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08/04/2026 News
Boris Plantier
Qorus Head of Awards & Content

The winners of the eleventh edition of Qorus Innovation in Insurance Awards will be revealed at the awards ceremony in September, in conjunction with the Reinvent Forum Insurance, an event dedicated to the future of insurance in a world that is undergoing very profound changes. The Innovation in Insurance Awards program aims to reward the most innovative projects developed by insurance companies across five continents. Qorus members and non-members from financial institutions have until April 29th to vote for the winners of this year’s edition.
 
This year, Qorus received 367 innovations from 171 institutions in 50 countries. An expert panel has selected nominees for awards. Both Qorus members and non-members can now vote for the winners in each of the eight categories by visiting the awards page and selecting their top three innovations per category (financial institutions only). For the Transformative Innovator of the Year category, the Awards Jury will select the winners from the nominees identified by the Awards Committee.

This year’s nominees are:

Best Communication & Marketing
• Ageas (Portugal) - Connect Program
• AgeSA (Turkey)- AI-based Recommender Engine
• Bradesco Seguros (Brazil) – GIMP
• Chubb (Thailand) - Protected. Like Family
• Desjardins (Canada) - Powering Commercial Insurance
• Fubon Life (Taiwan) - Taiwan Next-Gen Policy
• Nan Shan Life (Taiwan) - Sustainable Health Navigator
• Ping An (China) - CIS (Customer Insight Seer)
• RBCI (Canada) - Website Redesign
• Zurich Insurance (Germany) – Nexoya

 

Customer Experience Reinvented
• AIA (Hong Kong SAR) - AI Role Play
• Aksigorta (Turkey) - Zero-Touch AI Claims Experience Program
• Discovery (South Africa) - Advanced Driving Instructor
• Generali (Italy)- Healthcare Ecosystem
• Kutxabank Seguros (Spain) - Efficient management of home claims
• Manulife (Canada) – VOICE
• Reale Seguros (Spain) – Microproject
• Sejfa (Sweden) - Smart Claims
• VidaCaixa (Spain) - Theia Insights
• VUMI (USA) - Travel VIP App

 

Distribution Reinvented
• Aon (Turkey ) - Reinventing Bancassurance Through Embedded BNPL Protection
• Bajaj General Insurance (India) - Virtual Genie
• BPI (Philippines) – PasaHERO
• Cathay Life (Taiwan) - Redefining Insurance Agents with APEX
• CIC Group (Kenya) - The CIC Virtual Branch
• Forte Life (Cambodia) - #1 in Cambodia by customer base omni-channel partner distribution and protection-first innovation
• MetLife (Mexico) – Xcelerator
• Ping An (China) - LifeHub-Reimagining Insurance Distribution Through Everyday Health
• PZU (Poland) – Rysy
• Takaful Malaysia (Malaysia) - Kaotim Car & Kaotim Motor

GenAI Innovation of the Year
• Discovery (South Africa) - Connected Intelligence
Helvetia (Switzerland) - AI Concierge 
• Irish Life (Ireland) - Ai4All
• John Hancock (USA) - AI Assistant – Quick Quote
• KBC (Belgium) - AI Agents 4 Claim
• Manulife (Hong Kong SAR) - AI Assistant
• Old Mutual (South Africa)- Smart Goals
• Optum (USA) - AI Evaluation as a Service
• Ping An (China) - GAIBDS—GenAI Business Decision System
• Zurich Insurance (Spain) -  AI Agenda


InsurTech
• 180 Insurance (Brazil) - Building the First MCP Embedded Insurance Infrastructure in Latin America 
• Buyapowa (UK) - Transforming insurance customer acquisition & retention
• COMPI (Turkey) -  Reinventing Insurance Distribution with AI
• HITS (Switzerland)- Customer Digital Twin (powered by PersonaX)
• InSalute Servizi (Italy) - Digital TPA
• Klimber (Argentina) - A Global Benchmark in AI-Native Insurance and Financial Inclusion
• Qover (Belgium) - Qover's embedded insurance orchestration platform
• MobiLife (South Africa) – Policy Pilot
• Roadzen (USA) - Roadzen Inc.
• SOSO CARE (Nigeria) SOSO Care

 

Operations & Workforce Excellence
• Bradesco Seguros (Brazil) - Innovation Festival 
• ERGO (Germany) - AI-Powered Microlearning Ecosystem for Hyper-Personalized Workforce Development
• Fidelidade (Portugal) – Forward
• KBC (Belgium) - NextGen Policy Compare
• KGI Life (Taiwan) - AI‑Driven Intelligent Operations Platform
• Ping An (China) - BeiDou ChatBI
• PZU (Poland) - i360
• Santalucia Seguros (Spain)- Speech Analytics Sales Pitch
• Sara (Italy) – Saragency
• Zurich Insurance (Switzerland) – ZuriChat

Product & Service Innovation
• Allianz Partners (France) - The Virtual Captive Concept 
• AXA Climate (France) – Altitude
• Belfius Insurance (Belgium) – POP
• Discovery Life (South Africa) - Personalised PayBack Booster
• Generali (Italy) - Home Care Service
• Mapfre (Spain) - Emotional Well-being
• Momentum (South Africa) - LifeReturns digital health and fitness screening
• SegurCaixa (Spain) - MyBox Tranquilidad Senior
• Ping An - Tian Ping An-Innovative ‘Insurance & Service’ Solutions Covering the Entire Customer Lifecycle
• Taiwan Life (Taiwan) - Wellness Concierge

 

Social, Sustainable & Responsible
• Ageas Federal Life (India) - Empowering lives through healthcare & nutrition 
• Allianz Trade (France) - Surety Green2Green
• Bradesco Seguros (Brazil) - Accessible Face Verification
• Discovery (South Africa) - AI-powered health technology assessment
• Geoya (France) – Geoya
• Nippon Life (Japan)- Quantitative Indicators & Implementation for Environmental Conservation
• Ping An (China) – AegisNexus
• Sabadell Seguros (Spain) - People for Positive Impact 
• Sanitas (Spain) - Blua Sanitas Valdebebas Hospital
• SCOR (France) - Nat Reco Initiative


Transformative Innovator of the Year (Voting in this category is reserved for jury members)
• AIA
• Bajaj General Insurance
• Bradesco Seguros
• Generali
• KBC
• Mapfre

• Ping An

 

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