The 4th edition of the Ghana Insurance Awards has been held in Accra to honour more than 30 insurance companies and individuals from various categories.
The annual ceremony came off on Friday August 27, 2021, at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel to also celebrate the achievements and standards in the insurance industry and its key players.
The awards and dinners night which was organised by Xodus Communication forms part of efforts since its inception in 2018 to reward insurance firms who have diligently excelled in the sector.
Some categories of awards that were won for the night went to life and non-life companies, re-insurers, brokerage firms, and other intermediaries, health insurers, actuarial firms, and other insurance service providers.
Richard Abbey Jnr., Chief Event Director of Xodus Communication, said the rationale behind this year’s awards night was themed on promoting the growth of the industry through progressive competition, innovation and adherence to standards.
In an interaction with GhanaWeb, Abbey called on key players in the insurance industry to embark on prudent educational and sensitisation programmes with the public on the benefits of insurances and its associated products in order to drive insurance penetration which is currently low in Ghana.
Meanwhile, some companies and individuals who earned honours at the 4th GIA Awards were;
The CEO of Acacia Health Insurance Ltd, Dr Dan Vincent Armooh, won the CEO of the Year (Private Health Category).
The Private Health Insurance Company of the Year award went to NMH Nationwide Medical Insurance Company Ltd, which also won the Marketing Initiative Award (Private Health Category).
Cosmopolitan Health Insurance won the Indigenous Insurance Company of the Year (Private Health Category) and the ICT Leadership Award (Private Health Category), with Apex Health Insurance winning the Best Growing Company of the Year (Private Health Category) and Emerging Brand of the Year (Private Health Insurance Category)
Acacia Health Insurance won the Brand of the Year (Private Health Category), with Hollard Insurance winning the Commercial Lines Insurer of the Year, Brand of the Year (Insurance Category) and Fastest Growing Company of the Year (Life Insurance Category).
The winners were selected by an independent advisory board who evaluated the awardees based on criteria listed for each category.
Here are the full list of winners at the GIA 2021:
1. INDIGENOUS INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE YEAR (PRIVATE HEALTH CATEGORY)
COSMOPOLITAN HEALTH INSURANCE
2. MARKETING INITIATIVE AWARD (PRIVATE HEALTH CATEGORY)
NMH NATIONWIDE MEDICAL INSURANCE
3. AGENT OF THE YEAR
SARAH ADU-GYAN (STANDARD CHARTERED BANK)
4. UNSUNG HERO AWARD (PRIVATE HEALTH CATEGORY)
SAMUEL ADI BOAFO (NMH NATIONWIDE MEDICAL INSURANCE)
5. UNSUNG HERO AWARD (INSURANCE CATEGORY)
NANA SERWAA ABRAHAMS (STAR ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED)
6. WOMAN OF EXCELLENCE AWARD
GIFTY AMA FIAGBE (SAHAM LIFE INSURANCE)
7. PROMISING INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE YEAR
MILIFE INSURANCE
8. INDIGENOUS INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE YEAR (INSURANCE CATEGORY)
STARLIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY
9. ICT LEADERSHIP AWARD (PRIVATE HEALTH CATEGORY)
COSMOPOLITAN HEALTH INSURANCE
10. BEST GROWING COMPANY OF THE YEAR (PRIVATE HEALTH CATEGORY)
APEX HEALTH INSURANCE LIMITED
11. PRODUCT INNOVATION AWARD (PRIVATE HEALTH CATEGORY)
GLICO HEALTH CARE
12. BRAND OF THE YEAR (PRIVATE HEALTH CATEGORY)
ACACIA HEALTH INSURANCE LIMITED
13. PERSONAL LINES INSURER OF THE YEAR
GLICO LIFE INSURANCE
14. COMMERCIAL LINES INSURER OF THE YEAR
HOLLARD INSURANCE
15. MARKETING INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR (INSURANCE CATEGORY)
OLD MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE GHANA LIMITED
16. CLAIMS INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
NSIA INSURANCE COMPANY LTD
17. THE MAJOR LOSS AWARD
ENTERPRISE INSURANCE
18. BANCASSURANCE LEADERSHIP AWARD
FIDELITY BANK GHANA LIMITED
19. MOBILE INSURANCE LEADERSHIP AWARD
BIMA (MILVIK GHANA LIMITED)
20. YOUNG ACHIEVER OF THE YEAR
GODWIN FAFALI SETSOAFIA-TUKPEYI (APEX HEALTH INSURANCE LIMITED)
21. PRODUCT INNOVATION AWARD (LIFE INSURANCE CATEGORY)
PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE GHANA (PRUC0VERED 19)
22. PRODUCT INNOVATION AWARD (GENERAL INSURANCE CATEGORY)
QUALITY INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED (GO GIRL MOTTO COMPREHENSIVE INSURANCE)
23. EMERGING BRAND OF THE YEAR (INSURANCE CATEGORY)
MILIFE INSURANCE
24. EMERGING BRAND OF THE YEAR (PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE CATEGORY)
APEX HEALTH INSURANCE LIMITED
25. BRAND OF THE YEAR (INSURANCE CATEGORY)
HOLLARD GHANA
26. FASTEST GROWING COMPANY OF THE YEAR
HOLLARD LIFE ASSURANCE
27. CSR LEADERSHIP AWARD
SIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
28. BEST GROWING COMPANY OF THE YEAR (INSURANCE CATEGORY)
ALLIANZ LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF GHANA LTD
29. ICT LEADERSHIP AWARD (INSURANCE CATEGORY)
STAR ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
30. CUSTOMER CARE AWARD (INSURANCE CATEGORY)
PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE GHANA
31. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE YEAR
ENTERPRISE LIFE INSURANCE
32. GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE YEAR
ENTERPRISE INSURANCE
33. PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE YEAR
NMH NATIONWIDE MEDICAL INSURANCE CO. LTD
34. CEO OF THE YEAR (PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE CATEGORY)
DR DAN VINCENT ARMOOH (ACACIA HEALTH INSURANCE LTD)
35. CEO OF THE YEAR (LIFE INSURANCE CATEGORY)
JACQUELINE BENYI (ENTERPRISE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD)
36. CEO OF THE YEAR (GENERAL INSURANCE CATEGORY)
ANDREW ACHAMPONG-KYEI – GLICO GENERAL INSURANCE