Compass Insurance Managing Director, Paul Carragher, welcomed guests to the company’s annual awards ceremony, this year called “The Morning of the Stars”, the event having been changed to comply with Conflict of Interest requirements. Jurgen Graber, Member of Executive Board of Germany’s Hannover Re, was also in attendance.
The award winners
There are two awards categories – each with two winners depending on the size of the company’s gross written premium (GWP).
The Compass Loss Ratio Award in the over R50m GWP category – given to an agency with the most improved loss ratio from 2009 to 2010 – was awarded to Commercial & Industrial Acceptances (CIA), the specialist property UMA, which also won leading UMA for the second time at the Financial Intermediaries Association (FIA) Awards earlier in the year.
Delighted Andre de Waal and Georgie Graham accept the award for CIA.
Nominees in this category were: Ad Ultimum Outsourcing (Wim Smit) and Landmark Underwriting Agency (Gert Henning).
In the under R50m GWP category, the winner was Construction Guarantee, a specialist underwriter in the construction space by guaranteeing the completion of construction projects.
Nominees in this category were: Gem & Jewel Acceptances (Natasha Maroun, Gary Cross) and Garagesure Consultants & Acceptances (Leslie Mitchell).
David Agrella receives the award from Paul Carragher.
The Compass Combined Ratio Award – given to an agency with the lowest combined ratio for the past three years (2008 – 2010) – was awarded to Firedart Engineering Underwriting Managers in the over R50m GWP category.
Nominees in this category were: Landmark Underwriting Agency (Gert Henning) and Thatch Risk Acceptances (Natasja Blok).
In the under R50m GWP category, the winner was Synergy Targeted Risk Solutions.
Nominees in this category were: First Marine Acceptances (Paul March) and IPA (Dolf van der Merwe).
Mike Tandy accepts the award for Firedart Engineering Underwriting Managers.
Peter Hodgson and Amanda Tissen proudly display the award for Synergy Targeted Risk Solutions
“These prestigious awards enable us to not only measure the ongoing success of our UMA partners but to also reward that success” says Paul.
