Business Insurance Awards & Events

Business Insurance has created several awards programs to recognize and honor both individual and organizational accomplishments in the fields of employee benefits, risk management and commercial insurance. The educational conferences produced by Business Insurance allow attendees to network and gain insights and analysis on important issues to help them perform their jobs better.

For more information on attending or sponsoring an award event or conference, please contact our Director of Events, Martha Donato at Mdonato@BusinessInsurance.com or 845-545-0653.

For our award nomination information and processes, please contact Editor, Gavin Souter at GSouter@BusinessInsurance.com or 312-649-5482

	Benefit Manager of the Year® The Benefit Manager of the Year® Award was created in 2004 to recognize excellence and innovation in employee benefits management. This annual award winner and their employee benefit management program are highlighted in print and online. Honorees are selected by a nomination process and judged by a panel of employee benefit professionals and past honorees.
	Best Places to Work in InsuranceTM Business Insurance launched the Best Places to Work in InsuranceTM program to identify and recognize high-quality workplaces in the commercial insurance industry. Honorees are selected by a third-party firm and all participants self-nominate to participate in the annual program. As employees compete for talent and strive to be an employer of choice, these companies are honored annually for creating workplaces that do a superior job of encouraging employees to thrive in a workplace then can love. June 8, 2012 deadline for 2012 program.
	Buyers Choice Awards Business Insurance's annual Buyers Choice Awards are focused on identifying those service qualities that buyers value most and the brokers, insurers and TPAs that exemplify those qualities. Awards are presented at an annual awards dinner and winners are profiled in print.
	Innovation Awards The Business Insurance Innovation Awards is a program intended to recognize leadership, inventiveness and ingenuity in products and services designed for professional risk managers. This award was created in 2010. Organizations submit their programs and products to be judged by a neutral panel of risk managers and awards are presented in conjunction with the Risk Management Summit. In addition to the event, winners are highlighted with program profiles in print and online as well as an interview series with a representative from each winning organization.
	Risk Management SummitTM The Business Insurance Risk Management SummitTM is a unique invitation-only conference serving the information and networking needs for senior risk managers from the Fortune 500 and Global 500 companies. The Risk Management SummitTM provides attendees with focused insight via specific, timely case studies and peer-to-peer discussions, with topics and speakers selected and invited with the help of the Risk Management SummitTM Advisory Board, made up of senior risk managers, making the Risk Management SummitTM a conference for risk managers, by risk managers.
	Risk Manager of the Year® The Risk Manager of the Year® and Risk Management Honor Roll® Awards are among the highest honors Business Insurance presents among the risk management community. The Risk Manager of the Year® was launched in 1978 with the Risk Management Honor Roll® following in 1980. These awards recognize outstanding individual accomplishment and the risk management profession. The annual awards are presented on the second morning of the annual Risk & Insurance Management Society Conference.
	Women to Watch Women to Watch is an annual feature spotlighting 25 women who are doing outstanding work in commercial insurance, reinsurance, risk management, employee benefits and related fields, such as law and consulting. Honorees are selected by a panel of senior editors at Business Insurance who consider various criteria, including recent professional achievements, influence on the marketplace and contributions to the advancement of women in business.
	World Captive Forum The World Captive Forum is a three-day annual conference is co-presented by Business Insurance, Towers Watson and R&Q Quest, that attracts risk managers, captive managers, captive owners, regulators and service providers to exchange ideas, network and learn from expert speakers. The conference is organized into tracks covering topics such as Benefits in Captives, Emerging risks, Captive Governance, Affinity Groups, Onshore/Offshore, Solvency II, Tax concerns and Investments and Asset management.