Our Awards
Trewin Mortgage Broking is honoured to have received a range of awards for our service to the financial services and community sectors
National Awards
Team Trewin receives industry recognition and coveted Editors Choice award
16 July 2021
Victoria and Tasmania’s leading mortgage brokers were named at The Adviser’s Better Business Business Awards held at Crown Towers in Melbourne on Wednesday July 14.
The Better Business Awards 2021 recognises the leading players in Australia’s mortgage and finance broking industry.
The eighth annual awards program champions the individuals and businesses from each state and territory within Australia who are leading the way and who best demonstrate effective customer service, strong business strategy and good consumer outcomes.
Held as part of the Better Business Summit 2021, the eighth annual Better Business Awards for Victoria and Tasmania brought together more than 600 leading mortgage brokers.
During the course of the evening, the top brokers, business development managers (BDMs) and loan administrators from across the two states were celebrated for their hard work and dedication to supporting their clients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Robert Trewin, of East Gippsland-based brokerage Trewin Mortgage Broking, won two awards on the night, taking home the trophies for Best Community Engagement Program and the Editor’s Choice award in recognition of his work supporting the Bairnsdale community and for his substantial dedication to raising awareness and funds for Sudden Unexplained Death In Childhood (SUDC).
During Robert’s acceptance speech he mentioned that accolades such as this are a shared success and spoke of a sense of pride for Trewin Mortgage Broking’s clients and the local communities in which they operate, acknowledging the company’s contribution to raising the profile of regional businesses.
“I am proud to represent East Gippsland and even prouder to be recognised for best community engagement,” said Robert.
“It’s always nice to be recognised amongst your peers for running a business that focuses on looking after our clients in some trying times due to COVID however I fully appreciate that it takes a team of people to support this vision and I thank my hard-working staff back in the office.”
“I am extremely humbled and surprised to be honoured with the Editor’s Choice award,” Robert said on reflection.
“I dedicate this award to my son Cooper and I share this success with all the people that made this happen: all of our clients at Trewin Mortgage Broking.”
Speaking of the awards, The Adviser’s editor, Annie Kane, commented: “The past year has been an incredibly busy one for mortgage and finance brokers, as they worked around the clock to help support their clients when the pandemic began. Whether it was reaching out to clients to let them know what support was available to them, refinancing them into a better deal, or enabling them to enter
the property market for the first time, brokers have been intrinsic to ensuring that Australian borrowers were able to access the finance they needed, when they needed it most.”
2017 Australian Mortgage Awards – Winner
Awarded by ALI Group Broker of the Year (Insurance), 28/11/2017
This award recognises the mortgage broker who has excelled at providing Insurance (mortgage protection and life) as part of their overall offering in 2016/2017.
The AMA team will review nominations from brokers and aggregators.
Considerable weight will be placed on nominations that come directly from insurance providers.
The winner of this category will demonstrate a positive attitude towards mortgage protection and life insurance, and is an advocate within the industry, ie positively promotes the importance of protection.
Winner of this category will become a finalist for the Australian Broker of the Year.
National Broker of the Year 2017 – Winner
Awarded by ALI Group, 22/11/2017
With over 2,000 Authorised Representatives (ARs), ALI is an important part of the broker community. To acknowledge the essential role you play in protecting home loan customers, we’re excited to announce our inaugural Broker of the Year awards.
These awards recognise and thank those ARs who embody the client care and protection values that we hold dearly at ALI. The winners were selected by ALI’s management team based on following criteria:
- Number of lives protected
- New Business Premium generated
- Lapse rates over the course of the year and,
- Their belief in client care and protection.
These awards recognise and thank those ARs who embody the client care and protection values that we hold dearly at ALI.
We asked our winning brokers to share with us why they offer their clients loan protection. From their responses, it’s clear that these brokers have a strong sense of care and believe that getting their clients into their homes is only half the job.
Australian Mortgage Awards – Finalist
Awarded by ALI Group Broker of the Year (Insurance), 9/09/2015
This award recognises the mortgage broker who has excelled at providing Insurance (mortgage protection and life) as part of their overall offering in 2014/2015.
The AMA team will review nominations from brokers and aggregators.
Considerable weight will be placed on nominations that come directly from insurance providers.
The winner of this category will demonstrate a positive attitude towards mortgage protection and life insurance, and is an advocate within the industry, ie positively promotes the importance of protection.
Winner of this category will become a finalist for the Australian Broker of the Year.
Australian Regional Broker of the Year 2015 – Winner
Awarded by Australian Broking Awards, 31/07/2015
Regional brokers are often overlooked by their metro counterparts due to the higher value of properties accounting for larger overall loan volumes. However, there are many regional brokers whose productivity and customer service far outstrip that of some of their metro counterparts.
This award recognises the residential broker (in a regional location) that best represents the industry across key factors, including but not limited to, loan volumes, loan book growth, compliance, submission quality and customer service as well as business processes, systems, stakeholder engagement and customer relationship abilities.
This is an individual award that is open to a mortgage broker in a regional location (regional is classified as outside of a capital city and not in an urban area of more than 100,000+ i.e Wollongong). This is based on the period from 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014.
National Broker of the Year 2014 – Winner
Awarded by ALI Group, 15/08/2014
With over 2,000 Authorised Representatives (ARs), ALI is an important part of the broker community. To acknowledge the essential role you play in protecting home loan customers, we’re excited to announce our inaugural Broker of the Year awards.
These awards recognise and thank those ARs who embody the client care and protection values that we hold dearly at ALI. The winners were selected by ALI’s management team based on following criteria:
Number of lives protected
New Business Premium generated
Lapse rates over the course of the year and,
Their belief in client care and protection.
These awards recognise and thank those ARs who embody the client care and protection values that we hold dearly at ALI.
We asked our winning brokers to share with us why they offer their clients loan protection. From their responses, it’s clear that these brokers have a strong sense of care and believe that getting their clients into their homes is only half the job.
ALI Group Broker of the Year – Insurance – 2012 – Winner
Awarded by Australian Mortgage Awards, 30/10/2012
Broker of the Year – Insurance is awarded in recognition of extraordinary performance in 2011/2012.This award recognises mortgage brokers who have excelled at providing loan protection and life insurance as part of their overall offering.
Westpac Australian Broker of the Year 2012 – Finalist
Awarded by Australian Mortgage Awards, 30/10/2012
Australian Broker of the Year is awarded in recognition of extraordinary performance in 2011/2012. This award is one of the highest possible accolades offered to an individual in the mortgage industry and the finalists for this category come from the winners of the national awards.
Other Awards
Westpac Australian Broker of the Year 2017 – Finalist
Awarded by Australian Mortgage Awards, 27/10/2017
This award recognises the most outstanding mortgage broker in Australia and is one of the highest accolades offered to an individual in the mortgage industry. The finalists in this category comprise the winners of the individual broker categories: Broker of the Year – This award recognises the most outstanding mortgage broker in Australia and is one of the highest accolades offered to an individual in the mortgage industry. The finalists in this category comprise the winners of the individual broker categories:
- Broker of the Year – Commercial
- Broker of the Year – Independent
- Broker of the Year – Insurance (Mortgage Protection & Life)
- Broker of the Year – Productivity
- Broker of the Year – Specialist Lending
This category is not open for nominations. Finalists will be announced at the Australian Mortgage Awards.
East Gippsland Business Award Professional Services – Winner
Awarded by Business & Tourism East Gippsland, 15/10/2016
The Office National Bairnsdale East Gippsland Business Awards 2016 are brought to you by Paynesville Neighbourhood Centre as a celebration of local business excellence, innovation, development and success. Businesses and business people will be recognised for their contribution to the lifestyle and economy of the East Gippsland region.
This award recognises the value of all businesses offering support services to the business and community sector in East Gippsland, including, but not limited to:
- accountants
- real estate agents
- legal practitioners
- consultants
- architects/drafting services
- printers/graphic design
- employment agencies
- business support agencies.
State Broker of the Year 2015 – Winner
Awarded by ALI Group, 19/10/2015
With over 2,000 Authorised Representatives (ARs), ALI is an important part of the broker community. To acknowledge the essential role you play in protecting home loan customers, we’re excited to announce our inaugural Broker of the Year awards.
These awards recognise and thank those ARs who embody the client care and protection values that we hold dearly at ALI. The winners were selected by ALI’s management team based on following criteria:
- Number of lives protected
- New Business Premium generated
- Lapse rates over the course of the year and,
- Their belief in client care and protection.
These awards recognise and thank those ARs who embody the client care and protection values that we hold dearly at ALI.
We asked our winning brokers to share with us why they offer their clients loan protection. From their responses, it’s clear that these brokers have a strong sense of care and believe that getting their clients into their homes is only half the job.
East Gippsland Business Award Professional Services – Winner
Awarded by Business & Tourism East Gippsland, 15/10/2015
The Office National Bairnsdale East Gippsland Business Awards 2015 are brought to you by Business and Tourism East Gippsland as a celebration of local business excellence, innovation, development and success. Businesses and business people will be recognised for their contribution to the lifestyle and economy of the East Gippsland region.
The Office National Bairnsdale East Gippsland Business Awards 2015 are open to all businesses operating in East Gippsland.
This award recognises the value of all businesses offering support services to the business and community sector in East Gippsland, including, but not limited to:
- accountants
- real estate agents
- legal practitioners
- consultants
- architects/drafting services
- printers/graphic design
- employment agencies
- business support agencies.
10 Year Anniversary
Awarded by National Mortgage Brokers, 14/01/2014
10 year milestone with National Mortgage Brokers
Paul Harris Fellow
Awarded by Rotary Club of Bairnsdale Sunrise, 15/03/2013
This award is in recognition of the founder of Rotary, Paul Harris in Chicago in 1905. The Paul Harris Fellow recognition was established in his honour in 1957 to express appreciation for contributions to the Rotary Foundation. There are many projects the foundation supports through the worldwide rotary clubs financial commitments that are both humanitarian and educational.
These save lives of people all around the world and enhance international friendship and understanding. The Foundation programs provide educational opportunities, food, potable water, health care, immunizations and shelter for millions of people.
Awardees of a Paul Harris Fellow are recognised by their Rotarian peers that their life demonstrates a shared purpose with the objectives and mission of the Rotary Foundation to build a better world.
$100 Million Club Portfolio Milestone
Awarded by National Mortgage Brokers, 1/10/2012
