Categories & Criteria

Counter Fraud Initiative of the Year - Commercial Lines

Open to all UK-registered general insurance, reinsurance companies or self-insured entities. The judges will be looking for evidence that the entrant -either an individual, team or unit - has made a significant contribution to the detection or prevention of general insurance commercial lines fraud - either in the UK or internationally - and can demonstrate the results of a specific process or service in countering insurance fraud. Proof of delivery against set targets, the application of new techniques and the effective identification and reduction of fraud are likely to feature in successful entries.

Counter Fraud Initiative of the Year - Personal Lines

Open to all UK-registered insurance or reinsurance companies or self-insured entities. The judges will be looking for evidence that the entrant - an individual, team or unit - has made a significant contribution to the detection or prevention of general insurance personal lines fraud, and/or can demonstrate the results of a specific process or service in countering personal lines insurance fraud. Proof of delivery against set targets, the application of new techniques and the effective identification and reduction of fraud are likely to feature in successful entries.

Counter Fraud Initiative of the Year - Public Sector

Open to all public sector authorities, UK-registered general insurance companies, law firms and outsourced service providers in the sector. The judges will be looking for evidence that the entrant - an individual, team or unit - has made a significant contribution to the detection or prevention of insurance fraud in the public sector, or can demonstrate the results of a specific process or service in countering insurance fraud. Proof of delivery, the application of new techniques and/or the effective identification and reduction of fraud are likely to feature in successful entries.

Combating Fraud - Underwriting Initiative of the Year 

Open to all UK-registered insurance companies and authorised underwriting agencies acting under delegated authority. The judges will be looking for evidence that the entrant - an individual, team or unit - has made a significant contribution to the detection or prevention of general insurance fraud at the front end of the sales process, or can demonstrate the results of a specific process or service in countering insurance fraud through the use of specific underwriting techniques. Proof of delivery against measurable targets, the application of new techniques and/or effective identification and reduction of fraud are likely to feature in successful entries.

Combating Fraud - Technology Initiative of the Year 

This award will focus on business and administrative processes. It is open to any firm operating in the fraud sector - insurer, intermediary, service provider - that can demonstrate that the application of new information and communications technology has enhanced the detection and prevention of fraudulent activity. The judges will be looking for evidence of effective implementation, proof of delivery against set targets and a return on investment.

Combating Fraud - Broking Initiative of the Year

Open to all UK-registered insurance intermediaries. The judges will be looking for evidence that the entrant - an individual, team or unit - has made a significant contribution to the detection or prevention of general insurance fraud at either the front end of the sales process or as part of its risk management or claims service. The entrant should be able to demonstrate the results of a specific process or service in countering insurance fraud and the judges will be looking for evidence of proof of delivery against measurable targets, or the application of new techniques and/or the effective identification and reduction of fraud.

Fraud Investigation Team Of The Year - Insurer

Open to all and any team working within an insurance company. The judges will look for clear evidence of a successful investigation into insurance fraud, demonstrating the life cycle of any investigation, identifying techniques used and providing evidence where appropriate of a successful prosecution or reduction in fraudulent claims in a specific line of business or area of insurance.

Fraud Investigation Team Of The Year - Independent

Open to any team not directly employed by an insurer. Elegible teams could be part of a legal practice, a loss adjusting firm, an investigation firm or any outsourced service provider. The judges will look for clear evidence of a successful investigation into insurance fraud, demonstrating the life cycle of any investigation, identifying techniques used and providing evidence where appropriate of a successful prosecution or reduction in fraudulent claims in a specific line of business or area of insurance.

Fraud Intelligence Team of the Year - NEW!

Given the growing role of data analysis in the pre-investigation stage, this new award seeks to acknowledge the work that is being done by dedicated analytical teams in helping combat fraud. Open to all teams working within insurance companies, intermediaries, self-insured entities or service providers, the judges will be looking for clear evidence of how the use of analytics has helped facilitate a successful investigation/s, whether the data was gathered at the underwriting stage, claims stage or both.

Young Fraud Investigator of the Year 

Entrants can have up to 5 years' experience within the insurance fraud sector and must be under 30 years old on the closing date of 13/07/2012. The judges will be looking for an entrant who can demonstrate strong balance of both technical understanding and investigative agility.

The entry must clearly demonstrate the entrant's track record within the business, along with clear and tangible evidence of their outstanding contribution to the development of, and/or improvement in, their specialty, area, project or department. All nominations must be made or supported by the person's departmental manager.

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