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CGU Insurance: Tall Poppy

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Top 6: April 6th 2022
In Australian culture we have a phenomenon called 'Tall Poppy Syndrome', where ambitious people are verbally or emotionally cut down. Basically, nobody is meant to be better than others, nobody is allowed to stand out. This is bad news for ambitious business owners, and even worse for the brokers who help insure them.
CGU Insurance, Australia's leading insurer for small businesses, set out to change the nation's view of 'Tall Poppy Syndrome' by creating a B2B integrated campaign like no other, including a 5-minute long paid Cinema ad created with the Jim Henson Company.
Agency: Thinkerbell

The main protagonist in the narrative is Tall Poppy, a not-so-little girl who is the beacon for those who dream to grow their small business and a symbol of ambition that can’t and won’t be cut down.

CGU Insurance’s initiative creating a 5 minute long ad made its mark in culture and reached 15 million Australians through earned media alone (no mean feat given we are a nation of 25 million people) sparking the conversation on what it means to be a ‘Tall Poppy’ giving small business owners the confidence to stand tall.
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Head Brand Thinker: Gerry Cyron

Head Group Thinker: Ruth Hatch

Lead Thinker: Imagene Callinan

Thinker: Sally Irving

Production Tinker: Ruby Abrahim

Lead Earned Thinker: Lauren Myers

General Manager (North): Katie Dally

Chief Executive Officer: Margie Reid



Client: CGU Insurance

IAG Chief Marketing Officer: Brent Smart

IAG Executive Manager, Intermediated Brands: George Exikanas

Integrated Communications Manager: Cath Bosson

Integrated Communications Specialist: Catherine Verge

Media Specialist: Lisa Jarvis

Media Lead: Tom Dodd

Corporate Communications Manager: Alexandra Peard



Production: The Jim Henson Company

Directing: Brian Henson

Producer: Vince Raisa

Producer: Brian Henson

Producer: Rita Peruggi

Co-Producer: Melissa Creighton

Associate Producer: Gigi Bebawi



Media: Initiative

Managing Director: Sam Geer

Chief Strategy Officer: Chris Colter

Group Business Director: Elyse Foley

Communications Design Director: Emma Greenhalgh

Client Director: Alison Bongailas

Partnerships Director: Jessica Scott

Partnerships Manager: Nathan Vega

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