Our Story
Restoring control and choice for insurance buyers.
Aviso Specialty is a national, advice-led specialist insurance broker built to restore control and choice for insurance buyers so that organisations can rise above market cycles and make resilient, connected business decisions.
As broking has shifted toward scale, automation and margin-driven service models, many complex, “mis-sized” organisations are being forced into reactive, costly insurance programs dictated by the market rather than deliberate strategy.
We exist to change that by bringing back the craft of real broking: technical excellence, face-to-face attention, open-market access and transparent remuneration.
Approach
Three core principles.
Understanding
Diagnosing pain points across risk, data and
policy wordings.
Intention
Designing insurance around what you need it
to achieve, not off-the-shelf “solutions”.
Connection
Ensuring insurance informs real-time business decisions, not a once-a-year renewal event.
National reach, global market access - no mandates.
With more than 150 specialists and offices across Melbourne, Glen Waverley (head office), Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, Darwin and Perth, we support clients nationwide through senior, on-the-ground service teams.
Our national footprint is combined with open-market access to both local and global insurance markets, allowing us to position each client’s risk profile on its own merits, rather than being bundled into portfolio or volume-based placements. Unlike mega-brokers, we are not bound by insurer panels or mandates to use select insurers, giving you genuine choice and options. Wherever you’re based, you receive specialist advice backed by the scale to create real choice.
About the Envest Group
The Envest Group is a diversified insurance investment and distribution business headquartered across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. As the Australasia growth platform for one of the world’s leading independent insurance distribution platforms, The Ardonagh Group, Envest leverages the strength of its people and its network to deliver creative, customer‑focused insurance solutions across the region.
With a portfolio of more than 50 Australian and New Zealand insurance brands—including the Aviso Group, PSC Insurance Brokers, Resilium, and 14 specialist underwriting agencies—Envest provides trusted advice and service to more than 450,000 customers. The Group manages $4.2 billion in Gross Written Premiums and employs more than 2,000 staff across 65 office locations.
Through strategic investment, operational expertise and a commitment to long‑term value creation, Envest brings together industry‑leading talent and entrepreneurial businesses to build a stronger, more dynamic insurance ecosystem for clients, partners and investors.
Meet some of our leaders.
Clients tell our story best.
“Aviso Specialty is the best business decision we have made in decades. The difference in access to markets, London placement and interest, agility, strategic engagement with our insurance partners, and control of our narrative in the market has been worlds apart in benefit, efficacy and outcomes.”
Sitzler
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