Top 20 Authorised Rep Networks 2026 Insurance News
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5 THEMES- The ranking. The 20 largest general insurance AR networks in Australia, by the number of authorised representatives listed on the ASIC register at 30 June 2026.
- Three decades of the AR model. Insurance Advisernet founder and chairman Ian Carr on adapting a model from life insurance and financial planning to broking in 1996, and how it became a credible, fast-growing channel.
- How networks differ. Business models, cultures and growth approaches behind a sector that looks uniform from the outside, with the SME and middle-market segments each network serves.
- Consolidation. Steadfast's expansion of Community Broker Network and its purchase of Resilium and PSC Connect from Envest, and what the deals mean for the shape of the market.
- Technology and insurer relationships. Why technology investment has become essential, where AI is being applied, and how insurers see AR networks as a distribution channel.
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6 RESOURCES- Top 20 GI Broker Networks — Metric Review (August 2026) The ranking's metrics side by side: individual ARs, corporate ARs and combined, with tenure, growth, in/out flow and turnover for each network. Free.
- How Did the Top 20 AR Networks Change Each Month? The top 20 recomputed at every month-end from December 2025 to June 2026, animated: the acquisition-driven moves against the organic builds.
- How Skewed Is AR Network Growth? Three years of net change across every network: three ARs recruited for every one kept, and three incumbents taking 72% of incumbent growth.
- Who Are the Emerging Networks? The 29 networks that crossed the five-AR line since July 2023, and the seven that delivered 82% of their growth.
- How Many ARs Make a Broking Network? and How Much Do the Top Networks Hold? Where the five-AR threshold falls, and how concentrated the AR population is at any number of networks you care to pick.
- GI Broker AR Movement — August 2026 The monthly movers report: who joined, left and switched licences after the report's 30 June cut, including the Resilium and PSC migrations landing at Ausure. Free.
The ranking counts authorised representatives listed on the ASIC AFS Authorised Representative register at 30 June 2026, by general-insurance licensee. Source: ASIC AFS Licensee and Authorised Representative registers (data.gov.au). The registers are public but not built for analysis over time, so Tenzi reconciles the monthly snapshots across 48 months, matches people across licence changes, and separates genuine movement from re-papering, restructures and dual appointments before counting. The full methodology sits in the report; the metric review shows the same 30 June population with its tenure, growth and flow measures, and is refreshed as new register data lands. The register says what moved. For why, read the report.
Want the data behind the ranking for your own network?
The full service tracks every GI licensee month by month: headcount, tenure, recruitment, retention and movement, benchmarked against the top 20 and against any peer group you choose. Aggregate views for market work, named detail where you have a legitimate interest.