Insource & Hannover Life Re Win Major Award

Insource, along with Hannover Life Reassurance (UK) Limited, one of the UK's leading life and health reassurers, have won the 2008 Obis Omni Champions Award.

At a glittering evening ceremony during the two-day event held at the Park Inn at Heathrow, Insource along with Hannover Life Re were handed the Champions Award for 2008. The companies won from a large field of candidates, including Towergate Insurance, Halifax Bank of Scotland and fellow Insource Data Academy user Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust.

Each submission was assessed by an independent panel of judges made up of four leading business intelligence experts - Eleanor Windsor, the Obis Omni Advisory Board, Mark Whitehorn, Research Associate, Cambridge University, Philip Howard, Research Director, Bloor Research and Nick Hussey, CEO, SayOne Media Ltd.

The panel judged entries against a number of criteria including:

• Innovative use of technology
• On-time, on-budget delivery
• Evidence of business transformation
• Impact of project on overall business growth or performance.

After careful deliberations the judges were most impressed by the two companies' successful project to deliver quarterly management information packs for staff on a timely and cost effective basis, whilst also overcoming issues in data breadth, depth and quality.

"We are surprised and delighted to receive this award and at receiving recognition from an organisation such as Obis Omni" said Mark Crawley, Head of Systems Development at Hannover Life Reassurance. "We feel it is a vindication of the project methodology and approach employed by both teams."

Jackie Sawyer, Director, Insource added, "I'm delighted for the Hannover team, who deserve recognition for the exemplary way in which they have approached this project; they have been model partners for our consultants throughout. I am also thrilled that Insource Data Academy is being recognised in this prestigious forum as the enabling technology."

Further details about the award, including the judging criteria, can be seen by clicking here for the Obis Omni report on the award. You can also read an overview of the project by downloading the case study.

Insource, with Hannover Life Reassurance (UK) Limited, and their Champions Award.

From left:
Ian Taylor, Manager Systems Development, Hannover Life Re
Hazel Markou, Group Business Development Director, Insource,
Jackie Sawyer, Partnerships Director, Insource
Mark Crawley, Head of Systems Development, Hannover Life Re