2026 SHORTLIST

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CATEGORY SHORTLISTED ENTRANTS

(Re)Insurer/Sponsor of the Year
  • Inigo
  • Mercury General Corporation
  • One William Street Capital Management
  • QBE Insurance Group
  • Turris Re

Best Digital Service Solution
  • Accelerant’s Risk Exchange - Accelerant
  • ClimateDelta - Parameter Climate
  • ReSource Pro Policy Insights® with AI Check - ReSource Pro
Broker-Dealer of the Year
  • Acrisure Re Corporate Advisory and Solutions (ARCAS)
  • Aon Securities
  • Gallagher Securities
  • GC Securities
  • Howden Capital Markets & Advisory (HCMA)
  • Swiss Re Capital Markets

Catastrophe Bond of the Year
  • Kilimanjaro II Re Series 2025-1 & 2025-2 - Everest Re
  • Quercus II Re DAC 2025-1 - Groupama
  • Meadows 2025-1 - One William Street Capital Management
  • Bridge Street Re 2025-2 - QBE Insurance Group
  • Gateway Re 2025-1 - SageSure
  • Turris Re
Closing the Protection Gap Award
  • Vision 2039 – 2025-1 - Flood Re 
  • Black Kite II - Peak Re
  • Pool Re – Baltic PCC (Series 2025-1) - Pool Re
  • Golden Bear Re Series 2025 1 - The California FAIR Plan 
  • Turris Re Series 2025-1 Class A Notes - Turris Re

Deal of the Year
  • Corinthian - Acrisure Re Corporate Advisory and Solutions (ARCAS)
  • Wayfare Re - Ascot Group & Antares Capital
  • Greenshoots Re 2025-1 - Bamboo Insurance
  • Vave Fully Fronted ILS Sidecar Transaction - MS Transverse Insurance Group
  • Ryan Alternative Capital Re (RAC Re) - Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers and AXIS Capital

Fund of the Year
  • AXA IM WAVe Cat Bonds Fund - BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts
  • Brookmont Catastrophic Bond ETF - Brookmont Capital Management
  • The Elementum Opportunities Fund (EOF) - Elementum Advisors
  • Euler (Lux) Cat Bond Fund - Euler ILS Partners

ILS Rising Star
  • Ting Feng - SCOR Investment Partners
  • Liam Martens - GC Securities
  • Andrew Mellinger - Augment Risk
  • Iann Villar - Gallagher Re
  • Sophie Worsnop - Acrisure Re Corporate Advisory and Solutions

Initiative of the Year
  • Brookmont Catastrophic Bond ETF - Brookmont Capital Management and King Ridge Capital Advisors
  • Cape Lookout Catastrophe Bond Resilience Trigger - North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association
  • Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) Education Programme - Phoenix CRetro 

Law Firm of the Year
  • Cadwalader
  • Mayer Brown
  • Sidley Austin 
  • Willkie Farr & Gallagher 

Manager of the Year
  • Elementum Advisors
  • Hiscox Capital Partners
  • Integral ILS
  • Leadenhall Capital Partners 
  • SCOR Investment Partners
  • Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Investment Advisors Corporation (SRILIAC)

Modelling Initiative of the Year
  • Aon's Impact Forecasting - Aon
  • Moody's HD Modelling - Moody's
  • srccQuantum - Synthetik Insurance Technologies
  • US Severe Thunderstorm Model - Verisk

Reinsurance Facilitator of the Year
  • Artex Capital Solutions
  • WTW

Start-up of the Year
  • Brookmont Catastrophic Bond ETF
  • Calidris Investment Partners 
  • Zephyros Investments

Women in ILS Award
  • Cate Cocks - Howden Capital Markets & Advisory (HCMA)
  • Clarissa Montecillo - ACORD
  • Tara Railton - Pillar Capital Management