After a difficult year, marked by the economic crisis, performance and excellence in insurance were rewarded in the most eagerly awaited event of the year dedicated to the profile market. Insurance Market Awards Gala, granted by PRIMM - Insurance & Pensions Magazine, has awarded the most outstanding Romanian insurance companies, and also their regional networks. In premiere, the event could have been followed live on the website of the latest project Media XPRIMM brand, the online television dedicated to insurance: www. xprimm.tv.
Reinsurance Awards
Based on namings and votes expressed by Romanian insurance companies, PRIMM - Insurance & Pensions Magazine granted awards for reinsurers and reinsurance brokers as follows: REINSURER OF THE YEAR: MUNICH Re MOST DYNAMIC REINSURER OF THE YEAR: SWISS Re REINSURANCE BROKER OF THE YEAR: AON Benfield MOST DYNAMIC REINSURANCE BROKER OF THE YEAR: WILLIS Re.
The awards will be granted at the Official Reception of FIAR 2010.
Insurance Awards
Grand awards, granted to insurance companies, were: ALLIANZTIRIAC - Grand Award - Insurance Company of the Year, ASTRA Asigurari - Company of the Year - General Insurance, and BCR Asigurari de Viata - Company of the Year - Life Insurance.
For exceptional managerial skills shown since the early beginnings of his career and for the way he managed to surprise and impress in the previous year, to the OMNIASIG President, Constantin TOMA, was granted the Manager of the Year Award - General Insurance.
Cornelia COMAN, one of the youngest executives in insurance, was granted the Manager of the Year Award - Life Insurance.
Another major trophy of the Insurance Market Awards Gala is the Award of Excellence, which, this year, went to the company BCR Asigurari.
GENERALI Asigurari and ING Asigurari de Viata were awarded for Quality of Services in General Insurance, respectively in Life Insurance. These awards were granted to those companies that were consistently in contact with market demands and have met the appreciation of clients and of business partners for quality of their services.
The best life insurance products in 2010 were the Policy FLEXINVEST, a product of the company EUREKO, for Life Insurance, while, in the General Insurance section, the award was granted to UNIQA Asigurari for the product METEO ALERT.
Creativity Awards were granted to AEGON Asigurari de Viata for the Savings and Protection Plan, while EUROINS was rewarded for Insurance Against A/H1N1 Virus.
Granting the Special Award for the Entire Career to Cristian CONSTANTINESCU, General Manager, ALLIANZ-TIRIAC, marked one of the most emotional moments of the evening, the entire audience rising to their feet and applauding for minutes, with due respect for the leader of a generation of insurers.
There were also awarded prizes for the brokerage companies. Thus, MARSH has been declared the Broker of the Year, the company AON Romania received the Special Award for Quality of Services, and the Special Award for Dynamism was awarded to the company SAFETY Broker.
Special Award 1asig.ro in Brokers category was awarded to the company MAXYGO Broker, while the Special Award Initiative of the Year in Insurance Brokerage was granted to OTTO Broker, for the development of a retail business model in major commercial centers from Romania.
Special Award for Contribution to the Development of the Insurance Market went to Aurelia CRISTEA.
Successful Leaders were also rewarded at the Insurance Market Awards Gala. Thus, awards for the above-mentioned category gratified last year’s activity of Radu FRINCU, a manager dedicated to the profile industry, the second winner in this category being Radu MANOLIU, Deputy General Manager, CREDIT EUROPE Asigurari, for the tenacity and professionalism with which he promotes good practices within the company.
For the successful implementation of the system of electronic issuance of policies, Special Award for Professionalism and Performance went to the company ASTRA Asigurari.
