This award is open to all regulated insurance and reinsurance intermediaries serving eligible markets. The judges will be looking for a company that can demonstrate continued incremental business expansion and improvement in turnover, margins and profits over the previous 12 months.

Judges will look to see how management and staff have embraced change in the pursuit of these goals, as well as improvement in customer service and retention. The judges will also be interested in evidence of progress in the delivery of these and the broker’s stated business goals. 

The award recognises a broking innovation within the eligible period of the past year. Judges are looking for evidence that the innovation has broken boundaries in terms of its originality and success in increasing the size and scope of the market. Judges are also seeking examples that brought insurance solutions to satisfy emerging customer demand. For example, perhaps the initiative has challenged a cosy market context or has pushed the limits of insurability, using new thinking to solve old and intractable problems.

The winner will be an attractively designed, well-marketed and successfully executed initiative. Judges will be particularly looking for evidence of successful take-up from the winning entry. 

Candidates will be (re)insurance broking teams and a specific innovation

This award recognises the vital importance of marketing, comms and PR to our industry this award aims to highlight fantastic campaigns and communications initiatives. Winners will be a combination of the agency or team alongside the brand or product. Judges will be looking for qualitative evidence such as coverage, impact and recognition as well as quantitative examples like conversations, leads, feedback and statistics on the campaign’s success.

Campaigns that could be considered include product launches, rebranding, M&A, ESG initiatives, customer success stories or any other. Any part of the insurance ecosystem could be considered whether in broking, underwriting or claims; but also providers of solutions for example, tech or analytics.

We encourage in-house teams and agencies to put in joint entries with their stakeholders. 

This award highlights (re)insurance companies that provided an outstanding service to the (re)insurance market in the past year, standing strong for their clients in what has been a challenging period for underwriters. 

The winner will be a company or a team which has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to the sector through consistent high-quality management and entrepreneurialism coupled with outstanding underwriting performance. 

The winner of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Year category will exemplify outstanding leadership in business. 

They will be the driving force behind growth have demonstrably contributed to positive financial results in 2025 - 2026. They will have increased shareholder value where applicable, carried out their role with sound management and proven corporate governance, together with intangible qualities such as integrity and vision. They may also have been involved in some form of corporate innovation.

This category is selected by our editorial team and cannot be entered. However, if you wish to make a suggestion that fits the description above, please contact events@insuranceinsider.com.

This large loss award is open to the claims departments of risk carriers, brokers, loss adjusters and all organisations that have been involved in the reaction and response to major losses and claims events occurring in the eligibility period; 2025-2026. These could be a manmade loss that gives rise to a large and complex claim, or a natural catastrophe that gives rise to a series of claims. 

Judges will be looking for entries that demonstrate an ability to rise to the extraordinary challenge of such incidents, including the best deployment of the organisation’s in-house resources as well as the ability to co-ordinate and organise third party suppliers to the benefit of all parties.

The Collaboration of the Year Award recognises outstanding partnerships between two or more companies that have come together to solve a problem or challenge, resulting in an improved client solution or a remarkable outcome for the wider industry.  Applicants could be any combination of carriers, brokers and their service providers and the award is designed to celebrate the unique collaborative dynamic for which the London Market is famed. Subjects for collaboration could be as wide ranging as talent to technology, claims services to operational efficiency. 

Judges are looking for evidence on a true collaboration to tackle a specific challenge, a unique but sustained partnership which has demonstrable benefits for the stakeholders, their customers and the wider London Market. 

This award recognises an organisation that has built a workplace where people feel valued, supported and able to thrive. Entrants should demonstrate how they create an environment grounded in trust, fairness and safety, where employees feel empowered to speak up and confident that concerns will be handled responsibly.  

They should show how they foster inclusion and wellbeing, support colleagues with the realities of balancing work and home life and offer equitable opportunities for growth. Strong entries will highlight how the organisation attracts diverse talent, rewards colleagues fairly, and embeds systems that prevent and address issues such as bullying, harassment or discrimination.  

Above all, the winning organisation will demonstrate a genuine commitment to cultivating a positive culture that enables people to perform at their best and remain with the business for the long term. 

This award is open to law firms of all sizes providing legal services and advice to the (re)insurance sector and wider market. The winner will be a law firm driving success through appropriate advice and representation for its clients across the sector. The law firm could be speciality in its practice or have specific practices areas for the sector

Judges will be looking for value for money, demonstrable success from advice, impact cases and testimonial evidence.

The editorial tribunal award this honour to a person who they believe has distinguished themselves whilst making the highest contribution to the industry over the course of their working life. The winner is an individual working in – or providing services to – the UK markets through a career that has spanned at least 20 years.

This winner is selected by our editorial team and cannot be entered.

This award is open to buyers and sellers of risk carriers, (re)insurers and intermediaries as well as their advisers. The prize will be awarded to the merger or acquisition the judges think has made the most economic as well as strategic sense in the past 18 months, producing a value adding proposition for both parties. 

In addition to the deal economics and rationale, judges will be looking at how cultural issues were dealt with and how well the deal was received by markets and investors, as well as how successfully its execution has progressed post-transaction.

This category recognises the increasingly important role MGAs play in our marketplace as homes for entrepreneurial underwriters looking for independence, and as sources of new and diversifying profit streams for the carriers that back them.

Candidates will be managing general agents that have provided an outstanding underwriting service to the (re)insurance market in the past year and have brought product innovation to the markets they serve. The winner will be a company or a team which has demonstrated excellent underwriting performance in the past year, coupled with an ability to bring profitable business opportunities to its carrier backers that they would not otherwise have seen.

The winner of this category is an individual working in the (re)insurance intermediary sector. They will have made an outstanding contribution to the development of this sector over the last year.

This category is not eligible for entry and will be selected by our editorial team.

The winner will be an individual working on the risk-bearing side of the (re)insurance market. This is intended to be a broad category that can include carriers and marketplaces, risk-bearing, venture capital or private equity insurance funds, as well as those working in the regulation and governance of the same. Through their strong leadership, this person will have made an outstanding contribution to the industry over the last year.

This category is not eligible for entry and will be selected by our editorial team.

This category recognises an outstanding smart-follow initiative that demonstrates how technology, data and underwriting discipline can transform follow capacity in the insurance market. Entries should highlight how smart-follow capabilities have improved efficiency, strengthened underwriting performance and delivered measurable value. 

If you are entering a broker facility in this category, please demonstrate evidence of how you are delivering on indexation and take-up as well as providing analysis and insight to participating underwriters.

This award recognises organisations that excel in attracting, developing and retaining exceptional talent within the insurance industry. At a time when the market is facing a war on talent, driven by skills shortages, shifting career expectations and increased competition for high-calibre professionals, entrants should demonstrate how they are rising to this challenge. They should showcase a strategic, forward-thinking approach to building a diverse workforce that is skilled, engaged and positioned for long-term success. 

This award recognises an individual, typically in mid-career stage, driving meaningful change within their organisation and influencing the wider insurance market. The ideal entrant will have made a significant impact within their organisation, demonstrating clear evidence of positive change or innovation.  

They will show influence beyond their immediate role, with the potential to set trends across the wider market. Their forward-thinking leadership should illustrate how they challenge norms and drive progress, supported by measurable outcomes that show why their work matters. Above all, they should display strong future potential to help shape the industry. Judges will be looking for impact and influence not just on the business, but on their trading partners and in the wider market. 

This award honours an underwriting initiative or new product launched in the last two years that has either broken boundaries in terms of innovation and increasing the size and scope of the market, has challenged the market context or has pushed the limit of traditional insurability. Judges may also consider entries from innovative capital structures. 

The winner will be an efficiently structured, well priced and successfully executed initiative, with the recipient either the individual(s) or team(s) that designed the product or risk carrying entity or those responsible for backing and spearheading the initiative. 

Judges will be particularly looking for evidence of successful take-up and profitable implementation of the initiative. 

Candidates will be (re)insurance underwriting teams and/or their managers. Candidates may be working at a (re)insurance risk carrier or at an underwriting agency.

Candidates will be an individual aged 35 or under on 31 December 2025 and working in the broking sector. 

The winner will have already made a significant contribution to the industry, clearly demonstrating a solid input into the future development of (re)insurance distribution. Candidates’ entries must be supported by their department manager. Judges will be looking for something that makes them stand out as both a broker and market contributor.

Candidates will be individuals working in the sector who are employed in the claims departments of intermediaries or carriers, and aged 35 or under on 31 December 2025. 

The winner of this category will have already made a significant contribution to the industry for the improvement in the speed and quality of claims service and the enhancement of the reputation of the sector. The successful candidate will clearly demonstrate drive, innovation and evidence of their positive input into the future development of (re)insurance claims management. Candidates’ entries must be supported by their departmental manager. Judges will be looking for something that makes them stand out as both a claims specialist and market contributor.

Candidates will be an individual employed as an underwriter aged 35 or under on 31 December 2025 who works in the sector. 

The winner will have already made a significant contribution to the industry and will be on a clear path to an important career in a leadership position. Candidates’ entries must be supported by their department manager. Judges will be looking for something that makes them stand out as both an underwriter and market contributor.