Risk Manager of the Year - sponsored by Allianz

Rising Star of the Year - sponsored by XL Catlin

The reputation of the risk management profession has been developed over the course of many years, however for this award we are seeking to acknowledge the stars of the future and someone with a fresh view on the profession.

They will have a good knowledge and understanding of the successes of the past and the failures, but more importantly will have an appetite for innovation to address the developing needs and challenges faced by corporates in today’s rapidly changing environment. The winner of this award will be a risk manager who has less than five years’ experience as a risk management or insurance professional and who also demonstrates:

• An excellent understanding of the risk management process
• Enthusiasm for seeking new and innovative solutions to challenges
• The ability to solve complex problems
• Leadership skills and the ability to work as a team player.

Innovative Insurance Programme of the Year - sponsored by Zurich

Innovation thrives in difficult economic times. This category will highlight fresh thinking to tackling complex risk challenges. The award seeks to reward the innovation displayed by risk managers in achieving excellence to meet the needs of their firms.

The award will recognise the initiative that redefines the industry’s competitive landscape and raises the bar for innovation providing the individual demonstrates:

• The ability to solve complex problems through a creative approach
• Execution of an innovative programme that was original and different from traditional approaches
• Successful project management and team working, results obtained so far, how the programme enhanced common practices
• How this initiative redefined the business process, improved the practice and strengthened the overall operations of the organisation.

Risk Manager Lifetime Achievement - sponsored by Generali

The skill and enthusiasm of individuals has underpinned the history of risk management. To recognise individuals who reshaped not only the institutions that they worked for, but the entire risk management sector, this award seeks to recognise people who are considered giants in the industry because of their lifetime contributions.

This award recognises those who have gone ahead in the industry, and have distinguished their reputations, skills and achievements over a lifetime, setting the benchmark from which we assess others.

The lifetime winner will be recognised for their considerable contributions to the building of risk management best practice, that has gone from strength to strength. The criteria by which we assess candidates for this award are:

• Time and experience spent as a risk manager
• Outstanding record of personal achievements over and above peers in the industry
• We assess the performance of the organisations for which the candidate demonstrated leadership in terms of financial and business achievement
• Significant contribution to the advancement of risk management knowledge and practice
• Outstanding leadership skills and the ability to work as a team player
• Development of younger professionals.

Captive Management Solution of the Year

This award is open to captive management firms who are able to demonstrate outstanding service to their risk manager clients. Awarding excellence in all areas of captive management we are   primarily looking to reward either a company or a team who can demonstrate an ongoing commitment to providing innovative solutions to developing or managing captive programmes and risk financing solutions through consistently high quality management and entrepreneurialism.

Candidates will need to demonstrate:

• Implementation of a culture of innovation and problem solving
• Diverse product offering and solution-based service to meeting complex client needs
• How their service has improved the captive programmes for their clients
• How the initiative improved the client processes.

Insurer Innovation of the Year

This award is open to insurance firms only and is designed to reward companies that have truly made a lasting impact on innovation to meet their customer needs. Fostering the themes of partnership and innovation, the winner of this award will not be judged on size or scale, but on their focus to addressing customer requirements though an entrepreneurial culture practiced throughout the organisation.

Candidates for this award will be required to demonstrate:

• Creative ideas to solve complex problems and the ability to work with customers
• Originality and newness of a solution and its use, difference from the traditional approaches, clear understanding of the clients' needs
• Successful project management and team working, results obtained so far, how the programme enhanced common practices
• How this initiative redefined and improved the clients' business process.

Broker Innovation of the Year - sponsored by Allied World

This award is open to broking firms only and is designed to reward firms that have made a lasting impact on their clients through innovation and customer service. Fostering the themes of partnership and innovation, the winner of this award will be judged on their ability to be creative in addressing customer requirements and who encourage an entrepreneurial culture throughout their organisation.

Candidates for this award will be required to demonstrate:

• Creative ideas to solve complex problems and the ability to work with customers
• Originality and newness of a solution and its use, difference from the traditional approaches, clear understanding of the clients' needs
• Successful project management and team working, results obtained so far, how the programme enhanced common practices
• How this initiative redefined and improved the clients' business process.

Emerging Risk Solution of the Year

Emerging risks represent significant challenges to the risk management community and often require pioneering innovation from their broker and insurer partners. Open to both brokers and insurers, this category will highlight some of the key challenges faced by an ever changing world and how close partnerships can help to foster product innovation to meet new risk parameters.

Candidates for this award will need to demonstrate:

• A unique value proposition to tackling emerging risks
• Executed an innovative new programme that was original and different from traditional approaches
• Results obtained so far, how the programme enhanced common practices and contributed to solve complex problems
• How the initiative improved business process for the client, improved the practice and strengthened the overall operations of the organisation.

Global Programme Innovation of the Year

Our ongoing research with readers and attendance of leading industry events clearly shows that global programmes remains one of the key areas of concern and interest for risk managers in Europe and worldwide currently. This award is open to both brokers and insurers and seeks to highlight innovative solutions for a fast growing need.

Candidates for this award will need to demonstrate:

• Adequate size and scale to appropriately cover clients’ global operations, their unique value proposition
• Execution of an innovative new programme that was original and different from traditional           approaches
• Results obtained so far, how the programme enhanced common practices and contributed to solve complex problems
• How the initiative improved business process for the client, improved the practice and   strengthened the overall operations of the organisation.

Technology Innovation of the Year

This award is open to all firms who provide a service to the risk management community. It is designed to highlight the most innovative use of technology in designing, developing and executing industry leading solutions that provide a significantly improved customer experience for risk managers.

Candidates for this award are required to demonstrate:

• A culture of innovation and producing initiatives that improve the workflows of corporates
• The creation and execution of a technology-based initiative that has improved the business practice and the management of the risk management function.
• How this initiative redefined and improved the clients’ business process.

Claims Innovation of the Year - sponsored by Clyde & Co

This award is open to all firms who provide a service to the risk management community. It is designed to highlight the most innovative use of claims management in designing, developing and executing industry leading solutions and processes that provide a significantly improved customer experience for risk managers.

Candidates for this award are required to demonstrate:

• A culture of innovation and producing initiatives that improve the workflows of corporates
• The creation and execution of an initiative that has improved the business practice and the management of the claims management function.
• How this initiative redefined and improved the clients’ business process.

Insurer Leader of the Year

This award is designed to reward an individual currently in charge of an insurer for making a significant difference to their organisation and for their customers.

This award is for those individuals who have gone beyond the call of duty and achieved a positive result for their company. This award particularly seeks to reward those who have taken on a big and challenging project and made it work, whilst retaining a focus on customer service and innovation.

Candidates for this award are required to demonstrate:

• Making a significant difference to their firm or for the good of the sector as a whole
• Pioneered a position of forging lasting partnerships with customers
• Leadership skills that harness an environment of innovation aligned to high service levels
• Innovative approaches aligned with high services to meeting customer needs and problem   solving
• Commitment to long-term health of the industry and risk management professional development
• High quality delivery and customer service standards.

Broker Leader of the Year - sponsored by Mapfre Global Risks

This award is designed to reward an individual currently in charge of a broker for making a significant difference to their organisation and for their customers.

This award is for those individuals who have gone beyond the call of duty and achieved a result for their company. This award particularly seeks to reward those who have taken on a big and challenging project and made it work, whilst retaining a focus on customer service and innovation.

Candidates for this award are required to demonstrate:

• Making a significant difference to their firm or for the good of the sector as a whole
• Pioneered a position of forging lasting partnerships with customers
• Leadership skills that harness an environment of innovation aligned to high service levels
• Innovative approaches aligned with high services to meeting customer needs and problem   solving
• Commitment to long-term health of the industry and risk management professional development
• High quality delivery and customer service standards.

Lifetime Achievement

To recognise individuals who have devoted long periods of their life to reshape not only the institutions that they worked for, but the entire risk management sector. This award seeks to recognise people who are considered giants in the risk transfer industry because of their lifetime contributions and leadership.

The lifetime winner will be recognised for their unwavering contributions to the creation of risk transfer solutions that have benefited the organisations they have worked for, their risk manager clients and the industry as a whole.

The criteria by which we assess candidates for this award are:

• Time and experience spent in the risk transfer industry
• Assess the candidate relative to peers in the industry, with achievements over and above peers in the industry
• Outstanding record of personal achievements over and above peers in the industry
• Contribution to the performance of his/her organisation
• Significant contribution to the advancement of risk management knowledge and practice
• Outstanding leadership skills.