THE BRITISH INSURANCE AWARDS HALL OF FAME FINALISTS AND WINNERS FROM 1995 – 2018 Over 24 years of The British Insurance Awards insuranceawards.com THE BRITISH INSURANCE AWARDS HALL OF FAME UNDERWRITER OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY: 1995 Bain Hogg: An Inchcape Company JULY 3RD AT LONDON’S GROSVENOR HOUSE WINNER: HOTEL (800 GUESTS) ITT London & Edinburgh PRESENTERS: SHORTLIST: Steve Rider and David Worsfold AIG Europe NIG Skandia SPEECH: Jonathan Evans MP, then Minister for Corporate Affairs CLAIMS TEAM OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY: SHORTLIST & WINNERS McLarens Chartered Loss Adjusters LOSS ADJUSTER OF THE YEAR WINNER: SPONSORED BY: Sun Alliance CCN Insurance Services SHORTLIST: WINNER: Congregational & General DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Cunningham Hart Iron Trades Insurance SHORTLIST: Ellis & Buckle TRAINING AWARD Thomas Howell Group SPONSORED BY: Continuum Europe COMMERCIAL LINES BROKER OF THE YEAR WINNER: SPONSORED BY: Royal Insurance Cornhill Insurance SHORTLIST: WINNER: Colonnade Insurance Brokers Allan Chapman & James Congregational & General Insurance SHORTLIST: Taurus Training Services DOR (Northern) FMW Farr Group MARKETING INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY: PERSONAL LINES BROKER OF THE YEAR Royal Mail SPONSORED BY: WINNER: Guardian Insurance Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society WINNER: SHORTLIST: Colonnade Insurance Brokers Norwich Union SHORTLIST: Swinton Insurance Aspen Insurance Brokers RAC Insurance Brokers TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY: BROKING INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR Ernst & Young SPONSORED BY: WINNER: Sun Alliance Royal Insurance WINNER: SHORTLIST: FMW Farr Group Colonnade Insurance Brokers SHORTLIST: Independent Insurance Bayliss & Cooke (MiniBusPlus) Zurich Life Edgar Hamilton & Wellard insuranceawards.com THE BRITISH INSURANCE AWARDS HALL OF FAME GENERAL INSURER OF THE YEAR COMMERCIAL LINES BROKER OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY: SPONSORED BY: Beachcroft Stanleys Cornhill Insurance WINNER: WINNER: Commercial Union FM Green & Co SHORTLIST: SHORTLIST: Independent Insurance Allan Chapman & James ITT London & Edinburgh FMW International REINSURER OF THE YEAR PERSONAL LINES BROKER OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY: SPONSORED BY: Independent Insurance Guardian Insurance WINNER: WINNER: M&G Re Premium Search SHORTLIST: SHORTLIST: CNA Re Colonnade Insurance Brokers Eagle Star Rr L Hughes & Co ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BROKING INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY: SPONSORED BY: Legal & General Sun Alliance WINNER: WINNER: Peter Wood, then chief executive, Direct Line Insurance Wergs Hall Insurance Brokers SHORTLIST: APN Insurance Services Berns Brett Insurance 1996 UNDERWRITER OF THE YEAR JULY 9TH AT LONDON’S GROSVENOR HOUSE SPONSORED BY: HOTEL (OVER 1000 GUESTS) Bain Hogg: An Inchcape Company PRESENTERS: WINNER: Steve Rider and David Worsfold Royal Insurance SPEECH: SHORTLIST: David Rowlands, then chairman of Lloyd’s Hiscox Underwriting ENTERTAINMENT: St Paul International Royal Philharmonic Orchestra led by Simon Inglis. Singer: Fiona O’Neill CLAIMS TEAM OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY: SHORTLIST & WINNERS McLarens Chartered Loss Adjusters LOSS ADJUSTER OF THE YEAR WINNER: Sun Alliance Connections SPONSORED BY: CCN Insurance Services SHORTLIST: Cigna Healthcare & Group Life WINNER: Zurich Insurance Thomas Howell Group SHORTLIST: Applied Technology Adjusting Ashworth Mairs McLarens Toplis insuranceawards.com THE BRITISH INSURANCE AWARDS HALL OF FAME TRAINING AWARD GENERAL INSURER OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY: SPONSORED BY: Nationwide Insurance Services Beachcroft Stanleys WINNER: WINNER: Premium Search St Paul International SHORTLIST: SHORTLIST: Avon Insurance Commercial Union Colonnade Insurance Brokers Independent Insurance Steel Burrill Jones REINSURER OF THE YEAR LIFE INSURER OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY: SPONSORED BY: Reinsurance Continuum Europe WINNER: WINNER: Swiss Re Zurich Life SHORTLIST: SHORTLIST: Axa Re Black Horse Financial Services St Paul Re Legal & General ACHIEVEMENT AWARD MARKETING INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY: SPONSORED BY: Legal & General Royal Mail WINNER: WINNER: Victor Blake Commercial Union SHORTLIST: ITT London & Edinburgh Legal & General 1997 CUSTOMER CARE AWARDS (NEW) JULY 3RD AT LONDON’S GROSVENOR HOUSE SPONSORED BY: HOTEL (OVER 1200 GUESTS) Huon PRESENTERS: WINNER: Steve Rider and David Worsfold Guardian Health SPEECH: SHORTLIST: John Greenway MP, then chairman of the All Party ITT London & Edinburgh Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services Sun Alliance ENTERTAINMENT: Humphrey Lyttlejohn and his musicians including Kenny TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR Baker, Don Lusher and Acker Bilk. Singers: Helen Shapiro SPONSORED BY: and Alan Price Ernst & Young WINNER: SHORTLIST & WINNERS Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre (Thatcham) LOSS ADJUSTER OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST: SPONSORED BY: Brian Wright Group Experian Marsh & McLennan WINNER: Robins Response SHORTLIST: Cunningham Group McLarens Toplis Miller Fisher insuranceawards.com THE BRITISH INSURANCE AWARDS HALL OF FAME COMMERCIAL LINES BROKER OF THE YEAR TRAINING AWARD SPONSORED BY: SPONSORED BY: Cornhill Insurance Teleglobe WINNER: WINNER: FM Green & Co Steel Burrill Jones Group SHORTLIST: SHORTLIST: Allan Chapman & James Albany Life FMW Corporate Risks FMW International Insurance Brokers Walker Midgley Insurance Brokers Premium Search PERSONAL LINES BROKER OF THE YEAR LIFE INSURER OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY: SPONSORED BY: Guardian Insurance Peters Management Consultancy WINNER: WINNER: Premium Search Canada Life Assurance SHORTLIST: SHORTLIST: Colonnade Insurance Brokers Albany Life Diane Deardon Insurance Brokers Friend Provident First Call Wergs Hall Insurance Brokers Midland Personal Financial Services Nat West Life Investment Services BROKING INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR MARKETING INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY: Royal & Sun Alliance SPONSORED BY: Royal Mail WINNER: Warren Hill Insurance Brokers WINNER: Iron Trades Insurance SHORTLIST: The Basic Boat Liability Company SHORTLIST: Fielding Mann Insurance Brokers Eagle Star Insurance Wergs Hall Insurance Brokers UAP Provincial Underwriter of the Year Zurich Insurance SPONSORED BY: CUSTOMER CARE AWARDS Green Flag SPONSORED BY: WINNER: Huon Royal & Sun Alliance WINNER: SHORTLIST: Norwich Union ITT London & Edinburgh St Paul International SHORTLIST: Zurich Life Dianne Dearden Insurance Brokers Guardian Health Zurich Insurance CLAIMS TEAM OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY: TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR McLarens Chartered Loss Adjusters SPONSORED BY: WINNER: Ernst & Young Congregational & General WINNER: SHORTLIST: NFU Mutual Cigna Healthcare & Group Life Norwich Union (general insurance) SHORTLIST: Royal & Sun Alliance (Direct & Retail) Commercial Union Equifax/Norwich Union Direct Norwich Union (general insurance) insuranceawards.com THE BRITISH INSURANCE AWARDS HALL OF FAME RISK MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE (NEW FOR 2007) SHORTLIST & WINNERS SPONSORED BY: LOSS ADJUSTER OF THE YEAR Cigna International SPONSORED BY: WINNER: Imbach RAG NFU Mutual WINNER: SHORTLIST: Crawford THG Arun District Council CE Heath (UK) SHORTLIST: Willis Corroon Ellis & Buckle Property Solutions McLarens Toplis IT Unit GENERAL INSURER OF THE YEAR McLarens Railway Claims Unit SPONSORED BY: COMMERCIAL LINES BROKER OF THE YEAR Beachcroft Stanleys SPONSORED BY: WINNER: Cornhill Insurance Commercial Union WINNER: SHORTLIST: FMW International Insurance Brokers Independent Insurance NFU Mutual SHORTLIST: St Paul International Burke Ford Insurance Group FM Green & Co REINSURER OF THE YEAR Robert & David SPONSORED BY: PERSONAL LINES BROKER OF THE YEAR Reinsurance SPONSORED BY: WINNER: Guardian Insurance St Paul Re WINNER: SHORTLIST: Aon Risk Services CNA Re Equitas SHORTLIST: Colonnade Insurance Brokers ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Thomas, Carroll Brokers SPONSORED BY: BROKING INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR Legal & General SPONSORED BY: WINNER: Royal & Sun Alliance Sir David Rowland WINNER: Sedgwick SHORTLIST: Heath Insurance Services 1998 The Brian Wright Group JULY 9TH AT LONDON’S GROSVENOR HOUSE Wilby Insurance Brokers HOTEL (OVER 1400 GUESTS) UNDERWRITER OF THE YEAR PRESENTERS: SPONSORED BY: Angus Deayton and David Worsfold Experian SPEECH: WINNER: John Greenway MP, then chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services Independent Insurance ENTERTAINMENT: SHORTLIST: Cassidy David Insurance Group Johnny Howard Big Band and Band of Caledonian Cigna Insurance Company of Europe Highlanders Royal & Sun Alliance insuranceawards.com THE BRITISH INSURANCE AWARDS HALL OF FAME CLAIMS TEAM OF THE YEAR CUSTOMER CARE AWARDS SPONSORED BY: SPONSORED BY: McLarens Chartered Loss Adjusters Huon WINNER: WINNER: AIG Europe Norwich Union SHORTLIST: SHORTLIST: Guardian Health Dianne Dearden Insurance Brokers Royal & Sun Alliance Corporate Partnerships Guardian Health St Paul International Insurance Zurich Insurance TRAINING AWARD TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY: SPONSORED BY: Certis Ernst & Young WINNER: WINNER: NFU Mutual and Avon Group PHH Insurer Services SHORTLIST: SHORTLIST: Steel Burrill Jones Group Lloyd’s Insurance Services Norwich Union General Insurance Policy Master Royal & Sun Alliance LIFE INSURER OF THE YEAR RISK MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE SPONSORED BY: CSC Financial Services Group SPONSORED BY: Cigna International WINNER: Legal & General Assurance Society WINNER: Ark & General SHORTLIST: Eagle Star SHORTLIST: NFU Mutual Insurance Society Commercial Union Norwich Union Life & Pension Eagle Star Intermediary Systems LIFE ASSURANCE SALES FORCE OF THE YEAR Wilby Insurance Brokers – NEW FOR 1998 GENERAL INSURER OF THE YEAR SPONSORED