U.S. Insurance Awards Categories

Broker Team of the Year  

This award recognizes a team of brokers within a brokerage organization. Please provide a 500-word summary of a brokerage team’s accomplishments within the past two years. Submissions may describe how the team structured a new program, accessed new capacity, addressed a client’s problem, created a new solution for the market, or any other service that brokerage teams provide for commercial insurance clients. 

 

Claims Management Team of the Year

This award recognizes a team of claims professionals at a third-party administrator or an internal claims team at an organization. Please provide a 500-word summary of a team’s accomplishments within the past two years. Submissions may describe how the team addressed a specific client or industry concern, solved a significant claims problem, reacted to a catastrophic event, addressed a major medical management or workers comp issue, or any other service the team developed to help their policyholder or insurer clients. 

 

Claims Technology Innovation of the Year

This award recognizes any technological innovation that assists in assessing, managing, or paying commercial property/casualty insurance or workers comp claims. Submissions may describe how the innovation helps improve claims outcomes, simplifies or enhances claims assessments, assists risk managers with claims submissions or other enhancements to the claims process. Please provide a 500-word summary of the innovation’s practical use for users.

  

Community Outreach Project of the Year – Pro Bono and Volunteer  

This award recognizes a community outreach project by any organization operating in the commercial insurance and risk management sector that involved pro bono or volunteer work. Please provide a 500-word summary of a community outreach project introduced within the past two years. Submissions may describe pro bono work performed for the community by a company or its employees, volunteer initiatives to provide practical help, or any other pro bono and volunteer outreach project performed to support a local community. 

  

Community Outreach Project of the Year – Donations 

This award recognizes a community outreach project by any organization operating in the commercial insurance and risk management sector that involved donations. Please provide a 500-word summary of a community outreach project introduced within the past two years. Submissions may describe fund-raising efforts for charities or not-for-profits, company matching programs, or any other donations related to community outreach efforts. 

  

Diversity Equity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year 

This award recognizes a diversity & inclusion initiative by any organization operating in the commercial insurance and risk management sector. Please provide a 500-word summary of a diversity initiative introduced within the past two years. Submissions may describe an initiative to foster a more diverse talent pool, enhance inclusive work environments, drive supplier diversity, improve customer outreach or any other initiative to promote diversity efforts in the commercial insurance industry. 

  

Insurance Consulting Team of the Year 

This award recognizes a team of consultants in the risk management and insurance sector, including specialty and general management consulting firms that operate in the field. Please provide a 500-word summary of a consulting team’s accomplishments within the past two years. Submissions may describe how the team solved a specific problem for an insurer, brokerage or risk management client, an industrywide solution, a change management project, or any other service the team provided to an underwriting, brokerage or risk management client. 

 

Insurance Placement Technology Innovation of the Year

This award recognizes any technological innovation that assists in placing commercial property/casualty insurance or workers comp coverage. Submissions may describe how the innovation speeds or simplifies coverage placement, improves brokers’ efficiency or generally enhances the placement process. Please provide a 500-word summary of the innovation’s practical use for commercial insurance buyers.

  

Insurer Team of the Year  

This award recognizes a team of underwriting or other professionals at a commercial insurer. Please provide a 500-word summary of accomplishments within the past two years. Submissions may describe how the team developed or improved an insurance policy or coverage, devised a solution for a specific problem faced by a policyholder or group of policyholders, recognized and provided a solution for an emerging risk, or any other commercial insurance solution or service that the team developed. 

  

Legal Team of the Year 

This award recognizes a team of legal professionals in the risk management and insurance sector, including outside counsel for policyholder and insurer clients and inside counsel teams. Please provide a 500-word summary of a legal team’s accomplishments within the past two years. Submissions may describe key court wins or settlements, the legal team’s role in a merger or acquisition, the team’s role in helping other business developments, or any other service the team provided to insurers or policyholders. 

 

Risk Management Technology Innovation of the Year

This award recognizes any technological innovation that assists in identifying, mitigating or transferring commercial risks. Submissions may describe how the innovation improves risk assessments, assists risk managers in mitigating exposures, helps reduce the cost of risk or any other enhancements to the risk management process. Please provide a 500-word summary of the innovation’s practical use for risk managers.

 

Specialty Intermediary Team of the Year 

This award recognizes a team within a wholesale brokerage, managing general agent or managing general underwriter organization. Please provide a 500-word summary of a team’s accomplishments within the past two years. Submissions may describe how the team structured a new program in the surplus lines market, accessed new capacity, addressed a specific problem for a retail broker or its client, created a new solution for the market, or any other service that wholesale brokerage, MGA and MGU teams provide for retail brokers and commercial insurance policyholders. 

 

Underwriting Technology Innovation of the Year

This award recognizes any technological innovation that assists in underwriting commercial property/casualty insurance or workers comp. Submissions may describe how the innovation improves underwriting assessments, assists in pricing coverage, provides greater transparency to buyers or any other improvement to the underwriting process. Please provide a 500-word summary of the innovation’s impact on underwriters and their clients.