Life Insurance Company of the Year
Awarded for market leadership, product innovation, customer service and encouraging the growth of insurance as a core component of the financial landscape.
Who should win?
The winner must have demonstrated consistently high standards throughout the year in promoting both the image and the uptake of insurance – through product and service innovation and by demonstrating that it listens to customers.
General Insurance Company of the Year
Awarded for outstanding performance in the area of general insurance through product innovation, dealing with end-users and intermediaries, and business growth.
Who should win?
The winner must have demonstrated soundness of strategy and implementation of its product offering throughout the year – meeting the needs of both intermediaries and end-users. It should have demonstrated that it listens to customers, develops new solutions and excels at risk management and claims management.
Digital Insurer of the Year
Awarded to the firm that has integrated digital solutions seamlessly into its business processes.
Who should win?
The winner should have grown its business by leveraging the many digital platforms available to it in terms of customer acquisition, customer retention, communications and back-office systems.
Life Reinsurer of the Year
Awarded to the firm that demonstrates excellence across a wide range of life reinsurance activities including the integrated use of technology, customer service, marketing and business development.
Who should win?
The winner must have demonstrated excellence across the spectrum of life reinsurance activities, working as a trusted partner with cedants, helping with product development and service enhancements
General Reinsurer of the Year
Awarded to the firm that demonstrates excellence across a wide range of general reinsurance activities, including the integrated use of technology, customer service, marketing and business development.
Who should win?
The winner must have demonstrated that it is responsive to the complex needs of cedants through product development and service enhancements, offering security to clients and acting as a partner with insurers.
Broker of the Year
Awarded for excellence and innovation in broking services, utilising methods and channels best suited to clients’ individual needs.
Who should win?
The winner must have demonstrated outstanding initiative and leadership qualities in the breadth and depth of its broking services, utilising both new and traditional delivery channels.
Educational Service Provider of the Year
Awarded for market leadership, product innovation, customer service and encouraging the growth of insurance as a core component of the financial landscape.
Who should win?
The winner must offer a comprehensive suite of learning programmes covering the many diverse disciplines within the insurance field – and must have delivered these programmes successfully to candidates of variable abilities.
Innovation of the Year
Awarded for an innovative product or service that has helped improve insurance in Asia in a unique and scalable way.
Who should win?
The winning innovation should have a practical value in meeting the changing needs of the business or its customers or both and should be scalable
Service Provider of the Year
Awarded to the firm that demonstrates dedication in looking after its customers, while maintaining healthy margins.
Who should win?
The winner must have demonstrated that it can provide excellent service across the spectrum of its offering, setting the standard for others to match without compromising the profitability of its business.
Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility Award
Awarded to the firm that demonstrates commitment to sustainably benefit the community through social, economic and environmental initiatives.
Who should win?
The winner must demonstrate sustainability and socially responsible leadership through recognized standards in its engagement with the community.
InsurTech of the Year
Awarded to the best insurance technology initiative from a start-up that drives new products and solutions, improves efficiency of processes and operations and enhances customer experience and satisfaction.
Who should win?
The winning application will use new solutions like wearables, connected devices, artificial intelligence, blockchain or data analytics to transform how consumers buy insurance, how policies are priced and how claims are made.
Technology Initiative of the Year
Awarded for an innovative product or service that uses technology to meet a new or existing demand in the insurance sector.
Who should win?
The winning initiative should be an innovative application of technology that offers a solution to a problem or one which makes doing business easier within the insurance sector.
Health Insurance Company of the Year
Awarded for innovation in products and services which facilitate an improvement in both the curative and preventative aspects of healthcare management.
Who should win?
The winner must have demonstrated leading professional standards against which other health insur-ers should be measured, and show proof of how global corporate practices have been localised.
Emerging Reinsurance Company of the Year
Awarded to the reinsurer that has recorded exceptional growth during the qualifying period, and demonstrated strong market expertise along with a high level of responsiveness to client needs.
Who should win?
The winner must have demonstrated strong knowledge of Asian markets, proactiveness in offering new solutions to clients and good financial strength.
Corporate Risk Manager of the Year
Awarded to the individual who has effectively enhanced his/her organisation’s risk management and/or contributed to the promotion of risk management in Asia.
Who should win?
The winner should be able to demonstrate how risk management has made a tangible difference to his/her organisation’s operations and/or balance sheet.
Young Leader of the Year
Awarded to the insurance executive under 40 years of age who has shown outstanding leadership qualities while contributing to the advancement of the insurance industry in Asia.
Who should win?
The winner should demonstrate industry expertise and should have used it to further the cause of insurance.
Woman Leader of the Year
Awarded to the leading executive whose actions best demonstrate the crucial contribution that women make to the future of the insurance industry in Asia.
Who should win?
The winner should have a public image that is in keeping with the future of a modern, inclusive industry and that has been built through manifestations of wisdom, courage and sound business sense.
Lifetime Achievement Award
This award recognises the significant contribution to the insurance industry made by an individual across the span of their working career.
Who should win?
The winner of this award will have earned the respect and admiration of their peers. They will also act as a role model for new industry entrants as well as other professionals working in the insurance sector. The winner will also have shown excellence and leadership in growing the industry and in making insurance better understood by its customers.