Strategic Risk 2010 European Risk Management Awards

Categories at a glance
Section One Categories

European Risk Manager of the Year
European Risk Management Team of the Year
Enterprise-Wide Risk Programme of the Year
Best Environmental Risk Control
Best Risk Communication of the Year
Best Loss Control Strategy
Best Risk Financing Programme of the Year
Most Innovative use of IT or other Technology
Best Risk Training Programme
Best Risk Management Approach in the Public Sector
Best Business Continuity Approach of the Year
Risk Management Young Achiever of the Year
Lifetime Achiever

Section Two Categories

Risk Service Provider of the Year
Risk Management Product of the Year
Training Initiative of the Year

Section Three Categories

European Business Insurer of the Year
European Commercial Broker of the Year

RULES

All entries go forward to the Stage One judging panels, which will shortlist those entries considered to best meet the required criteria.
Only those entrants that are shortlisted at Stage One will receive further correspondence. All finalists will be notified by 5 February 2010.
Shortlisted finalists in Section 2 only will be invited to submit further supporting material and provide a 15 minute presentation to the Second Stage judging panel. This will be held in London on 11 February 2010. Presentations are by invitation only and we regret there is no flexibility on dates or times.
The judges reserve the right to contact entrants for additional information where appropriate.
The judges' decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Thank you to everyone who
submitting an entry.

The shortlist will be announced
on 4th February.

Category		Criteria

European Risk Manager of the Year		This category is open to any individual who currently has responsibility for corporate risk management and whose work in 2009 has achieved a significant difference for his or her organisation. More >> Your entry should include the following: a description of your role and responsibilities, and to whom you report within your organisation the specific challenge(s) facing you in 2009 the strategies that you chose to deal with this and why how these strategies were implemented the resulting short, medium and long term benefits Hide

European Risk Management Team of the Year		This category is open to risk management teams who achieved demonstrable success with one or more initiatives in 2009. More >> Your entry should include the following: a description of the size and make-up of the team its specific area(s) of focus during 2009 the approach it took to deal with this and why how these strategies were implemented the resulting short, medium and long term benefits Hide

Enterprise-Wide Risk Programme of the Year		This category is open to any organisation has introduced an enterprise risk management approach in 2009 More >> Your entry should include the following: a description of your role and responsibilities, and to whom you report within your organisation the reasons for adopting an enterprise risk management approach the strategies used to implement this and the reasons they were chosen how these strategies were implemented the resulting short, medium and long term benefits Hide

Best Environmental Risk Control		The judges will reward those organisations that have demonstrated an outstanding initiative related to the environment in 2009. More >> This can comprise: a provable commitment to ensuring sustainable economic development; a social responsibility initiative that involves working with employees, their families, the local community, NGOs or society at large; a new operational risk management process or system designed to enhance environmental health and safety; an innovative method of treatment or remediation to deal with historic contamination. Your entry should include the following: the specific challenge(s) facing your organisation or its industry sector in 2009 that the initiative was designed to address the strategies/activities that you selected to address this and why how these strategies/activities were implemented and by whom the resulting benefits Hide

Best Risk Communication of the Year		This category is open to organisations that can show that they implemented an effective and outstanding risk communication strategy which raised awareness of risk, resulting in improved risk treatment in 2009 internally, externally or both. More >> Your entry should include the following: the subject matter that needed to be communicated and why the audience addressed the method of communication that was selected and the reasons for this choice who was responsible for implementing the communication the results and how they demonstrate that the communication was effective. Hide

Best Loss Control Strategy		This category is open to organisations that can show that they implemented an effective and outstanding risk communication strategy which raised awareness of risk, resulting in improved risk treatment in 2009 internally, externally or both. More >> Your entry should include the following: a description of your role and responsibilities, and to whom you report within your organisation the specific loss area(s) addressed in 2009 why it was important to control this the control strategies that you chose to deal with this and why how these strategies were implemented the resulting short, medium and long term benefits. Hide

Best Risk Financing Programme of the Year		The judges will reward those organisations that can demonstrate that they have assessed their risk financing needs and tailored a programme in 2009 that improves cost effectiveness and/or achieves a better fit with or enhances an existing risk management programme. More >> Your entry should include the following: action taken to determine your organisation�s risk financing needs the criteria used in designing the programme the key elements of the risk financing programme the resulting short, medium and long term benefits Hide

Most Innovative use of IT or other Technology		This category is open to organisations which have introduced new technology or improved existing technology to produce a demonstrable benefit for their risk management programme or strategies in 2009. More >> Your entry should include the following: a description of your role and responsibilities, and to whom you report within your organisation the specific challenge(s) facing you in 2009 the technological strategies that you chose to deal with this and why how these strategies were implemented the resulting short, medium and long term benefits. Hide

Best Risk Training Programme		This award is for organisations that have introduced a demonstrably effective risk training programme in 2009. More >> Your entry should include the following: why a risk training programme was considered necessary the target audience for the training how the programme was designed and implemented the resulting short, medium and long term benefits. Hide

Best Risk Management Approach in the Public Sector		Judges will reward public sector bodies that can demonstrate a comprehensive, successful and cost-effective risk management initiative in 2009 either across the entire organisation or focusing on a particular aspect. More >> Your entry should include the following: the specific challenge(s) facing the organisation in 2009 the strategies that chosen to deal with this and why how these strategies were implemented the resulting short, medium and long term benefits. Hide

Best Business Continuity Approach of the Year		This category is open to companies who can show that they initiated or implemented a well thought-out new business continuity approach in 2009 that reflected current challenges. More >> Your entry should include the following: the challenge(s) addressed why it was important for your organisation to address these how you went about designing your approach and what sectors of your organisation were involved what your approach has or hopes to achieve Hide

Risk Management Young Achiever of the Year		This is open to risk professionals up to the age of 35 in the private and public sector who can demonstrate that they have made a significant contribution to their organisation's risk management. More >> Your entry should include the following: a description of your role and responsibilities, and to whom you report within your organisation the specific challenge(s) facing you in 2009 the strategies that you chose to deal with this and why how these strategies were implemented the resulting short, medium and long term benefits. Hide

Lifetime Achiever		This award will be given to the individual(s) whom the judges consider to be an outstanding contributor to risk management not only within their own organisation but in the wider risk management community and/or commerce and industry at large More >> Nominations can be from the individuals themselves, their colleagues, associates with whom they work, such as consultancies and brokers, or European national risk management associations. A curriculum vitae of the individual nominated must be provided, and this can be accompanied with additional information outlining their achievements. Hide

Section Two Categories

Awards in Section 2 are open to organisations offering products or services to the risk management community. Entrants should submit a 500-750 word entry, and in addition may supply up to 200 words of additional material which can include client testimonials. The shortlist for this category will be drawn up by a panel of European risk managers in January 2010. Those shortlisted will then be invited to submit further material and make a 15 minute presentation to a second panel of risk managers in February 2010 who will then select the winning organisations.

Category		Criteria

Risk Service Provider of the Year		This category is open to any organisation that has developed or improved its services to the risk management community in 2009. More >> Your entry should include the following: how you designed the service and why you felt it would be of value what the service consists of how it is marketed/delivered the benefits derived by the users with client testimonials where appropriate any plans for enhancements is the service relevant to most European countries Hide

Risk Management Product of the Year		This is open to any organisation that has developed or improved a risk management product in 2009 More >> Your entry should include the following: how you designed the product and why you felt it would be of value what the product consists of how it is marketed/delivered the benefits derived by the users with client testimonials where appropriate any plans for enhancements. is the product relevant to most European countries. Hide

Training Initiative of the Year		The judges will reward organisations that can demonstrate that they have introduced a successful training initiative for corporate risk professionals in 2009. More >> This initiative can focus on a specific area or encompass a broad range of areas. Your entry should include the following: how you designed the training and why you consider it fulfils a need what the training consists of how it is marketed/delivered the benefits derived by the users with client testimonials where appropriate any plans for enhancements. Hide

Section Three Categories

Category		Criteria

European Business Insurer of the Year		No entry is required. Risk managers throughout Europe will be invited to vote on-line for the organisations that they consider are the best within these two categories. The results will then be professionally analysed to ensure that they are fully representative. The shortlist will be published in StrategicRISK in February 2010 and the results announced at the awards presentation on 22 April 2010.
European Commercial Broker of the Year

For further information contact:

Elizabeth Copeman
Events Logistics Manager
StrategicRISK
elizabeth.copeman@strategicrisk.co.uk
DL: +44 (0) 20 7618 3477
Fax:+44 (0) 20 7618 3400

Thank you to everyone who submitting an entry.

The shortlist will be announced on 4th February.

Thank you to everyone who
submitting an entry.

The shortlist will be announced
on 4th February.