{"id":83425,"date":"2026-08-04T09:05:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T23:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=83425"},"modified":"2026-08-04T09:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T23:34:20","slug":"applications-open-for-2027-risk-practice-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2026\/08\/04\/applications-open-for-2027-risk-practice-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications Open for 2027 Risk Practice of the Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppsmutual.com.au\/2027-risk-practice-of-the-year-award\/?utm_source=Risk-Info&amp;utm_medium=banner&amp;utm_campaign=2027-risk-practice-of-the-year-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83435\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/07\/260704-PPS-Mutual.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/07\/260704-PPS-Mutual.png 900w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/07\/260704-PPS-Mutual-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/07\/260704-PPS-Mutual-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/07\/260704-PPS-Mutual-696x174.png 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a>PPS Mutual has opened applications for its second annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppsmutual.com.au\/2027-risk-practice-of-the-year-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Risk Practice of the Year Award<\/a>, with the 2027 award expanded to allow nominations from across the wider advice industry.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to advisers, clients can now nominate their adviser&#8217;s risk practice, while colleagues and industry partners are also invited to nominate practices they believe deserve recognition.<\/p>\n<p>The winning practice will be invited to take part in a Q&amp;A panel session at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riskinfocus.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riskinfocus 27<\/a> and will receive a marketing support package designed to help promote and grow its business.<\/p>\n<p>All entrants will also receive access to an exclusive online workshop hosted by Vital Business Partners&#8217; Head of Consulting, <strong>Sue Viskovic<\/strong>, focusing on the characteristics of high-performing risk advice firms and practical business improvement strategies.<\/p>\n<p>The judging panel includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Angus Woods<\/strong>, MD, Adviser Ratings<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sue Laing<\/strong>, Technical Director, The Risk Store Consulting<\/li>\n<li><strong>Peter Sobels<\/strong>, Publisher Riskinfo<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marc Fabris<\/strong>, Digital Consultant and Founder, Risk Hub<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sue Viskovic<\/strong>, Head of Consulting, Vital Business Partners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The award\u2019s inaugural winner, <strong>Mark Everingham<\/strong>, MD, Personal Risk Professionals, said the recognition of winning 2026 Risk Practice of the Year had strengthened the firm&#8217;s standing with its partners.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_83433\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83433\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83433\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/07\/Screenshot2026-07-31at10.53.53am-990000079e04513c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/07\/Screenshot2026-07-31at10.53.53am-990000079e04513c.png 900w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/07\/Screenshot2026-07-31at10.53.53am-990000079e04513c-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/07\/Screenshot2026-07-31at10.53.53am-990000079e04513c-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/07\/Screenshot2026-07-31at10.53.53am-990000079e04513c-696x390.png 696w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2026\/07\/Screenshot2026-07-31at10.53.53am-990000079e04513c-750x420.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2026 Risk Practice of the Year Winner &#8211; Mark Everingham, Personal Risk Professionals (R) receives his award at Riskinfocus 26 from PPS Mutual&#8217;s Head of Distribution, Daniel Waller.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>See: <a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2026\/02\/03\/queensland-firm-wins-2026-risk-practice-of-the-year-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queensland Firm Wins 2026 Risk Practice of the Year Award<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a proud proof point for them when they&#8217;re talking to their clients that they&#8217;re referring to the practice of the year, not just another life insurance firm,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Everingham said the application process had also delivered valuable insights into his business.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our goal was to make the finals, which we were very proud to do,\u201d he said. \u201cThe insights you gain about your business through that process are really quite amazing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Applications close 14 September 2026. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ppsmutual.com.au\/2027-risk-practice-of-the-year-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> for further information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PPS Mutual has opened applications for its second annual Risk Practice of the Year Award, with the 2027 award expanded to allow nominations from across the wider advice industry. In addition to advisers, clients can now nominate their adviser&#8217;s risk practice, while colleagues and industry partners are also invited to nominate practices they believe deserve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":83430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,241,7734],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-company-news","category-conferences-and-events","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}