Insurance Insider Honours
3 September 2025 | The Brewery, City of London

Insurance Insider Honours
3 September 2025 | The Brewery, City of London

Thank you to everyone who joined us on 3 September at The Brewery in London for the Insurance Insider Honours.
Congratulations to all our finalists and winners — your stories, successes, and impact truly inspired us. We were proud to honour the teams driving change and excellence across the sector.
It was an incredible evening celebrating the standout achievements and innovations that have shaped the (re)insurance industry over the past year.
Stay tuned for highlights and photos from the event — and thank you for being part of such a memorable celebration.
2025 Winners
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Winner:
- Fluence World
Shortlisted:- Aon - AI-Enabled Response to the Catastrophic Los Angeles Wildfires
- Price Forbes Re - Intex
- DGTAL - DRILLER
- Hiscox London Market - AI Enhanced Lead Underwriting Model
- Mosaic Insurance
- Parsyl - Chauncey, AI Assistant
- Scrub AI
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Winner:
- Gallagher Re
Shortlisted:- Bionic
- BMS
- Guy Carpenter
- Howden Re
- McGill and Partners
- Miller Insurance
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Winner:
- McGill and Partners - Ukraine War Risks Reinsurance Facility.
Shortlisted:- Acrisure - Simple Cyber
- Aon - Marlin
- Artificial - Smart Placement
- Bionic
- Howden - Cyber+ - complex cyber cover made simple
- McGill and Partners - Underscore Auton
- WTW UK Finex - Financial Institutions Team
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Winner:
- Flood Re and Cavendish - Flood Resilient Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
Shortlisted:- Aon - Reinsurance Renewal Season 2024
- Hiscox London Market - Hiscox Energy Express
- Liberty Specialty Markets - Raising the Bar for Claims
- Miller Insurance & 7DOTS
- Mosaic Insurance & Brandex Experience - The Elevator Pitch
- Parametrix & Strategic Insurance Communications – CrowdStrike
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Winner:
- Aspen
Shortlisted:- Allianz Commercial
- Canopius
- IGI
- IQUW
- Markel
- MS Amlin
- Sompo
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Winner:
- Stuart Bridges, Founder and CFO, Inigo
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Winner:
- Brit
Shortlisted:- Ascot - Ascot Syndicate Claims - LA Wildfires
- Atrium - Compassion in Action: Rapid and Empathetic Response to the 2025 California Wildfires
- Beazley
- Liberty Specialty Markets
- Markel
- Miller Insurance
- Mitigrate - Proactive Flood Mitigation in Claims Response - Oslo Floods, 2024
- MS Amlin - LA wildfires
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Winner:
- The Fidelis Partnership and Hampden Agencies - Syndicate 3123
Shortlisted:- ACORD, Axa XL & Marsh - Broker/Carrier Straight-Through Processing
- Ariel Green - Creation of the Technology Performance Insurance Consortium
- Beazley, Munich Re & Gallagher Re
- Humanity Insured
- Hyperexponential and Beazley - Strategic Technology Integration Partnership
- Liberty Mutual Reinsurance & Safehub - Parametric Earthquake Insurance
- LMA, LIIBA & IUA - Non-Financial Misconduct - London Insurance Market 2025 Workshop Series
- IUA and Wilson Elser - US Litigation Training Programme
- MS Amlin - Unlocking Insurance for Ukraine
- Pet and Equine Insurance Association
- rrelentless
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Winner:
- BMS
Shortlisted:- AmTrust International
- Brit
- Carbon Underwriting
- Markel
- Miller Insurance
- MS Amlin, Building a high-performing and healthy culture
- Munich Re Specialty
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Winner:
- Munich Re Specialty
Shortlisted:- Acini
- Flood Re - Flood Resilient Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
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Winner:
- Jean-Jacques Henchoz, Former CEO, Hanover Re
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Winner:
- Ryan Specialty - Ryan Specialty’s acquisition of Castel Underwriting Agencies
Shortlisted:- Beat Capital & Ambac - Ambac Financial Group, Inc. Acquires Majority Stake in Beat Capital Partners
- Howden Capital Markets & Advisory - Howden Capital Markets & Advisory Support on SageSure Acquisition of GeoVera MGA
- Insurance Advisory Partners - Ryan Specialty Underwriting Manager's acquisition of Innovisk Capital Partners from BHMS Investments and Abry Partners, with exclusive financial advisory from Insurance Advisory Partners
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Winner:
- DUAL
Shortlisted:- Commercial Express
- Honeycomb Insurance
- K2 International
- Moonrock Insurance
- Mosaic Insurance
- NBS Underwriting
- Parametrix
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Winner:
- Tim Gardner, CEO, Lockton Re
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Winner:
- Adrian Cox, CEO, Beazley
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Winner:
- QBE
Highly commended:- The UnRetire Group
Shortlisted:- Brit
- Tokio Marine Kiln
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Winner:
- InsurX - Smart Consortia
Shortlisted:- AIG - TradEnable Xtra (TEX)
- Artio
- CFC - Start-up Technology Scheme
- Kroll - Property Insurance Valuation Platform
- Munich Re - Automated Underwriting Platform
- Optalitix and Pool Re - Fortress Underwriting Portal
- Parsyl - Technology Platform
- Skyline Partners - FatTrack Trigger
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Winner:
- Alchemy Technology Services
Shortlisted:- IGI
- Ryan Specialty
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Winner:
- Jack Shiner, Acrisure Re
Highly commended:- Bukhosi Khumalo, OLEA South Africa
Shortlisted:- Audrey Herberger, Marsh
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Winner:
- Charlotte Bender, Canopius
- James Wright, Liberty Specialty Markets
Shortlisted:- Priya Basra, Aspen
- Kadi McGlashan, Canopius
- Eden Graham, CFC
- Aadil Shara, Markel
- Victoria Vincent, RiverStone International
- Nicole Parrish, Tokio Marine Kiln
- Charlotte Bender, Canopius
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Winner:
- Kirsten Shastri, Tokio Marine Kiln
Highly commended:- Paige Carey, CFC
Shortlisted:- Hind Gouriach, Africa Specialty Risks
- Camilla Walker, Canopius
- Ben Pinnington, Canopius
- Kieran Quigley, Mosaic Insurance
















Amy Ing is an Innovation and Portfolio Solutions Underwriter at TMK. Amy started her career within the Accident and Health market, before moving into more innovation focused roles. Amy is an active member of the London Market innovation community through mentoring participants at the Lloyd’s Lab.
Bethany Greenwood is CEO of Beazley Furlonge Limited and Beazley’s Group Head of Specialty Risks.
Since joining Beazley in 2019, Bethany has held a number of senior positions including Head of Executive Risk and Head of Cyber & Executive Risk. Prior to Beazley she spent close two decades at Marsh.

Darren Jacobs
Senior Vice President, Director of Underwriting, Lloyd’s division, Allied World
Based in London, Darren Jacobs was appointed Senior Vice President, Director of Underwriting for Allied World’s Lloyd’s syndicates in 2022. In this role, he is responsible for strategic underwriting management and profitable growth of direct and facultative property and casualty business for Allied World Managing Agency Limited (AWMA).
David Croom-Johnson stepped down after a hugely successful career as the CEO of AEGIS London, one of the most profitable managing agencies in the Lloyd’s market over the past decade. In previous roles he was the Chief Underwriting Officer and Head of Casualty Underwriting.
He has chaired the LMA Marine Committee and the Joint Liability as well as being a member of the LMA Board.
Recently retired after a 40 year career as a broker in the London market. For most of his career he was involved in the energy sector, more specifically a deep focus in the power and renewable energy industry. Hamish built and lead teams around the world culminating as global CEO of the respective power and renewable energy business at both Aon and Marsh.
Ian joined Ascot in 2017 as Head of Casualty & Specialty, before being promoted to Executive Vice President and CUO, Casualty & Specialty in 2020 and CEO, Bermuda in 2021. He joined Ascot after almost a decade at Hiscox Re as Head of Casualty & Specialty, and before moving to Hiscox Re he worked at Catlin, heading the Healthcare and Professional Lines.
John was the principal founder of Lloyd’s newest managing agent, Lime Syndicate Management, which was sold to Somers Re (an Arch subsidiary) in July 2024. He now provides support and guidance to businesses looking to playing a role in the Lloyd’s and London market or seeking to grow and diversify their business through his company, Mustard Consulting Limited.
Karen is an experienced Exec and Non-Exec. She is currently an INED for the USAA SA and Chair of Risk Committee; Chair of GreenKite Associates; INED for Allied World Managing Agency and Chair of Risk Committee; INED Accelerant Insurance UK and Chair of Risk Committee. Loves the insurance world, people and art.
Kirat joined the industry in 1995 as a Credit Control Manager, and more recently moved into Operations as a Director of London Market Operations. She began her journey in Equity, Inclusion & Diversity in 1997 and is deeply passionate about inclusion, particularly social mobility, running various initiatives to ensure that people see the different roles that the insurance industry has to offer.
Currently CEO of the Managing General Agents Association, a position he has held since September 2020, Mike has crafted a successful and varied career in the industry. For the second year in a row, Mike has been included in the 2024 Insurance Business Global list.
Richard joined BMS in December 2024. In his role he is focussed on enhancing C-Suite engagement with BMS (re)insurer carriers and key strategic clients. Richard is involved in several charitable causes. These include serving as the current Chair of the Insurance United Against Dementia Board and as a trustee of the London Insurance Market Charitable Trust.
Suneeta has undertaken and managed a wide range of regulatory engagements for numerous insurance firms, holding senior positions within a number of these firms, previous roles include: Head of Group Compliance and Risk at Howden Broking Group, Head of Compliance for Amlin UK, Interim Head of Compliance and Regulatory Affairs at XL Catlin, Interim Head of Compliance at Lloyd’s of London and more.
Terri brings 14 years of banking experience, with the last 9 years dedicated to specialising in insurance specialist banking. Her expertise ranges from capital structuring to supporting core banking products, including FX hedging and cash management services. Terri possesses a deep understanding of the insurance market and the capital products necessary for driving growth.