Put your nominee front and centre in 2023

As a member of the insurance community, you are a potential nominator, and as such you play a major role in ensuring the Leadership Awards are relevant and responsive to our CIP Society membership and the p&c community in Canada. You know that there are shining examples of leadership on the front lines and in the back offices of our profession. You know the hallmarks of leadership and can recognize strength of character and collaborative spirit in your colleagues. That is why the CIP Society depends on you to identify and nominate potential honourees for the Annual National Leadership Awards – those established and emerging leaders who are most deserving of recognition.

Nomination process

The nomination process includes asks you to provide supporting evidence to describe how your candidate demonstrates the leadership qualities set out by the awards program, and to provide a CV and supporting referees' statements from the candidate's community (must be submitted by June 30).

Application details will be shared with Institute staff and reviewer committee members made up of CIP Society Volunteers. If you have questions about this, contact us at cips@insuranceinstitute.ca

Apply:

Emerging Leader award nomination form [Online Platform]

Leaders nominating leaders

Completed nomination forms are accepted March 1 to June 30 each year.

Completed nomination forms must be received no later than midnight EDT on June 30 to be considered.

Nominations must be complete; incomplete nominations may not be considered.

Please submit your nominations by email to: cips@insuranceinstitute.ca.

A fair and impartial judging panel will support the integrity of the National Leadership Awards. The judging panel is composed of CIP Society members representing all regions. Nominations will be reviewed confidentially and judged based on a nominee’s personal qualities, professional commitment and accomplishment, including industry contribution and community engagement.

Application details will be shared with Institute staff and reviewer committee members made up of CIP Society Volunteers. If you have questions about this, contact us at cips@insuranceinstitute.ca. All information provided will be held confidential by the CIP Society but the CIP Society reserves the right to publish positive extracts from winning entries. The verdict of the judging panel is final. 

Nominators and selected award recipients will be notified in August or September, in advance of the awards presentation at Insurance Institute convocations or events across the country starting in November, each year.

For more information regarding the awards or the nomination process, please contact cips@insuranceinstitute.ca.