To be eligible for consideration, companies must meet the following criteria:

• Be a for-profit or not-for-profit business or government entity
• Be a publicly or privately held business
• Have a facility in the United States
  
• Have a minimum of 25 employees working in the United States
  
• Must be in business a minimum of 1 year
• Must be one of the following within the insurance industry:
  
  1)  Agents/Brokers: are companies that work directly with policyholders to place commercial lines insurance business and provide related services.
   
  2)  Group Life/Health Insurers: are companies that provide group health insurance, managed care companies and companies that provide group life insurance.
   
  3)  Property/Casualty Insurers: are companies that provide commercial lines property/casualty insurance on an admitted or non-admitted basis.
   
  4)  Reinsurers: are companies that contractually assume all or part of risks written by ceding insurance or reinsurance companies, including captives.
   
  5)  Third Party Administrators: are companies that handle commercial insurance claims for self-insured clients on a direct, unbundled basis.