2026 SHORTLIST

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR 2026 FINALISTS!

Join the market’s leading firms and individuals for an evening of recognition, networking and celebration as the winners are revealed.

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CATEGORY SHORTLISTED ENTRANTS

(Re)Insurer of the Year

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

AI Implementation of the Year

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

Broking Rising Star of the Year

  • Noah Hicks - CRC Group
  • Dillon Krouner - RT Specialty
  • Taylor Wilkinson - Brown & Riding

Campaign of the Year

  • AmTrust Risk Solutions - AmTrust Risk Solutions Rebrand
  • Aon - Reinsurance Renewal Season Campaign
  • Beazley - Around the world in 80 years
  • 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 

Claims Innovation of the Year

  • CorVel Corporation - CorVel's Generative AI Document Viewer™ 
  • Elysian
  • FM - Fast-Track Claims Solution 
  • Roadzen - Claims Management Platform 
  • SureStead Claims

Claims Rising Star of the Year

  • Nicholas Battaglia - MSIG USA
  • Scott Bueche - FM
  • Alexandra Cadario - FM
  • Kyle Lichtenberg - FM
  • Charlie Maggio - American Integrity Insurance Group
  • McKinley Stuart - Crawford & Company
  • Jason Wierzbowski - RiverStone International
  • Amanda Yoder - Zurich U.S.

Claims Team of the Year

  • American Integrity Insurance Group
  • Cowbell
  • FM - The Smucker’s Claim: A Story of Trust, Recovery and Exceptional Service 
  • Mobilitas Companies - Commercial Claims Team 
  • Origin Specialty Underwriters - Origin Specialty Claims
  • Resilience
  • RiverStone International - US Claims Team
  • SureStead Claims

Collaboration of the Year

  • 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 - 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) 

Distribution Innovation of the Year

  • Acrisure - LeftSeat
  • AgentSync
  • Aon's Reinsurance Solutions
  • Integrated Specialty Coverages (ISC) - ISC: MGA Distribution Model

Distribution Team of the Year

  • Aon - US Specialty Distribution
  • SiriusPoint

E&S Underwriting Team of the Year

  • Acrisure - Wholesure Transportation Underwriters (WTU) 
  • AXIS Capital - AXIS Excess Casualty (North America) 
  • Cardinal E&S - Cardinal E&S Healthcare Underwriting Team 
  • Delos Insurance Solutions - Tackling insurance accessibility in California 
  • 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

Employer of the Year

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

Insurance Asset Management Firm of the Year

  • Conning
  • New England Asset Management

Legal Services Provider of the Year

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

M&A Transaction of the Year

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

MGA / MGU of the Year

  • 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
  • SageSure
  • VERVE

Program Partnership of the Year

  • Origin Specialty Underwriters - Origin + Concert 
  • Arden and SiriusPoint

Reinsurance Broker of the Year

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

Start-up of the Year

  • Elysian
  • FurtherAI
  • Latin International Reinsurance Group
  • Mangrove Insurance
  • Tabit Insurance
  • Vivere Partners

Trailblazer Award

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

Underwriting Innovation of the Year

  • Bowhead Specialty - Baleen Specialty 
  • CFC
  • Insight Risk Technologies - Deductible Assurance 
  • OIP Insurtech - OIP Insurtech & BoundAI 
  • Ryan Alternative Capital Re (RAC Re)
  • Shepherd - Agentic Underwriting System
  • Zurich - Data Center Project Guard 

Underwriting Rising Star of the Year

  • 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

Underwriting Team of the Year

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

Wholesale Broking Team of the Year

  • Brown & Riding
  • RT Specialty
  • RT Specialty - Chicago