2026 Impact Awards

Insurance Technology

The Datos Impact Awards in Insurance Technology is the largest peer-juried award for insurer CIOs and their teams. The awards recognize insurers for projects and programs that delivered real business impact through technology. They celebrate successful technology efforts that generated measurable business results for insurers, as selected by peer CIOs who have direct experience leading complex technology initiatives.

The Datos Impact Awards in Insurance Technology Are Now Open!

Submissions must be received by June 30, 2026

Insurance Technology Impact Awards Details

The categories for consideration under the Datos Impact Awards in Insurance Technology program are:

  • Core
  • Data
  • Digital
  • IT Practice
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Category Descriptions

  1. Core: Technology projects in the core initiatives category address insurers’ core technology systems, including policy administration, claims, and billing, as well as associated systems, such as rating engines and underwriting workbenches, that may or may not be integral elements of the core platform.
  2. Data: Data and analytics projects are fundamentally focused on accessing and using information. While “analytics” in insurance can sometimes be conflated with risk selection (rating, underwriting) or risk management (claims), data and analytics projects can address functional areas across the insurance value chain.
  3. Digital: Insurer technology projects that deal with digital are fundamentally about the access and flow of information through the insurance value chain, from carriers to agents and policyholders or reinsurers. Digital initiatives include a variety of efforts to enable and improve information access and user experience (UX).
  4. IT Practice: The IT Practice category was designed to include initiatives that innovate or improve at the organizational level.

Participation Requirements

  • Eligibility: Insurers in the U.S., Canada, and Bermuda are eligible to submit nominations. Solution providers may collaborate with their insurer partners on submissions, but all projects must be submitted by insurers. Insurers of all sizes and lines of business are welcome.
  • Evaluation: All submissions are anonymously evaluated by members of the Datos Insights Insurance Technology Executive Council.
  • Winner obligations: Winners will be publicly announced by Datos Insights, including a description of the recognized innovation. Datos Insights may also request a follow-up briefing to develop appropriate communications and reporting. All nominees must agree to this as a condition of participation.
  • Confidential information: Any information not suitable for public release may be clearly marked in your submission and will be used exclusively by judges in their assessment. It will not be shared or published. Note that omitting proprietary details may result in a lower score, so we encourage including as much relevant information as possible.

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