage more than $220m annual premium income. This makes Brokerweb one of the largest and most respected independent Insurance Broker Groups in New Zealand.

Brokerweb has unequalled representation throughout New Zealand with members in 42 locations throughout New Zealand. Its members offer extensive general insurance and broking experience and services including:

• Advice on all insurance and related matters
• Full review and audit of each client’s insurance and risk management requirements and programmes
• Personalised, client-specific Insurance and Risk Management Programmes
• The placement and ongoing management of each client’s insurance programme utilising all available markets including local, national and overseas
• Claims Management
• Premium Funding
• Workplace Health & Safety Compliance Programmes

All Brokerweb members must belong to and meet the professional standards of IBANZ.

About Business Network International (BNI)

BNI is a business and professional networking organisation whose primary purpose is to exchange qualified business referrals through word-of-mouth marketing.

Unlike other networking groups, BNI provides its members with a structure and a plan to enable them to network in a deliberate and professional manner and only allows one person from each profession to join any group or chapter.

The success of BNI can be seen in its rapid growth. BNI has become the world's largest business referral organisation. In New Zealand, there are over 2600 members in 120 chapters and internationally, there are over 125,000 members in 5,000 chapters across 39 countries.