Barnett Waddingham went home with a haul of trophies from the Corporate Adviser Awards 2022 ceremony in London last night, scooping gongs in the Firm of the Year, Best Pension Adviser and Best ESG Benefits Consultant categories.
Industry figures from across the benefits sector gathered at the Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel for the Awards ceremony, hosted by comedian, actor and TV presenter Joel Dommett. Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing took the award for Best Group Risk Adviser, Wingate Benefits Solutions took top spot in the Best Healthcare Adviser category and Gallagher triumphed in Best Health & Wellbeing Solution. Corporate Adviser Small Firm of the Year was won by Generation Employee Benefits.
Aegon won the coveted Best Group Pension Adviser category, while Legal & General triumphed in the Best Master Trust category.
AXA Health UK took top spot in the Best Healthcare Provider category, while Zurich topped the table in the Best Group Risk Provider category.
Standard Life won Best Decumulation Proposition, while Nest repeated its triumph in the Ultimate Default Fund section.
Providers’ service propositions were also celebrated with the presentation of Five Star and Four Star trophies to top performers in the Corporate Adviser Service Ratings, decided by an independent satisfaction survey of over 100 advisers.
For full details of the CA Service Ratings, see the special report in the July issue of Corporate Adviser. The CA Awards Supplement, containing all the winners and photographs of the big night also comes out with the July issue of Corporate Adviser.
ALL THE WINNERS AND HIGHLY COMMENDED FIRMS
Corporate Adviser Firm of the Year
Barnett Waddingham
Corporate Adviser Small Firm of the Year
Winner: Generation Employee Benefits
Highly Commended: MEC
Highly Commended: Wingate Benefit Solutions
Best Pensions Adviser
Winner: Barnett Waddingham
Highly Commended: LEBC Group
Best Healthcare Adviser
Winner: Wingate Benefit Solutions
Best Group Risk Adviser
Winner: Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing
Highly Commended: LEBC Group
Best Health & Wellbeing Solution
Winner: Gallagher
Highly Commended: Barnett Waddingham
Best ESG Benefits Consultant
Winner Barnett Waddingham
Best Health & Wellbeing Innovator
Winner: LifeWorks
Best Pensions Law Firm
Winner: Sackers
Highly Commended: Arc Pensions Law
Best Decumulation Proposition
Winner: Standard Life
Best Group Pensions Provider
Winner: Aegon
Best Master Trust
Winner: Legal & General WorkSave Mastertrust
Ultimate Default Fund
Winner: Nest
Highly Commended: BlackRock
Best ESG Asset Manager
Aviva Investors
Best Default ESG Strategy
Winner: Aviva
Highly Commended: Nest
Best Financial Wellbeing Provider
Winner: Cushon
Highly Commended: Nudge Global
Best Cash Plan Provider
Winner: Medicash
Highly Commended: Health Shield
Best Healthcare Provider
Winner: AXA Health UK
Best Group Risk Provider
Winner: Zurich
PROVIDER SERVICE RATINGS
GROUP PENSIONS
Five Stars
Royal London
Four Stars
Aviva
Scottish Widows
Standard Life
GROUP RISK
Five Stars
Canada Life
Four Stars
Aviva
Unum
HEALTHCARE
Five Stars
PHC
WPA
Four Stars
Aviva
AXA Health UK
Bupa
Vitality
CASH PLANS
Five Stars
Medicash
WPA
Four Stars
BHSF
