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

AI Implementation of the Year

  • Algorithmic Underwriting Platform - AXA XL
  • Agentic Claims Classification Project - Carbon
  • Fluence x Aspect - Fluence World
  • Markel International
  • Closing the claims insight gap in the London Market - MS Amlin/Sofix
  • Scrub AI

Broker of the Year

  • Aon's Reinsurance Solutions
  • Gallagher Re
  • Guy Carpenter, a Marsh Business
  • Howden
  • Howden Cyber
  • McGill and Partners
  • Miller Insurance Services

Broking Innovation of the Year

  • Surge Stop Loss Solution - Aon's Cyber Reinsurance Team
  • Burns & Wilcox Global Solutions
  • Howden Cyber+ - Howden
  • Texel CPRI Data Hub - The Texel Group

Campaign of the Year

  • Reinsurance Renewal Season Campaign - Aon's Reinsurance Solutions
  • Around the World in 80 Years -  Beazley
  • Cyber Masterclass - CFC
  • Howden and The British & Irish Lions Partnership - Howden
  • Intact goes global: Rebranding across UK, Ireland, Europe & Asia - Intact Insurance
  • Reframing risk to recruit a new generation of talent - MS Amlin

Carrier of the Year

  • Bridgehaven
  • Canopius
  • Hiscox London Market
  • Markel International
  • MS Amlin
  • OAK Global
  • QBE Re
  • SiriusPoint
  • Tokio Marine Kiln

Claims Service Award

  • Collegiate Management Services
  • Markel International
  • Munich Re Large & Complex Loss - Munich Re
  • Travelers Claims Customer Management Team - Travelers

Collaboration of the Year

  • Electronic Placing Standards Project Group - ACORD
  • BreachBits and Brit Insurance Collaboration - BreachBits and Brit Insurance
  • ShakeNet Parametric - Liberty Mutual Reinsurance & Safehub 
  • mea Platform, Crux Underwriting, Azur Technology - mea Platform
  • The Pandemic Consortium - Munich Re
  • OAK Global, Hampden & Bain Capital
  • Pet and Equine Insurance Association
  • Digital MGA Launch - RB Jones Global
  • Ryan Alternative Capital Re (RAC Re) - Ryan Specialty

Employer of the Year

  • AmTrust International
  • Amwins Global Risks
  • DOA Underwriting
  • Liberty Specialty Markets
  • Markel International
  • Miller Insurance Services
  • New Dawn Risk
  • RiverStone International
  • Tokio Marine Kiln

Legal Services Provider of the Year

  • DLA Piper
  • HCR Law
  • RPC

M&A Transaction of the Year

  • Disposal of Aegon UK by Aegon Group to Standard Life - A&O Shearman
  • Radian Group acquisition of Inigo - Inigo
  • Project Amethyst - Insurance Advisory Partners
  • Skyward Specialty acquires Apollo and launches Skyward Group - Skyward Specialty/Apollo
  • Intact and Argo Renewal Rights Deals - Westfield Specialty

MGA of the Year

  • Amalthea Underwriting
  • CFC
  • Collegiate Management Services
  • DUAL
  • K2 International
  • NBS Underwriting
  • Resilience
  • Rokstone
  • VERVE 

Smart-Follow Initiative of the Year

  • Accelerant
  • Apollo x Artificial - Apollo and Artificial Labs
  • InsurX & QBE Portfolio Solutions - InsurX & QBE
  • Ki

Talent Excellence Award

  • The Finance People Plan - Arch Insurance International
  • Augment Risk
  • Apprenticeship Programme - BMS
  • Liberty Specialty Markets
  • Markel International
  • Tackling the London Market talent gap - MS Amlin
  • RiverStone International
  • The Texel Group

Trailblazer Award

  • Genevieve Ahinful - Africa Specialty Risks
  • Brittany Baker - CyberCube
  • Queena Cheung - Marsh Risk
  • Ben Laidlaw - Carbon
  • Shannon McKeown - RiverStone International
  • Simba Zvauya - Munich Re

Underwriting Innovation of the Year

  • London Bridge 2 PCC - Artex Capital Solutions and Lloyd's
  • Cyber Proactive Response - CFC
  • Clinical Trials - Markel
  • Agentic Underwriting System - Shepherd Nova
  • Data Centre Solution - The Fidelis Partnership 
  • Tokio Marine GX
  • Enterprise Ctrl - Tokio Marine Kiln

Young Broker of the Year

  • Matteo Bragoli - Howden
  • Valentin Condette de Sainte-Maresville - Kube M&A
  • Jonathan Franke - New Dawn Risk
  • Tom Graham - Amwins Global Risks

Young Claims Professional of the Year

  • Sam Bignell - RiverStone International
  • Josh Bowman - Ryan Specialty
  • Joshua Hewitt - RiverStone International
  • Kate Jones - Liberty Specialty Markets 
  • Katherine Pycock - Tokio Marine Kiln
  • Shannon Simpson - W. R. Berkley Syndicate Management
  • Abigail Smythe - Brit Insurance

Young Underwriter of the Year

  • Sinead Cunningham - The Fidelis Partnership
  • Isabella (Bella) Donegan - Canopius Group
  • Saskia Glaisher - Ki
  • James Keens - Canopius Group
  • Thomas McShane - Tokio Marine Kiln
  • Eilidh Turner - Westfield Specialty International 
  • Sam Tyler - Carbon