Business Insurance announced the winners of the US Insurance Awards 2020 during a virtual presentation of the awards

The highlight of the event was the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award to Kevin H. Kelly, Former Vice President, Global Risk Solutions, Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

In addition, teams of professionals from across the industry have been recognized for specific projects they have collaborated on in the field of commercial insurance.

Finalists in 14 nominations were selected by Business Insurance employees in more than 170 nominations.

The winners were selected by a panel of more than 50 risk managers who independently evaluated each of the finalists.

The USIA 2020 winners are:

Brokerage Team of the Year (Firms with Revenue Less than $ 500 Million)

Oswald Kos.

Brokerage Team of the Year (Firms with Revenue Over USD 500 Million)

Beecher Carlson, a division of Brown & Brown Inc.

Community Outreach Project of the Year (Donations)

Higginbotham Insurance Group Inc.

Public Relations Project of the Year (professional bonuses and volunteers)

Crawford & Co.

Diversity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

Insurance Team of the Year

KCIC LLC

Insurance Underwriting Team of the Year (All Property / Accident)

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

Underwriting Insurance Team of the Year (Management Responsibility / Professional Responsibility / Cyber ​​Responsibility)

Coalition Inc.

Insurtech Initiative of the Year (Analytics, Compliance, Complaints, Other Risk Management Apps)

Gallagher Bassett Services Inc.

Insurtech Initiative of the Year (Underwriting and Insurance Platforms)

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, a division of Swiss Re Ltd.

Legal Team of the Year

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Risk Management Team of the Year

Adecco USA Inc./Marsh LLC

TPA Team of the Year

CorVel Corp.

Wholesale Broker Team of the Year

Brown & Riding Insurance Services Inc.

The awards, which began in 2017, are also raising funds to support the business insurance scholarship. Managed by the Spencer Education Foundation, this foundation aims to open up new opportunities to provide scholarships for students in risk management and insurance, as well as grants to support risk management and insurance programs, and to develop programs at universities without a risk management degree. including HBCUs.