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2020 US Insurance Award winners revealed

Posted On: Sep. 10, 2020 4:33 PM CST

2020 US Insurance Award winners revealed

Business Insurance on Thursday announced the winners of the 2020 U.S. Insurance Awards during a virtual awards presentation.

Highlighting the event was the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award to Kevin H. Kelley, retired vice chairman of Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.’s Global Risk Solutions business and former CEO of Ironshore Inc. and Lexington Insurance Co.

In addition, teams of professionals from across the industry were honored for specific projects they had collaborated on in the field of commercial insurance.

Finalists in 14 categories were selected by Business Insurance staff from more than 170 nominations.

The winners were selected by a panel of more than 50 risk managers who independently assessed each of the finalists.

The 2020 USIA winners are:

Broker Team of the Year (firms with less than $500 million in U.S. revenue)

Oswald Cos.

Broker Team of the Year (firms with more than $500 million in U.S. revenue)

Beecher Carlson, a unit of Brown & Brown Inc.

Community Outreach Project of the Year (Donations)

Higginbotham Insurance Group Inc.

Community Outreach Project of the Year (Pro Bono and Volunteer)

Crawford & Co.

Diversity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

Insurance Consulting Team of the Year

KCIC LLC

Insurance Underwriting Team of the Year (all property/casualty)

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

Insurance Underwriting Team of the Year (management liability/professional liability/cyber liability)

Coalition Inc.

Insurtech Initiative of the Year (analytics, compliance, claims, other risk management applications)

Gallagher Bassett Services Inc.

Insurtech Initiative of the Year (underwriting and insurance platforms)

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, a unit of Swiss Re Ltd.

Legal Team of the Year

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Risk Management Team of the Year

Adecco USA Inc./Marsh LLC

TPA Team of the Year

CorVel Corp.

Wholesale Brokerage Team of the Year

Brown & Riding Insurance Services Inc.

The awards, which began in 2017, also raise funds to support the Business Insurance Scholarship. This endowment, administered by the Spencer Educational Foundation, aims to open new opportunities to provide scholarships to risk management and insurance students, as well as grants to support risk management and insurance programs, and to develop programming at universities without risk management degree programs, including HBCUs.

To view a replay of the awards event, click here.