About us
About Pub Insurance
Pub Insurance belongs to Grace Insurance. Grace is an Australian-owned brokerage run from Joondalup in WA, and when you ask for a quote, one of its brokers will reply.
Grace Insurance
Frans du Plessis opened Grace Insurance in Perth in 2015. Today Grace has six offices, from Dunsborough in WA's south-west up to Darwin, and its brokers deal with over 160 insurers.
- Grace Insurance opened in Perth
- 2015Grace Insurance opened in Perth
- Grace offices around Australia
- 6Grace offices around Australia
- insurers Grace's brokers deal with
- 160+insurers Grace's brokers deal with
- the year Frans started broking
- 1992the year Frans started broking
Founder
Frans du Plessis
Frans got his start in insurance in South Africa, and he's been broking since 1992. He holds the Fellow CIP designation (Certified Insurance Professional) and the Diploma in Broking.
In 2023 Frans won Broker of the Year in WA from NIBA, the national association for insurance brokers. In 2026 Insurance Business magazine listed him as an Elite Broker and on its Hot List of 54 insurance leaders in Australia and New Zealand.
NIBA WA Broker of the Year 2023, winner
Insurance Business Elite Broker 2026, listed
Insurance Business Hot List 2026, listed
The brokers
Quote requests go to Grace's brokers, and these are the brokers on Grace's team.
Alicia Tua
Senior Account Manager
Alicia's insurance career goes back over 30 years, to a claims job at BHP, and she later spent 24 years as part-owner of a brokerage. She has QPIB, an accreditation for insurance brokers, as well as a Bachelor of Commerce (general insurance major) and the Diploma of Broking.
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Louise McCormick
Senior Insurance Broker
Louise moved into broking 4 years ago, having started out in finance and insurance more than 9 years back.
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Jenny Johnson
Insurance Broker
Jenny has spent over 12 years in strata, which is how apartment and unit blocks are owned and run, and the last seven of those as a broker.
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Nastasia Chiodi
Insurance Broker
Nastasia's clients range from small businesses to big companies, some operating worldwide. She works across many types of cover, including cyber insurance, and handles claims.
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Janelle Willis
Janelle's time in insurance adds up to more than 26 years, much of it arranging cover for businesses.
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Jarrod Kennedy
Jarrod has over seven years in insurance for businesses and homes, including hard-to-place risks, which few insurers will take on. Before broking, he owned a business that did graphic design and sold retail goods.
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Tyson Blair
Tyson has been in insurance since 2016. He holds two bachelor's degrees, one in business and one in science.
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Vanessa Jesson
Insurance Broker
Vanessa's 20-plus years as a broker have mostly been spent on business clients, small and large.
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AR is short for Authorised Representative, and the number beside each name is that broker's AR number on ASIC's register.
What you can count on
- 2 to 12Your broker aims to come back with no fewer than 2 quotes, and as many as 12.
- 24 hoursOur target for a reply is 24 hours.
- 30 days30 days or more before your renewal date, your broker will call or email you.
- ClaimsWhen you claim, your broker argues your case with the insurer.
Grace Insurance offices
Pub Insurance works out of Grace's Joondalup head office, one of six Grace offices around Australia.
Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm Perth time (AWST), on 1800 556 777
Our licence
Pub Insurance and Grace Insurance are trading names of the same company, GeePeeVee Pty Ltd (ABN 63 133 156 742). Community Broker Network Pty Ltd holds AFSL 233750, the Australian Financial Services Licence we work under, and GeePeeVee is its Corporate Authorised Representative (CAR 1008568).
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