1

St John's University Award

Winner:

• Peter Espinal & Ethan Haimoff 🏆

2

Underwriting Rising Star of the Year

Winner:

• Cody DePoorter - Canopius 🏆

Shortlisted:

• Natalie Brooker - Ryan Specialty National Programs
• Cody DePoorter - Canopius
• David Godlis - SiriusPoint
• Costas Hadjipateras - Shepherd
• David Hanson - Origin Specialty Underwriters
• Joshua Knies - RT Specialty
• Ed Mauceri - Swiss Re
• Annalise Paglia - CRC Group
• Maxwell Sparrow - MSIG USA
• Jacob Timmons - Burns & Wilcox

3

Claims Rising Star of the Year

Winner:

• Nicholas Battaglia - MSIG USA 🏆
   

Highly commended

• Amanda Yoder - Zurich U.S. 👏

Shortlisted

• Scott Bueche - FM
• Alexandra Cadario - FM
• Kyle Lichtenberg - FM
• Charlie Maggio - American Integrity Insurance Group
• McKinley Stuart - Crawford & Company
• Jason Wierzbowski - RiverStone International

4

Broking Rising Star of the Year

Winner:

• Noah Hicks - CRC Group 🏆

Shortlisted:

• Dillon Krouner - RT Specialty
• Taylor Wilkinson - Brown & Riding

5

Campaign of the Year

Winner:

• Beazley - Around the world in 80 years 🏆

Shortlisted:

• AmTrust Risk Solutions - AmTrust Risk Solutions Rebrand
• Aon - Reinsurance Renewal Season Campaign
• Cardinal E&S, A CNA Brand - Cardinal E&S Brand Launch 
• CFC - Cyber Proactive Response (CPR)
• CRC Group - CRC Group Rebrand
• Markel- Simplifying Manufacturing: Driving Awareness and Submissions Through Integrated Product Marketing
• Markel - From Service to Success: Driving Veteran Hiring Through Authentic Storytelling
• MSIG USA - Wherever Risk Happens 

6

Employer of the Year

Winner:

• IAT Insurance Group 🏆

Shortlisted:

• ARU
• Brown & Riding
• CRC Group
• Crest Insurance Group
• Skyward Specialty
• Verisk

7

Legal Services Provider of the Year

Winner:

• Willkie Farr & Gallagher 🏆

Shortlisted:

• Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete 
• Eversheds Sutherland US
• Greenberg Traurig
• Troutman Pepper Locke

8

Trailblazer Award

Winner:

• Adrian Jones - Acrisure 🏆

Highly commended: 

• Jessica Todd - ARU 👏

Shortlisted:

• Brittany Baker - CyberCube
• Justin Barnes - American Integrity Insurance Group
• Cody Eddings - SnapRefund
• Andrew Notohamiprodjo - Delos Insurance Solutions
• Alicia Pavelko - Zurich
• Matthew Schardt - Origin Specialty Underwriters

9

AI Implementation of the Year

Winner:

• FurtherAI 🏆

Shortlisted:

• Carpe Data
• COVU - COVU OS
• Elysian
• mea Platform
• MSIG USA
• Roadzen - Claims Management
• Shepherd - Agentic Underwriting System
• Zurich + Sixfold - Zurich North America in collaboration with Sixfold

10

Collaboration of the Year

Winner:

• Zurich + Arrowsight - Camera-enabled safety coaching for construction jobsites 🏆

Shortlisted:

• Aon - Enterprise Transformation Engagement 
• CorVel Corporation - Trillium Staffing and CorVel Integrated Workers’ Compensation Partnership
• Liberty Mutual Reinsurance & Safehub - ShakeNet Parametric
• Staff Boom - Operational Partnership Excellence: Setting the New Standard for Insurance Growth 
• Verisk and Carpe Data
• Zurich + Arrowsight - Camera-enabled safety coaching for construction jobsites 
• Zurich U.S. and University of Georgia Terry College of Business - Certified Multinational Risk Advisor (CMRA) 

11

Start-up of the Year

Winner:

• Latin International Reinsurance Group 🏆
   

Shortlisted:

• Elysian
• FurtherAI
• Mangrove Insurance
• Tabit Insurance
• Vivere Partners

12

Insurance Asset Management Firm of the Year

Winner:

• New England Asset Management 🏆

Shortlisted:

• Conning

13

Claims Innovation of the Year

Winner:

• CorVel Corporation - CorVel's Generative AI Document Viewer™ 🏆

Shortlisted:

• Elysian
• FM - Fast-Track Claims Solution 
• Roadzen - Claims Management Platform 
• SureStead Claims

14

Distribution Innovation of the Year

Winner:

• Aon's Reinsurance Solutions 🏆
   

Highly commended:

• AgentSync 👏

Shortlisted:

• Acrisure - LeftSeat
• Integrated Specialty Coverages (ISC) - ISC: MGA Distribution Model

15

Underwriting Innovation of the Year

Winner:

• OIP Insurtech - OIP Insurtech & BoundAI 🏆

Highly commended:

• Bowhead Specialty - Baleen Specialty 👏

Shortlisted:

• CFC
• Insight Risk Technologies - Deductible Assurance 
• Ryan Alternative Capital Re (RAC Re)
• Shepherd - Agentic Underwriting System
• Zurich - Data Center Project Guard 

16

Program Partnership of the Year

Winner:

• Arden and SiriusPoint 🏆
   

Shortlisted:

• Origin Specialty Underwriters - Origin + Concert

17

Wholesale Broking Team of the Year

Winner:

• RT Specialty - Chicago 🏆

Shortlisted:

• Brown & Riding
• RT Specialty

18

Rating Agency of the Year

Winner:

• AM Best 🏆

19

Underwriting Team of the Year

Winner:

• Arden Insurance Services 🏆

Shortlisted:

• Alive Risk
• American Integrity Insurance Group
• Arden Insurance Services
• Burns & Wilcox
• Markel Insurance
• MSIG USA
• Parametrix
• SageSure

20

E&S Underwriting Team of the Year

Winner:

• Delos Insurance Solutions - Tackling insurance accessibility in California 🏆

Shortlisted:

• Acrisure - Wholesure Transportation Underwriters (WTU) 
• AXIS Capital - AXIS Excess Casualty (North America) 
• Cardinal E&S - Cardinal E&S Healthcare Underwriting Team 
• Integrated Specialty Coverages (ISC) - Construction Underwriting Team
• Origin Specialty Underwriters - Construction Liability Underwriting Team 
• QBE North America - Casualty team
• Vane.ag - Vane.ag E&S Basis Risk Revenue Insurance for Agribusinesses

21

Claims Team of the Year

Winner:

• FM  🏆

Shortlisted:

• American Integrity Insurance Group
• Cowbell
• Mobilitas Companies - Commercial Claims Team 
• Origin Specialty Underwriters - Origin Specialty Claims
• Resilience
• RiverStone International - US Claims Team
• SureStead Claims

22

Distribution Team of the Year

Winner:

• Aon - US Specialty Distribution 🏆

Shortlisted:

• SiriusPoint

23

M&A Transaction of the Year

Winner:

• Radian Group - Acquisition of Inigo 🏆

Shortlisted:

• Acrisure - Acquisition of Vave
• Ryan Specialty - Acquisition of Stewart Specialty Risk Underwriting (SSRU) 
• SageSure - Acquisition of Gemini Financial Holdings Corporation 

24

MGA / MGU of the Year

Winner:

• SageSure 🏆

Shortlisted:

• Aegis Specialty Division (a Division of Aegis General Insurance Agency and a K2 Insurance Services brand)
• Applied Surety Underwriters
• CFC
• Cover Whale
• Delos Insurance Solutions
• Integrated Specialty Coverages (ISC)
• kWh Analytics
• Parametrix
• VERVE

25

Reinsurance Broker of the Year

Winner:

• Gallagher Re 🏆
   

Shortlisted:

• Aon's Reinsurance Solutions
• Gallagher Re
• Guy Carpenter, a Marsh Business

26

(Re)Insurer of the Year

Winner:

• FM 🏆

Shortlisted:

• AXIS Capital
• Beazley
• Everest Reinsurance, a division of Everest Group
• MS Transverse
• Orion180
• QBE Re
• SiriusPoint

27

PE Deal of the Year

Winner:

• Bregal Sagemount and FTV Capital  - Investing in Neptune   🏆

28

VC Deal of the Year

Winner:

• Eos Ventures - Bamboo's Series A  🏆

29

Re/Insurance Leader of the Year

Winner:

• Marcus Winter - Munich Re  🏆

30

Broking Leader of the Year

Winner:

• Danny Kaufman & Jodie Kaufman Davis - H.W. Kaufman Group  🏆

31

Lifetime Achievement Award

Winner:

• Jon Hancock - AIG   🏆