This year's COVER Excellence Awards will be held in London on 4 October. Divided into two categori...
This year's COVER Excellence Awards will be held in London on 4 October.
Divided into two categories, provider and intermediary, the awards will reward professionalism and outstanding achievement in the protection and healthcare markets.
The six intermediary categories are: Protection Intermediary of the Year; Healthcare Intermediary of the Year; E-business Award; Marketing Initiative Award; Outstanding Achievement Award; and Customer Service Award.
The judging panel includes Johanna Gornitzki, COVER editor; Anthony Gould, COVER editor-in-chief; Peter Le Beau, managing director of Le Beau Visage; Richard Walsh, head of health and protection at the Association of British Insurers (ABI); and Fay Goddard, director general at the Association of IFAs.
Readers wishing to vote in the provider awards should visit the COVER website or contact Briony Thompson (see below) to rate insurers on their performance in the following categories: Individual IP; Individual CI; Individual PMI; Group IP; Group CI; Group PMI; Group Life; and International PMI. A voter selected at random will win a bottle of champagne.
For voting forms, applicants should submit their written form by Friday 18 August.
The COVER Protection Forum, supported by the ABI, is the day after the awards on 5 October at The Brewery in London.
This event is for intermediaries specialising in the health insurance and protection markets and will include talks and technical sessions as well as expert market insight and sales and marketing advice about a range of topics.
For more details on both events contact Briony Thompson on 0207 968 4626 or [email protected] or log on to the COVER website. To book a table for the COVER Awards, contact Rachel Calvert on 0207 968 4506 or [email protected].