Find out who picked up an award as the industry came together to celebrate excellence in claims

IT Claims Excellence Awards 2015


Sterling, Pen Underwriting and LV= were the big winners at the Insurance Times Claims Excellence Awards 2015, with both picking up two awards on the night.

Meanwhile, Laura Paterson from Allianz was successful in the individual award category, picking up the trophy for Outstanding Claims Individual of the Year.

Here is a list of all of our award winners.

Industry Claims Training Initiative of the Year

Winner: Sterling

Judges: The standard of entries to this category was extremely high and the judges found it difficult to pick an outright winner. But they ended up picking an insurer with a great example of contributing to the industry as a whole – sharing its claims expertise and capability both internally and externally with brokers, many of whom didn’t even work with them.

Fraud Prevention Initiative of the Year

Winner: LV=

Judges: A smart initiative that adds to its existing fraud prevention measures, bringing together different silos in the business to proactively identify the next layer of fraud.

Legal Partner of the Year - sponsored by Zurich

Winner: Horwich Farrelly Solicitors

Judges: This law firm worked very closely with a major insurer in an innovative holistic way that really pushed the boundaries in helping to solve the big issue of combating fraudulent low severity impact claims. And it did so, refreshingly, without being based on an economics-led approach.

Claims Technology Initiative of the Year

Winner: Direct Line Group

Judges: This submission stood out as being genuinely innovative – it’s a great example of trying to change the way the market operates and getting customer buy-in to do so.

Customer Care Initiative of the Year

Winner: LV=

Judges: An outstanding care plan that puts the customer at the heart of everything they do.

Outstanding Broker Claims Initiative of the Year

Winner: Pen Underwriting (Keelan Westall) and Cadogan Keelan Westall

Judges: The winner applied lessons learned from their management of claims from the 2014 winter storms to put in place a number of practical solutions that delivered tangible benefits to its clients.

Insurer Claims Initiative of the Year – Personal Lines

Winner: Hiscox

Judges: Judges were very impressed by this great initiative. Furthermore, the enthusiasm, passion and team effort of the Hiscox shone through.

Insurer Claims Initiative of the Year – Commercial Lines

Winner: AIG

Judges: AIG was a clear winner in this category for its proactive customer approach to business.

Outstanding Broker Claims Team of the Year - sponsored by Sterling

Winner: Pen Underwriting (Keelan Westall) and Cadogan Keelan Westall

Judges: This brokers’ new claims team set-up was impressively used as a template for its larger parent organisation - a great testament to the work they have done to improve the claims experience.

Outstanding Third Party Claims Management Team of the Year

Winner: Imperial Consultants

Judges: The winner smartly transformed its business that was overly reliant on the winter months, delivering cost savings to insurers and successfully expanding into new areas.

Outstanding Insurer Claims Team of the Year

Winner - Sterling

Judges: An insurer that is really close to their brokers and understands the value of delivering unique propositions.

Outstanding Claims Individual of the Year - sponsored by the CII

Winner: Allianz – Laura Paterson

Judges: Judges were completely wowed by her presentation. An inspiring individual who represents the next generation of insurance professionals.