Best for Advisory Services winner: KPMG

KPMG was recognised by survey respondents for its “collaborative identity”, with its London and Bermuda offices being particularly well regarded. Respondents also commended its global capabilities and its outstanding knowledge in the field of re/insurance.

KPMG provides audit, tax & advisory services from offices in all the key re/insurance centres worldwide. The company recorded global revenues of more than $23 billion in 2013.

Deloitte was commended for the “wide reach and expertise of its personnel”, with a number of respondents stating that the firm benefited from its impressive strength-in-depth.

Third-placed PwC achieved a score of 6.78 and received plaudits including having “an excellent insurance practice, that benefits from a lot of joined-up thinking around their network”.

EY was also recognised, with a score of 6.63, with those surveyed stating that the firm’s impressive global capabilities and expertise were a strong asset to the firm.

Towers Watson placed fifth in our survey, achieving a score of 6.59, with those surveyed recommending its capabilities within the re/insurance field.

KPMG was recognised by survey respondents for its “collaborative identity”, with its London and Bermuda offices being particularly well regarded. Respondents also commended its global capabilities and its outstanding knowledge in the field of re/insurance.

The companies in the shortlists seen here were selected based on the first stage of the research, conducted via phone interviews and open online polls. Respondents were asked to name two companies they regard highly in this category. They were then asked to give details of why they had chosen these firms. The shortlist for this category reflects the companies mentioned the most frequently.

The researchers then approached the market a second time and, using this shortlist presented in a random order, asked respondents to score each company out of ten based on how they perceive the quality of the products, services and expertise of each. It is the results of this part of the survey that are shown here.

More than 500 respondents took part in each part of the survey respectively.

The score shows the average score out of ten that each company received in stage two of the survey.

The shortlist was presented to respondents in a random order.