GIO ‘Great insurance, obviously’ via Leo Australia

27 January 2026
 

Creative Agency: Leo Australia
Media Agency: OMD

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Media led by OMD.

GIO is reassuring Australians that when life throws curveballs, they can count on GIO in a campaign via Leo Australia. 

"Over the past century, GIO has built a reputation as an iconic NSW brand, trusted and reliable for our customers,” said Suncorp Group EGM brand & customer experience, Mim Haysom.  

“With Great Insurance, Obviously, we’re giving the brand a fresh, unmistakably GIO feel demonstrating how we meet our customer expectations with clarity and confidence, and connecting in a way that’s more fun and more emotional.” 

With media led by OMD, the multi-channel campaign will roll out across TV, out of home, digital and social media. 

“GIO has been around forever, but what it actually means to Aussies was becoming a bit fuzzy,” said Leo Australia executive creative director, Tim Woolford. 

“This campaign sets out to change that by positioning GIO as a brand that stands for safety, and for great insurance, obviously. 

“We’ve tried to avoid lofty insurance tropes in favour of a more subversive comedic style. We want Aussies to feel like GIO really is a safety mat for all the ordinary ‘life stuff’ that can suddenly go wrong.” 

Credits 

Client: GIO / Suncorp Group 

EGM Brand & Customer Experience: Mim Haysom  

Head of Brand & Content: Rapthi Thanapalasingam   

Brand Marketing Manager: Mark Condon  

Brand Marketing Lead: Bryony Nickless  

Brand Marketing Lead: Axel Leibovich 

Creative agency: Leo Australia and Publicis London 

CEO, Leo Australia: Clare Pickens 

Chief Creative Officer, Leo Australia: Andy Fergusson  

Executive Creative Director, Leo Australia: Tim Woolford  

Creative Director, Publicis London: Tom Dixon  

Associate Creative Director, Leo Australia: Adam Fraser  

Senior Copywriter, Leo Australia: Nick Timms  

Senior Art Director, Leo Australia: Tim Yates  

Chief Strategy Officer, Leo Australia: Catherine King 

Group Strategy Director, Leo Australia: Mitch Hunter 

Client Partner, Leo Australia: Amanda Wheeler  

Group Account Director, Leo Australia: Alex Barkworth  

Senior Account Manager, Leo Australia: Ali Jeffrey  

Production:  

Publicis Production 

Executive Producer, Integrated: Justine Dooner 

Senior Integrated Producer: Anastasia Nielsen 

Good Oil Films  

EP: Juliet Bishop 

Director: Torstein Bjorklund 

Producer: Tracey-Lee Permall 

DOP: Sean Ryan 

Production Designer: Annie Beauchamp 

Key Visual Production: Prodigious 

Post-Production: Arc  

Post-Producer: Sally Quade 

Offline Editor: Lucas Baynes 

VFX: Fin Design + Effects 

VFX Supervisor: Mikey Brown 

CG Supervisor: Ryan Maddox 

Executive Producer: Emily Newbould  

Colourist: Matt Fezz  

Sound House: Rumble Studios  

Sound Designer: Tone Aston  

Producer: Kiara Watson  

Sound EP: Michael Gie  

Director: Torstein Bjorklund 

Media agency: OMD 

Head of Business Strategy: Paul Baker  

Account Director: Will Thornton  

Senior Account Manager: Liam Webster  

Account Executive: Andrew Tong  

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