The winners of last year’s Chief Execs’ Chief Exec awards get together for a joint interview

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Good leaders inspire emotional attachment from their teams, according to Ageas chief executive Barry Smith and Oval boss Phillip Hodson.

Hodson and Smith, who won the 2010 chief executives’ chief executive of the year awards for broking and insurance respectively, were interviewed by Insurance Times to mark the launch of voting for this year’s awards.

In the wide-ranging interview, the pair outlined their beliefs on leadership and talked about the challenging economy.

Click here to read the full interview with Barry Smith and Phillip Hodson.

The 2025 Insurance Times Awards took place on the evening of Wednesday 3rd December in the iconic Great Room of London’s Grosvenor House.

Hosted by comedian and actor Tom Allen, 34 Gold, 23 Silver and 22 Bronze awards were handed out across an amazing 34 categories recognising brilliance and innovation right across the breadth of UK general insurance.
Many congratulations to all the worthy winners and as always, huge thanks to our sponsors for their support and our judges for their expertise.

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