The Executive Director of the Charted Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG), Kwabena Akuamoah Agyekum has commended players in the awards industry.

According to him, the awards schemes have now become the back bone of the hospitality and events industry.

“Truth be told, the awards industry today indeed is keeping the hospitality and events industry in business,” he stated over the weekend at the 2020 edition of the Ghana Insurance Awards. 

In view of that, he said that the hospitality and events Industry as well as the creative arts industry among others, would all be negatively impacted if we had allowed Covid-19 to hinder the work of the Awards Industry.

Mr Akuamoah Agyekum, therefore, said any disruption in the Awards Industry would also affect the telecommunication and agricultural food chains. 

He reasoned that the events industry makes purchases from the two industries.

“But mind you, these companies within this industry do buy data, do buy airtime and certainly the value chain would indeed be broken and we would all suffer the penalty thereof”, he declared.

While praising Richard Abbey Jnr, CEO of Xodus Communications, the CIMG executive director advised him not to “withhold good from those [that are] deserving of it."

Hard working individuals and companies who distinguished themselves in the industry over the past year, were awarded at the ceremony. 

Below is the full list of the Ghana Insurance Awards 2020 Winners:

Agent of the Year: Ernest Odame [Fidelity Bank, Ghana]

Unsung Hero Award [Private Health Category]: Elton Afari [Cosmopolitan Health Insurance]

Unsung Hero Award [Insurance Category]: Nana Efua Rockson (Glico Group Ltd)

Unsung Hero Award [Banking Category]: Cynthia Agyemang- Darko (Fidelity Bank Ghana)

Re-insurance company of the year: GN Reinsurance Company Limited 

Best growing company of the year (Private health insurance): Metropolitan Health Insurance Ghana Ltd

Best growing company of the year (General insurance category): -Hollard Insurance Ghana Ltd

Best growing company of the year- (Life insurance category): Prudential Life Insurance Ghana

Major loss award: Enterprise Insurance Company Ltd

Claims initiative award (Insurance category): Milvik Ghana Ltd (BIMA)

Emerging brand of the year: Prudential Life Insurance Ghana

Fastest growing life company of the year: Allianz Life Insurance Company Ghana Ltd

Indigenous insurance company of the year: SIC Life Company Ltd

Customer care/ service award-insurance category: Star Assurance Co Ltd

Bancassurance leader award: ABSA Bank Ghana Ltd 

Personal life insurer of the year: Starlife Assurance Co Ltd.

Product innovation award (Insurance category): Metropolitan life Insurance Ghana Ltd- The Family Eternity Plus

Commercial life insurer of the year: Hollard Insurance Ghana Ltd

Mobile insurance leadership: Milvik Ghana Ltd (BIIMA)

Marketing initiative/campaign of the year-insurance category: Hollard Insurance Ghana

Promising company of the year-insurance category: Saham Life Insurance Ghana

ICT leadership award [Insurance category]: Enterprise Life Insurance Company Ltd

Brand of the year insurance category: Glico General Insurance

Brand of the year [Private health insurance category]: Acacia Health Insurance

Innovative product of the year [Private health category]: Cosmopolitan Health Insurance

Customer care /service award [Private health category]: Glico Healthcare

Promising Company of the Year [Private health insurance category]: Acacia Health Insurance

ICT Leadership Award [Private Health Category]: -Nationwide Medical Insurance

Private health Insurance Company of the year [Private health category]: Nationwide Medical Insurance

CSR leadership award [insurance category]: SIC Life Company Ltd 

Young Achiever award: Cherise Ige [Prudential Life Insurancce]

Woman of Excellence: Patience E. Akyianu (Group CEO -Hollard Insurance Ghana Ltd)

General Insurance Company of the Year: Enterprise Insurance Company Ltd

Life Insurance Company of the Year: Enterprise Life Insurance Company

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS

CEO of the Year [Private Health Insurance Category]: Beatrice Amponsah [Cosmopolitan Health Insurance]

CEO of the Year [Insurance Category]: Emmanuel Mokobi Aryee [Prudential Life Insurance Ghana]

Lifetime Achievement Award: Kwame Achampong-Kyei [GLICO GROUP LTD]