The Judging Process

The Judges are well-respected, senior insurance professionals selected from across the industry and volunteer their time to participate in the judging process. The Judging Panel is overseen by a Presiding Judge. Judges are bound by confidentiality agreements and recuse themselves when a potential conflict arises. At no time are Judges who have identified a conflict allowed to read or deliberate on a submission.

There are two parts to the judging process.

Round 1

Each Judge independently reads, reviews and marks every submission across all categories allocated. The Judges then submit their marking sheets and scores to ANZIIF, which are collated and used to establish a list of finalists who will be considered on Judging Day.

Round 2

A Judging Day is convened with the Judging Panel and the external auditor in attendance. Judges may attend in person or via teleconference to discuss the list of finalists for each category. The panel discuss each of the final submissions and their ranking after round 1. The finalists in each category are then confidentially ranked by each Judge and provided to the scrutineer, who aggregate the rankings to determine the winners. Judges are not privy to the winners until they are announced on the evening of the Awards.