Asteron Life and AIA awarded at the ANZIIF NZ Insurance Industry Awards
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) held the 11th New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards on 22 November.
Asteron Life were awarded the Life Insurance Company of the Year award. It is the fourth time they have won this award, having also won it in 2013, 2014 and 2021. Judges were impressed by Asteron Life’s Voice of Customer program, which provides insights into the customer experience; their high customer satisfaction scores overall; their policy wordings being accredited with the WriteMark standard; and attention to helping customers with affordable levels of cover. In particular the judging panel praised the variety of customer and people initiatives Asteron Life have implemented, ranging from Connected Care to Kids Cover to a Professional Supervision Programme.
AIA were recognised as winners of the Excellence in Workplace Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) and for Excellence in Environmental, Social and Governance Change. At AIA all leaders are expected to take responsibility for DE&I measures in recruitment, development, remuneration and the overall workplace environment. AIA recently achieved the Accessibility Tick and implemented a Menopause Tookit initiative. AIA has a five-pillar ESG strategy that incorporates sustainable operations, investment, health and wellbeing, people and culture and effective governance. They have committed to being net zero by 2050 and have already put in place many actions to work towards that goal, including new buildings aligning with green standards. They are committed to ethical investment and have a co-created employee wellbeing strategy in place.
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