Now in its sixth year, the awards program highlights exceptional work by insurance professionals working at companies across the commercial insurance industry — from retail brokers to TPAs, insurers, reinsurers and more.

Recognizing that major achievements are seldom the work of individuals working in isolation, the awards honor teams of professionals working on specific projects. 

Up to 400,000 insurance jobs will be unfilled in the near future as the current workforce shifts. The U.S. Insurance Awards were created to address the industry's talent crisis by funding the Business Insurance Scholarship.

This scholarship fund is administered by the Spencer Educational Foundation, which provides opportunities to risk management and insurance students through scholarships, as well as grants to support existing risk management and insurance programs and to develop programming at universities without risk management degree programs, including HBCUs.