The shortlist for the latest Insurance Insider Honours has been revealed, as the industry’s marquee London awards gears up for its 12th year.
The awards, which recognise outstanding achievement in the London market and reinsurance, will once again be held in person on 7 September at the Hilton Park Lane in London.
Our awards team received more than 170 entries across 16 categories.
There are four new categories this year: Underwriting Innovation of the Year, Broking Innovation of the Year, Operational Innovation of the Year and Insurtech Product of the Year.
See below for the full shortlist. We can’t wait to welcome you to what promises to be another spectacular edition of the Insurance Insider Honours.
For more information on how to confirm your attendance, please contact Pierre Aghabala by email at pierre.aghabala@delinian.com or Goran Pandzic at gpandzic@euromoneyny.com.
Insurance Insider Honours 2023 – Shortlist
Broker of the Year – sponsored by Arch Insurance
Aon Reinsurance Solutions
Howden
Miller
One80 Intermediaries
Broking Innovation of the Year
Acrisure & affiliates – Cyber Services’ Single Source for Cyber
Aon – Climate Risk Advisory launch
Aon Capital Advisory Team – Project Miraval
Gallagher Re – Footprint Reinsurance Contract
Marsh McLennan – Community-based catastrophe insurance (CBCI)
SES Risk Solutions – QUBIE
WTW – 4th Bridge Surety Bond Replacement
Carrier of the Year – sponsored by DLA Piper
Arch Insurance International
Aspen
Beazley
International General Insurance (IGI)
IQUW
Tokio Marine Kiln
Claims Service Award
Brit Insurance
Canopius – Response to Ukraine/Russia Conflict
CFC
Liberty Mutual Reinsurance – Response to Australia floods
Miller – Miller Claims Team
One80 Intermediaries – Hurricane Ian
SageSure
Diversity & Inclusion Award
Arch Insurance International
Aspen Insurance
Beazley Group
Lloyd's of London – Lloyd's LGBTQ+ Mentoring Programme (Led by Adam Triggs)
QBE European Operations – Building a more diverse and inclusive workplace
Tokio Marine Kiln
Employer of the Year
AXIS Capital
Conduit Re
Euclid Transactional
Hiscox
LCP
The Texel Group – People Strategy
Tokio Marine Kiln – Creating a Feedback Culture
ESG Initiative of the Year
Axa XL – Valuing Water
Axis Capital – Science-Based Aligned Scope 1 and 2 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals
Lloyd's – Private Impact Fund
Marsh McLennan – UN climate change high-level champions
Ninety Consulting – ARK – Ensuring humanity's future
QBE European Operations – Supplier ESG Initiative
InsurTech Product of the Year – sponsored by Tokio Marine Kiln
Omni:us – The Digital Claims Adjuster
Artificial – Artificial platform
CyberCube – Portfolio Manager 4.0
Greater Than
Hyperexponential – hx Renew
Parametrix Insurance – Cloud-in-a-Box: The Parametrix Cloud Stochastic Catalogue Mode
Parsyl
M&A Transaction of the Year
Davies – Davies and Asta acquisition
Howden – Acquisition of TigerRisk Partners by Howden Group Holdings
MS Amlin Underwriting – MS Amlin Syndicate acquisition of its legacy portfolio by RiverStone International
One80 Intermediaries – C&M First, a subsidiary of One80 Intermediaries
Skadden – Representation of equity investors in Fidelis MGU
The Ardonagh Group – Ardonagh Global Partners acquisition of MDS Group
MGA of the Year
Africa Specialty Risks
Appalachian Underwriters Inc (An Acrisure Partner)
Castel
Corvus Insurance
elseco
Kinetic Insurance
Loadsure
Rokstone
Operational Innovation of the Year
Arbol Inc and Centauri – dRe Lifecycle
Davies – Davies and esure
LCP – InsurSight
Lloyd's – Lloyd's Insights Hub
Lloyd's & Vitesse – Faster Claims Payment
Lloyd's Market Association – LMG Data Council chaired by Sheila Cameron
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions – International Programs PULSE & Network
Tysers – Tconnect
Underwriting Innovation of the Year – Sponsored by NEAM
Africa Specialty Risks
Arbol Inc and Centauri – dRe Lifecycle
Corvus Insurance – Corvus Risk Navigator™
Liberty Specialty Markets – Liberty Project Cargo Consortium
SES Risk Solutions – QUBIE
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions – Parametric insurance for Nepal's renewable energy project financing
Tokio Marine Kiln – IntelliMed
Women in Insurance Award
CyberCube
ISC Group
LCP – Women's Network
Liberty Specialty Markets – Liberty and Springboard partnership for personal and professional development
The Insurance Breakfast Club
Tokio Marine Kiln
Women in Reinsurance Bermuda
Young Broker of the Year
Jaclyn Perryman, Casualty broker team leader, WTW
Jonathan Dollar, Middle market team leader, WTW
Nicholas Parker, Property broker, WTW
Samuel Edward Kaufman, Excess liability broker, WTW
Young Claims Professional of the Year – Sponsored by DOCOsoft
Harry Killingbeck, Renewable energy claims adjuster, Axis
Glenn Scheideler, Head of claims insights and analytics, Beazley
Hannah Clark, Senior claims adjuster (marine claims), Brit Insurance
Charlotte Bender, Claims manager, Canopius
Ryan Butcher, Claims adjuster – direct & facultative property, Canopius
George Hill, Cyber claims adjuster, CFC
Hannah Smedley, Senior claims specialist, Liberty Specialty Markets
Hollie Gabbott, Assistant claims manager, core claims, QBE European Operations
Katherine Pycock, Claims adjuster – enterprise risk, Tokio Marine Kiln
Young Underwriter of the Year – Sponsored by MS Amlin
Daisy Thompson, Senior underwriter marine and energy liability, IQUW
Sean O' Connor, VP, Arch Insurance
Ted Calligeros, EVP, Ocean Marine, Loadsure
Charlotte Nicholls, Underwriter, Markel International
Adam Isherwood, Ocean marine underwriter, One80 Intermediaries
Struan Todd, Co–founder & managing director, Pandamatics UW
Max Isadore, Assistant underwriter, Rokstone
Kirsten Shastri, Head of life sciences, Tokio Marine Kiln
The following category winners are editorially chosen and are only announced at the awards:
CFO of the Year – sponsored by Lloyds Bank
Outstanding Contributor of the Year, Distribution – Sponsored by Allied World
Outstanding Contributor of the Year, Risk — Sponsored by EY
Lifetime Achievement Award