Celebrating excellence at the Academy Graduation and Richard Livingston Awards 2024
Authored by Prestige Underwriting
We were delighted to attend the inaugural Academy Graduation Ceremony to recognise our graduates for their academic excellence and professional development.
The event was held in Titanic Hotel Belfast and hosted by Trevor Shaw, Group CEO and Wendy Close People Director and celebrated our employees successes, hard work, dedication and marking excellence in Professional Development across the Group.
The Academy Programme has been designed to encourage and support staff to undertake professional qualifications relevant to their role and to assist in the achievement of their educational and personal development goals.
We were delighted to celebrate 4 of our team members who graduated from our Academy Programme, having successfully completed their studies.
The Prestige Underwriting graduates are:
- Kieran Wilson – Prestige Underwriting, Certificate in CII
- Liz Aljibouri – Prestige Underwriting, Certificate in CII
- Daniel Smith – Prestige Underwriting, Certificate in CII
- Sharon Reid – Prestige Insurance Holdings, Certificate in Insurance Product Service (APA)
Now in its third year, The Richard Livingston Award followed the Graduation ceremony with a total of 10 applicants shortlisted individuals.
Our Prestige Underwriting colleagues shortlisted for Richard Livingston Award included:-
- Kieran Wilson – Prestige Underwriting, Claims Department
- Patrick Duffy – Prestige Underwriting, Claims Department
- Daniel Smith – Prestige Underwriting, Schemes Development Underwriting
The winner of the Richard Livingston 2024 winner was Kieran Wilson! Kieran is Project Co-Ordinator within the Claims Department at Prestige Underwriting. Kieran was presented with his award by Trevor Shaw.
The judging panel noted Kieran was a very worthy winner, having completed his Master's Degree (MSc) in Software Development (Conversion Course) at Queen's University with Distinction and also having completed his Cert CII and as he has demonstrated the use of his MSc to not only improve his knowledge and his own team’s ways of working, but to improve how his team works with the broader business. They found him to have an enthusiastic outlook, always looking for solutions and ways to help his colleagues and improve processes, making him a role model across the Group.
Congratulations once again to Kieran on this fantastic achievement and well done to our Academy Graduates and the shortlisted applicants for the Richard Livingston Award.
We look forward to celebrating more success in coming months.
About Prestige Underwriting
Long established and highly trusted across the UK and Ireland for developing non-standard and niche insurance products, we enable brokers and partners of diverse size and scale to compete in a highly dynamic marketplace.
Our 130-strong team-work in partnership with around 1,300 brokers and partners with the aim of not only meeting their needs but, wherever possible, exceeding their expectations.
At Prestige Underwriting we take a partnership approach to understanding what our clients' needs are and they find that we are expert and agile specialists in what we offer. We are efficient, flexible and approachable which gives us an advantage and edge to ensure we always deliver for our partners.
Our professional, customer centric, agile and flexible approach to developing, delivering and continually enhancing our products and service offering has been key to securing and maintaining longstanding relationships with our Broker network since 1997.