Malcolm Hyde, Aviva, DACB, HF, NFU Mutual, Sedgwick and Zurich big winners at the Claims and Fraud Awards
Law firm HF took home three awards at the Claims and Fraud Awards last night, at an event that saw former Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters executive director Malcolm Hyde, pictured, pick up the Achievement Award.
Insurers Aviva, NFU Mutual and Zurich, alongside Sedgwick and DAC Beachcroft were all double winners as the awards returned to the Brewery for the first time in three years.
Complete list of winners
Case Manager/Rehabilitation Employee of the Year
Holly Luxton, Enable Therapy Services
Claims Collaboration of the Year
Zurich Insurance and DAC Beachcroft
Claims Innovation of the Year – Insurer/Broker
Aviva
Claims Innovation of the Year – Outsourced Partner
Sedgwick
Combatting Fraud - Collaboration of the Year
General Insurance Fraud Council – Highly Commended
Aviva Insurance and DAC Beachcroft - Winner
Combatting Fraud - Technology Innovation
The Cotswold Group - ANPR Claims Validation Platform
Counter Fraud Team of the Year sponsored by DAC Beachcroft
RSA Insurance - Cannabis Farm & Cultivation Claims Management – highly commended
NFU Mutual – Claims Validation Operations Team - Winner
The Customer Care Award
QBE Business Insurance – Highly commended
Esure. - Winner
ESG: The Sustainable Claims Initiative of the Year Award
Ageas UK – Highly commended
Flood Re - Winner
Fraud Intelligence Team of the Year sponsored by LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Horwich Farrelly Intelligence Team
Fraud Investigation of the Year
NFU Mutual - Operation Kansas
Fraud Investigation Team of the Year – Independent
Woodgate & Clark
Insurance Claims Manager of the Year
Jan Martin, Aioi Nissay Dowa Europe
Insurance Claims Team of the Year
Animal Friends Insurance – Highly Commended
Covéa Insurance - Winner
Insurance Law Firm of the Year
DWF Law
Rehabilitation Initiative of the Year,
Zurich Insurance UK - Mental Health Support Proposition
The Claims Rising Star
Joseph O’Gorman, DWF Law – Highly Commended
Aidan Farrelly, Sedgwick - Winner
Training and Development
Horwich Farrelly
The Unsung Hero Award
Paul Jackson, Clyde & Co – Highly Commended
Derek Thomson, Ecclesiastical - Winner
Young Fraud Fighter
Charlie Barclay, NFU Mutual – Highly Commended
Anna Phelps, Marshmallow – Highly Commended
Joe Swinnerton, Horwich Farrelly - Winner
Achievement Award
Malcolm Hyde.
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