Lloyd’s 2016 Innovation Awards winners unveiled
The Lloyd’s of London insurance market has announced the winners of its 2016 Innovation Awards.
Beazley, Cromar, Hiscox and Tokio Marine Kiln each picked up trophies at Lloyd’s 2016 Innovation Awards for the insurance industry.
Aon won most innovative Lloyd’s broker, as voted for by Lloyd’s managing agents, while Beazley picked up its second award of the night in the most innovative managing agent category, as voted for by Lloyd’s brokers.
Commenting on only the second staging of its Awards, Lloyd’s CEO Inga Beale, said: “The 2016 winners provide fantastic examples of the innovation going on across the Lloyd’s market. As the world changes like never before, it is important to recognise the companies and people that are leading the way, creating innovative insurance products for this digitalised, globalised, interconnected world of new and emerging risks.”
One of the Innovation Awards judges, Professor Ralph Lewis from London Business School, explained the rationale behind the event when he said: “The ability of businesses to innovate is critical in these challenging economic and technology-driven times.”
Other judges included Neil Maidment, Chairman of the Lloyd’s Market Association; Justin Emrich, Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Atrium Underwriters and Chairman of the Innovation Council for the Lloyd’s Target Operating Model; and Gavin Steele, the Corporation of Lloyd’s Executive Sponsor for Innovation.
The 2016 Lloyd’s Innovation Award winners are: