Burn Prize

The Burn Prize is awarded to an Institute student for special merit in passing the examinations. For the last five years these have been awarded to the following:

2001: Jennifer Helen HOPKINS

2002: Deborah Louise WATSON & Claire Charlotte JONES

2003: Miles Robert BAILLIE & Andrew Peter COX

2004: Helen Julia MOSLEY & Jamie REID (April exams)

2004: Richard Gareth EVANS (September exams)

2005: Sheila VYAS (April exams)

2005: Roderick John GOODYER (September exams)

2006: Paul SWAIN (April exams)

2006: Emily Jane TIMMIS (September exams)

2007: Sophia Danielle MEALY (April Exams)

2007: John CAMPBELL (September exams)

2008: Robert Michael BREEZE (April exams)

Best Faculty student

The prize is awarded to the best overall performing student completing his or her studies

2002: Richard PRESTON

2003: Alan RITCHIE (April exams

2003: Ainsley NORMAND (September exams)

2004: Esther Joanne STRICKLAND (April exams)

2004: Karen Lynsey McCOTTER (September exams)

2005: Stuart MAINLAND (April exams)

2005: Yuri KALIAZIN (September exams)

2006: Derek HARRIS (April exams)

2006: Rachael TODD (September exams)

2007: Jane PEARSON (April exams)

2007: Charles KING (September exams)

2008: Isobel Zoe PROWEN (April exams)

Best Faculty student completing the diploma course at Heriot-Watt

The prize is awarded to the best student completing the diploma course at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

2006: Martin PFUTZNER

Charles M Stern Award

The Charles M Stern Award, inaugurated in 1999, is made annually to the Institute student from a non-UK centre who completes the examinations and is deemed to have performed outstandingly in the ST/SA series (formerly 300/400 series) examinations. Since 1999 these have been awarded to:

2001: Nina HERRIES (New Zealand)

2002: Colin Thomas VAN ZYL (South Africa)

2003: Michael CHENG (South Africa)

2004: Mayur Chirag LODHIA (South Africa)

2005: Philip HARRISON (South Africa)

2006: Alisse Farrar (South Africa)

2006: Irma HADIKUSUMA (Singapore)

2007: Stuart WHITE (Bermuda, April exams)

2007: Feng KE (China, September exams)

2008: Ryan Neil PROZESKY (South Africa, April exams)

Worshipful Company of Actuaries Prizes

The Worshipful Company of Actuaries has kindly donated prizes in recent years to students who obtain the highest mark in individual examinations. For the last five years these have been awarded to the following:

2001: Matthew BARNES, Emma Elizabeth SANDS & Elsa VAN ZYL

2002: Claire Charlotte JONES, Mark McCARTHY & Khawaja Faisal RAFI

2003: Lok Tin MA, Abraham Jordaan VAN WYK & Corrine Marie WESTLAKE (April exams)

2003: Andrew COX, Alan FREEMAN & Ainsley NORMAND (September exams)

2004: Hendrik Meyer COETZEE & Helen Julia MOSLEY (April exams)

2004: Helen EVANS & Mark James DANIEL (September exams)

2005: Tara NOONAN & Leanne Laura PINDER (April exams)

2005: John Paul DOBSON & Lisa Clare WRIGHT (September exams)

2006: Robert STEVENSON (April exams)

2006: Emily Jane TIMMIS (September exams)

2007: Stephen Webley HAINSWORTH - Life Insurance, and Costas DEMETRIADES - Investment (April exams)

2007: Carl Ewan DOLBY - Life insurance, and Philip Timothy James EDWARDS - Investment (September exams)

2008: Thomas HARPER - Life Insurance, Claire DUDLEY - Pensions, and Martin Paul JECKS - Investment (April exams)

McKinsey Prize for Communications

Established in 2002, the McKinsey Prize for Communications is awarded for the best performance in Subject CA3 (formerly 201).

2002: Raakhee GULRAJANI

2003: Katie Carol Rose ISGROVE & Owen Thomas O’SULLIVAN

2004: Andrew James HULL & Spencer ADAMS

2005: Mark Anthony HUMPHREYS

2005: Dhermesh Vinod PATEL (September exams)

2006: Tamas Bown (April exams)

2006: Lisa Emma DILLEY (September exams)

2007: Helen FRANCE (April exams)

2008: Esther Myfanwy WILLIAMS (April exams)

2008: Vickii BURTON (September exams)

International Underwriting Association General Insurance Fellowship Prize

Established in 2002, the International Underwriting Association General Insurance Fellowship Prize is awarded for the best performance in Subject SA3 (formerly 403).

2002: Ewa Teresa MACHLARZ

2003: David Edward Hamilton ROSS & Luke Daniel THOMAS

2004: Gary Howard HEMMING

2005: No nomination (April 2005)

2005: Andrew Paul BINNS (September 2005)

2006: Alice Elizabeth WILLIAMS (April exams)

2006: Lee HARRIS (September exams)

2007: Paul James LUCAS (April exams)

2007: John CAMPBELL (September exams)

2008: Michael James GARNER (April exams)

Watson Wyatt Prize for Financial Economics

Established in 2002, the Watson Wyatt Prize for Financial Economics is awarded for the best performance in Subject CT8 (formerly 109).

2003: Anthony John COUGHLAN & Shayanthan PATHMANATHAN

2004: Ian Anthony HINDER & Emily Jane TIMMIS

2005: Nirav Dinesh MORJARIA

2005: Jane PEARSON

2006: Alastair Lyle LAIRD (April exams)

2006: James Amilcare MAGGS (September exams)

2007: Stephen WALKER (April exams)

2007: Thomas Luke GODDARD (September exams)

2008: Sarah SOFTLEY (April exams)

2008: Michael ARMITAGE (September exams)

Medals and Prizes Book

A record of the medals and prizes awarded to members is contained in a Medals and Prizes Book which is on display in the Council Chamber of the Institute. A full description of the book is contained in JIA 93