Tech & Innovation Awards 2017: Winners revealed

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Startups and established names alike honoured at the Insurance Times Tech & Innovation Awards 2017

There were two double winners at tonight’s Insurance Times Tech & Innovation Awards 2017, with telematics-driven firms Smart Driver Club and Insure The Box scooping two awards each.

Smart Driver Club, which offers telematics-based insurance and was launched last year by former Wunelli managing director Penny Searles, won Best Use of Technology for Customer Experience in the general category and Insurance Start-up of the Year in the year in the technology category.

Fellow double winner, telematics-backed underwriting agency Insure The Box, picked up the insurer Technology Innovation of the Year and Data Analytics Excellence awards.

The winners’ roster also included prominent insurtech startups Neos and RightIndem (see below for full list of winners)

The Tech Champion of the Year award, the one individual award in the ceremony, went to HomeServe Labs managing director Craig Foster. HomeServe Labs is the innovation unit of home emergency firm and insurance broker HomeServe. The division is best known for its LeakBot smart leak detector.

The winners are:

Risk Modelling Technology of the Year

WINNER: Adapt Ready

Marketing Campaign of the Year

WINNER: Staveley Head

Best Use of Technology for Customer Experience – General

WINNER: Smart Driver Club

Best Use of Technology for Customer Experience – Claims

WINNER: RightIndem

Technology Innovation of the Year – Insurer

WINNER: Insure The Box

Technology Innovation of the Year – Broker