QBE Insurance kicks off campaign highlighting Sydney Swans sponsorship via The Core Agency
To coincide with the opening round of the 2017 AFL season, The Core Agency has created a new integrated campaign for QBE, celebrating the insurer’s long-standing association with Australian sport.
The campaign is built on the insight that just like sport, life can be unpredictable and reinforces the need for protection for the unexpected. The campaign creative continues to use the premium animation style QBE has become known for, highlighting the brand’s 100% commitment to helping its customers.
The creative highlights QBE’s long-standing sponsorships of the Sydney Swans AFL, NSW Swifts netball, and Perth Glory A-League football teams.
With some of the original QBE animated characters returning, the spots use a bouncing football as a creative device to create havoc amongst sporting fans, and features the iconic nineties track ‘Jump Around’ by House of Pain.
The lead 30-second spot is set at a Sydney Swans home game, while a second spot shows the unpredictable AFL ball also bouncing through a NSW Swifts and Perth Glory game.
The Core Agency has been working with QBE since 2015, with their animated campaigns from production company Mighty Nice helping to differentiate Australia’s largest global insurer in a highly competitive market.
Says Christian Finucane, founder and creative partner, The Core Agency: “QBE has been a committed sponsor to many Australian sports teams for decades. Our new campaign leverages these long-standing partnerships, while reminding people of the unpredictability for life and the need to have protection for life’s unexpected events.”
Says Bettina Pidcock, executive general manager, marketing, QBE: “This latest campaign continues to drive QBE brand awareness in the highly competitive direct insurance category. It goes a long way to better integrate our advertising, sponsorship and digital activity.”
The campaign launched at the weekend’s Sydney Swans home game, and will rollout from April.
Client: QBE Insurance
Executive General Manager, Marketing: Bettina Pidcock
Senior Marketing Manager, Consumer: Gabby Tyler
Team Leader B2C: Rob Jones
Creative Agency: The Core Agency
Creative Partners and Founders: Christian Finucane & Jon Skinner
Senior Art Director: Simone Parravicini
Senior Copywriter: Dave Glen
Production Director: Deepali Dabral
Strategy Director: Simon Rich
Account Director: Rebecca Scott
Account Manager: Joseph Rosslind
Production Company: Mighty Nice
Directors: Darren Price & Alex Grigg
Senior Producer: Tina Braham
Sound Production: Smith and Western
6 Comments
Pretty funny… nice insight… well executed guys!
Love it! Nice work guys.
On a side note, the Swans must be in a House of Pain after their flogging at the weekend… sorry, couldn’t resist.
Awesome work guys! Big fan of these QBE spots.
Nice idea with a top track.
It would have been better if the dog was a greyhound…
Nice one, lads.
The Swans need to be this animated!