Award Categories

Recognises the commitment and dedication required to launch a new insurance business. Open to brokers, agents and intermediaries that have been authorised within four years of the closing date (5 June 2020)

• Significant success, such as profitability, high revenue or market share
• Unique selling point that promises future potential of business
• Client testimonials

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Recognises a broker’s digital offering and its impact on customer service, efficiency creation and profitability

• Development and deployment of a digital offering to interact with a customer, partner or in-house
• Improved customer service, efficiency creation or profitability as a direct result of the digital offering
• Upskilling workforce for delivery of digital offering
• Future proofing in anticipation of further digitalisation of insurance industry

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Recognises the importance of this new line of insurance, which requires intermediaries to secure innovative protection against myriad threats, from lone hackers to state-sponsored groups, and of valuable digital infrastructure, client data and reputations

• Focus on prevention, preparation and protection
• Provision of education and training to customers
• Competitive pricing and excellent customer acquisition and retention
• Diverse partnerships for a complete product set

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Recognises the achievements of high-net-worth brokers

• Significant success in high-net-worth markets, such as profitability, high revenue or market share
• Competitive pricing and excellent high-net-worth customer acquisition and retention
• Use of technology to differentiate offering
• Client testimonials

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Recognises the achievements of personal lines brokers

• Significant success, such as profitability, high revenue or market share
• Competitive pricing and excellent customer acquisition and retention
• Use of technology to differentiate offering
• Client testimonials

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Recognises the achievements of commercial lines brokers

• Significant success, such as profitability, high revenue or market share
• Competitive pricing and excellent customer acquisition and retention
• Use of technology to differentiate offering
• Client testimonials

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Recognises the achievements of general insurance brokers

• Significant success, such as profitability, high revenue or market share
• Competitive pricing and excellent customer acquisition and retention
• Use of technology to differentiate offering
• Client testimonials

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Recognises the importance of insurance broker networks to maintaining the independent brokerage model, its growth, and helping it to thrive in an increasingly competitive marketplace

• Member-focused organisation that champions member needs above all else
• Investment in independent brokerage model
• Quality resources that are updated and improved to meet the needs of members
• Develop and strengthen insurer relationships
• Commitment to excellence

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Recognises the achievements of managing general agents and the role they play in insurance

• Significant success, such as profitability, high revenue or market share
• Competitive pricing and excellent customer acquisition and retention
• Use of technology to differentiate offering
• Client testimonials

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Recognises that claims management is the intermediary’s customer-facing service and so must be responsive, considerate, fast and efficient. Open to outsourced partners and in-house services

• Examples of where the claims team went above and beyond the call of duty in response to an event or series of events
• Use of technology to improve response-time, communication and efficiency
• Collaboration and partnerships leading to better customer service
• Client testimonials

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Recognises that customer service is critical to the delivery of insurance and associated activities

• Examples of excellent customer service executed within the past 12 months
• Examples of effective teamwork leading to successful customer outcomes
• Reputation for excellent customer service backed by testimonials and/or reviews
• Innovative use of technology to deliver a better service to customers

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Recognises that education and training are becoming increasingly important as the UK suffers a prolonged skills shortage

• Significant investment in training and development
• Innovative training and development methods that champion best practice
• Examples of staff members who have undergone training, with a particular focus on their achievements

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Recognises the achievements of an individual who has undertaken or completed a trainee contract, such as an apprenticeship, within 12 months of the closing date (5 June 2020)

• Excellent grades, results and achievements
• Outstanding contribution to business
• References from senior colleagues

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Recognises the outstanding contribution of an individual who has joined insurance within three years of the closing date (5 June 2020)

• Excellent standards of work
• Dedication to the job
• Outstanding contribution to the business
• References from senior colleagues

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Recognises the achievements of leaders and their importance to the continued prosperity of insurance

• Evidence of contribution to the success of their business in the past 12 months
• Demonstrable expertise in field of work
• Leadership qualities and business planning
• Dedication to clients
• Demonstrable work to help/mentor junior staff
• Contribution to the community

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Recognises commitment to diversity and inclusion, with an emphasis on developing opportunities for professional advancement in insurance

• A significant focus on identifying and removing the industry’s barriers to entry
• Active promotion of equality, internally and externally
• Strong passion for celebrating diversity in all of its forms

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Recognises the impact that an intermediary’s use of technology can have on its business

• Development and deployment of technology in-house or in partnership with another
• A technological solution to solve a business problem
• Inventiveness and simplicity
• A focus on teamwork
• Future proofing in anticipation of further change in the insurance industry

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Recognises the outstanding achievements of insurtech company or entrepreneur that fundamentally changed the way an aspect of insurance is carried out or significantly improved on an existing process or service. Open to insurtech partners and non-affiliated start-ups and companies innovating in the insurance space

• Invention or innovation that increased profitability, enhanced efficiency or improved customer service
• Intimate understanding of the problem
• Ongoing support and flexibility to resolve unforeseen issues
• Future proofing in anticipation of further change in the insurance industry

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Open to all service providers that count brokers, agents and other intermediaries as clients

• Innovative approach to fulfilling its role, achieving demonstrable success and integrating effectively with clients
• Expert service delivery and stunning client feedback
• Demonstrable benefit to clients

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Recognises a specific implementation of an innovation in insurance brokerage, be it in service delivery, pricing, technology, or training and development

• The innovation and what it achieved
• Aims and conclusion
• Ongoing commitment to business-wide innovation

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