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Mr Venning, a proud husband and father-of-three, started Crucial Insurance on the Sunshine Coast in 2014.
He now services clients around Australia with offices on the Coast and in Brisbane.
Mr Venning worked for major global risk and advisory insurance firms in Australia and the UK, advising multinational organisations.
He was involved in insuring major sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup, Rugby World Cup and British Formula 1 Grand Prix.
He was also responsible for designing a national community insurance program for the AFL and Cricket Australia following the collapse of HIH, Australia’s second-largest insurance company before it was placed into provisional liquidation in 2001.