Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• Delivering clients a quick and efficient service in their tax reporting and/or audit requirements;
• Case studies demonstrating where the firm has understood and responded well to a specific/unique set of requirements
• Numbers demonstrating growth in the firm

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• quality risk modelling, and details of the data behind actuarial decisions;
• case studies demonstrating the performance of European captive clients;
• numbers demonstrating growth/expansion in the actuarial firm itself;
• how the firm has introduced a new innovation and/or technology to the benefit of clients.
  

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• quality service when placing reinsurance for ART programmes;
• case studies of where a broker has gone above and beyond in the level of service/support provided to a European captive client;
• numbers demonstrating growth in the broker's captive services department
  

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• Innovation/originality in an approach to cell captive solutions
• Case studies of how a cell captive initiative has overcome difficult regulatory and/or specific client challenges to deliver a successful outcome
• How a cell captive initiative has helped a captive to an improved financial performance for the client than would otherwise have been possible in
  

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• A summary of the project, including why the collaboration was necessary, the outcome and how it benefited the captive owner or the wider industry
• Each company’s contribution to the solution
  

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• Deep knowledge of a specific area of compliance
• Case studies where a compliance specialist has demonstrated excellence, either in the level of expertise, efficiency, knowledge or in how quickly they have responded to changes
  

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• expertise in risk management solutions; 
• case studies of the consultancy service provided to a European captive client and the positive outcomes this advice generated for the client; 
• customer satisfaction among captive clients;
• growth in the captive consultancy itself
  

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• How a company has implemented a specific innovation
• The positive outcomes the innovative solution created, ideally backed by numbers
• The wider impact this innovation could have on the captive industry, the more groundbreaking the better
• The successful outcomes that have come about due to the initiative, for both the company itself and/or the client
  

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• Quality of the strategic planning and execution involved
• What emerging risks were written into the captive and why?
  
• Why the captive was required, and the benefit the captive has subsequently brought to the parent or group
  

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• How the captive has benefitted the parent organisation or group
• The risk retention kept within the captive and why?
• What new innovation the captive has delivered, either for itself or the parent or group
  

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• case studies demonstrating excellence in service to their captive owner clients backed by performance numbers;
• growth in the captive manager itself, in both client numbers, written premium, and revenue; 
• ideas/innovations implemented to improve client satisfaction
  

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• excellence in risk management performance, backed by numbers;
• improvement in claims performance in one or multiple areas of the parent business;
• case studies demonstrating an innovative way improved risk management processes have been implemented at the parent organisation
  

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• Excellence in servicing a European captive insurance company, including details of how they have gone above and beyond to help a client or the industry as a whole;
• Case studies of the proactive steps they have taken in the last year to produce positive outcomes;
• Innovation and a willingness to take the industry to new places
• Client testimonials explaining what makes this individual stand out from their peers
  

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• Either how a captive solution/service has been deployed by a firm in the last year that assists captives owners with the challenges of adding cyber to their captive programme
• Or evidence of how a captive has displayed cyber expertise to assist/respond to a pressing cyber insurance challenge of its parent/members.
  

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• how a young person working in the industry has displayed skill/talent above and beyond what would be expected
  

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• Case studies of how the EB specialist delivered to a client an EB solution perfectly moulded to the specific needs of a business, and details of the challenges overcome to provide it
• Testimonials from clients of this specialist explaining how they stand out
• Evidence of specialist knowledge in the field of employee benefits
• Evidence of how the EB network/solution provides provides a service superior to competitors

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• Case studies of how staff at the regulator engaged with a captive owner in either the formation of a new captive, or to overcome a persistant issue
• A willingness to embrace new ideas and innovation to the benefit of captive owners
• Evidence that the regulator is responsive and engaging with the captives it regulates
• Evidence that the regulator has sought to improve its captive department internally in the last year
• Evidence that the regulator has taken steps to support the captives it regulates eg through new regulation
  

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• A truly groundbreaking technological innovation that solves a problem;
• Case studies of how a captive deployed this solution and the positive outcomes it generated; numbers demonstrating uptake of the solution
  

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• Case studies of how staff at the international regulator engaged with a captive owner (with a European-based parent) in either the formation of a new captive, or to overcome a persistent issue
• A willingness to embrace new ideas and innovation to the benefit of captive owners
• Evidence that the regulator is responsive and engaging with the captives it regulates
• Evidence that the regulator has sought to improve its captive department internally in the last year
• Evidence that the regulator has taken steps to support the captives it regulates eg through new regulation

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• how an asset manager or investment advisor has developed a specialist captive department to meet the captive industry's investment needs;
• case studies of the lengths investment specialist have gone to for a particular captive client to build them a well-constructed and balanced investment portfolio that produces impressive returns, backed by the financial numbers and comparisons to other rival's portfolios/industry standard;
• numbers demonstrating the general returns of their captive clients and detail on the work that goes into improving these returns; numbers demonstrating growth in the investment specialist itself, both in client numbers and values invested
  

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• excellence in providing a restructuring or exit solution to a captive or other ART programme;
• case studies of particular deals that have delivered successful outcomes to both the client and the legacy provider; how the legacy provider has been able to deliver a superior claims management service on the acquired legacy book
  

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• how an insurance company has provided a quality and efficient fronting service to European captives; case studies of how the fronter has developed a nuanced approach to fronting for a particular client, demonstrating an ability to adjust their proposition for specific client needs;
• numbers demonstrating growth in the fronters proposition, in terms of both client numbers and premium fronted
  

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• how the organisation has put in place a NextGen initiative to usher in the next generation of talent;
• case studies demonstrating individuals that have recently come through the organisation's NextGen initiative, and their achievements;
• a willingness to try new innovative methods for making more young people aware of captive insurance and its merits as a career
  

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• how a legal department or law firm has delivered excellence in service to a European client and their captives;
• case studies showing deep legal expertise in a specialist/niche area highly relevant to a particular client;
• growth in the legal firm/department itself, backed by numbers
  

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• quality service from a company providing a software solution serving the European captive insurance market;
• case studies showing how the software meets a specific need from one or more captive clients can not be easily found/replicated elsewhere; how the software provider as utilised innovative and new technologies to deliver a unique and groundbreaking product to the industry; numbers demonstrating growth in the utilisation of the software solution.
  

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• how an insurance/reinsurance company has assisted a European-owned captive with a specialist underwriting solution;
• case studies of how the insurer/reinsurer has helped a client with a range of services to support the success of the captive; growth in the underwriter's captive proposition, backed by numbers