Esure’s Peter Wood voted Industry Achiever of the Year

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More than 1,300 people from UK general insurance gathered at Battersea Evolution in London tonight to celebrate some of the industry’s best achievements at The Insurance Times Awards 2014.

Esure Group chairman Peter Wood scooped one of the most prestigious awards of the night, picking up the Industry Achiever of the Year Award.

A-Plan Insurance’s Carl Shuker also received top honours by taking home the Broker CEOs’ CEO Award. This year’s Insurer CEOs’ CEO Award was given to Direct Line Group’s Paul Geddes.

Insurance Times editor Saxon East said: “Congratulations to all of our winners tonight and thanks to all our entrants. It is fantastic to be able to recognise all of your achievements and to celebrate the great things that the UK general insurance industry has achieved over the last 12 months.

“It has been a wonderful evening and we hope you have all enjoyed celebrating with us.”

The full list of winners is as follows:

Customer Champion of the Year

Winner: Covea Insurance

Broker Claims Initiative of the Year

Winner: Animal Friends Insurance

Insurer Claims Initiative of the Year sponsored by Crawford

Winner: Legal & General

Training Excellence & Impact – Broker sponsored by the Chartered Insurance Institute

Winner: Be Wiser

Training Excellence & Impact – Insurer

Winner: Covea Insurance

Training Excellence & Impact – Business Partner

Winner: Crawford & Company

Brand Campaign of the Year – Broker-to-Specialist Audience

Winner: Bollington Insurance Brokers

Brand Campaign of the Year – Insurer-to-Broker

Winner: ERS

Insurance Brand Campaign of the Year

Winner: Allianz

Business Partner of the Year

Winner: Crawford & Company

Loss Adjuster of the Year

Winner: GAB Robins UK

MGA of the Year

Winner: UK General Insurance Group

Broker Innovation of the Year sponsored by Travelers

Winner: Ingenie

Insurer Innovation of the Year sponsored by SAS

Winner: Aviva

Personal Lines Broker of the Year sponsored by Zurich

Winner: Autonet Insurance Services

Commercial Lines Broker of the Year sponsored by Liberty Mutual Insurance

Winner: Romero Insurance Brokers

Excellence in High Net Worth Broking sponsored by Home & Legacy

Winner: RK Harrison

Excellence in Motor Broking sponsored by ERS

Winner: J W Burley & Partners

Excellence in Commercial Broker E-Trading sponsored by PowerPlace

Winner: Knightsure

National Broker of the Year sponsored by Nexus

Winner: Jelf Insurance Brokers

Independent Broker of the Year sponsored by Aviva

Winner: Autonet Insurance Services

Direct Insurer of the Year sponsored by Audatex

Winner: Direct Line Group

Personal Lines Insurer of the Year sponsored by Quindell

Winner: Ageas

Commercial Lines Insurer of the Year sponsored by Capita

Winner: Allianz

General Insurer of the Year sponsored by MoneySuperMarket.com

Winner: Aviva

The Insurance Times Industry Achiever

Winner: Peter Wood, Esure Group

Broker CEO’s CEO of the Year sponsored by RSA

Winner: Carl Shuker, A-Plan

Insurer CEO’s CEO of the Year sponsored by Accenture

Winner: Paul Geddes, Direct Line Group

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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