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The Institutes RiskStream Collaborative® Announces Winners of Its 2024 Collaborator Award

Published 21 days ago via Business Wire

The Institutes RiskStream Collaborative® is pleased to announce the 2024 recipients of its prestigious Collaborator Award, which recognizes contributions and dedication to advancing annuity and life insurance initiatives within the industry.

The Collaborator Award celebrates organizations that have exemplified an exceptional commitment to the spirit and mission of the RiskStream Collaborative. Through active leadership on our Life & Annuity (L&A) Advisory Committee and strong support for key initiatives, these companies demonstrate a dedication to fostering collaboration and shared success. By emphasizing cooperation, innovation and positive change, the award winners set a high standard, prioritize impactful initiatives and inspire others across the RiskStream community. Their strategic leadership and unwavering commitment to supporting RiskStream Collaborative have been crucial in identifying relevant opportunities, ensuring alignment with key initiatives and providing strategic direction throughout the past year.

The 2024 Collaborator Award winners are:

“Jackson strives to be a leader in collaborating with our peers to create innovative solutions that will benefit the entire industry,” said Lisa Lubahn, vice president, customer onboarding at Jackson National Life Insurance Company. “We are proud to be recognized with this award and grateful for the opportunity the RiskStream Collaborative provides us to continue working together to advance the industry in the coming year.”

“It's been a privilege participating in RiskStream's Advisory Council this year, and we are grateful to receive this honor and share in this opportunity to collaboratively shape the future of insurance,” said Daniel Surber, vice president, relationship management and EDI, F&G.

Chad Ross, assistant vice president—strategic solutions at Symetra and RiskStream Collaborative L&A Advisory Committee member, remarked, “The Symetra team is proud to be recognized by The Institutes RiskStream Collaborative with the 2024 Collaborator Award. Industry collaboration is critical to the success of our shared outcomes and in our DNA here at Symetra. We remain committed to partnering with the other members of The Institutes’ life and annuity working groups to drive transformation in our business.”

Brian Druley, life field manager from Cincinnati Life added, “We’re honored to be recognized for our efforts and look forward to continuing to advance the collaborative initiatives that benefit our industry as a whole.”

The Collaborator Award recognizes the power of synergy and cooperation; the 2024 recipients demonstrated extraordinary teamwork, applying their strengths and expertise in strategic planning within the RiskStream Collaborative. We are proud to honor these organizations and look forward to another year of leveraging collaborative efforts and innovative technologies to advance the annuity and insurance industry.

For more information about the initiatives associated with this award, please visit RiskStream.org.

About The Institutes RiskStream Collaborative

The Institutes RiskStream Collaborative® is the risk management and insurance industry’s first enterprise-level blockchain consortium that brings together experts and developers to advance insurance-specific use cases via Canopy, a custom blockchain architecture. The Institutes RiskStream Collaborative is committed to equipping organizations to work together to inspire product innovation, enable efficiencies and open new technological frontiers.

About The Institutes

The Institutes are a global not-for-profit comprising diverse affiliates that educate, elevate and connect people in the essential disciplines of risk management and insurance. Through products and services offered by The Institutes’ nearly 20 affiliated business units, people and organizations are empowered to help those in need with a focus on understanding, predicting and preventing losses to create a more resilient world.

@The_Institutes RiskStream Collaborative Collaborator Award 2024 honorees: @AtheneUSA @CincinnatusINS @JacksonNational @MorganStanley @Nationwide @Securian @Symetra

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