Allianz Global Assistance Wins Seven Stevie® Awards for Sales and Customer Service

RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Allianz Global Assistance USA, a leading consumer specialty insurance company, announced it has been awarded seven Stevie® Awards, including five for customer service excellence. Deloress Wellman, VP of Operations Delivery, was honored as a Woman of the Year in Customer Service with a Silver trophy at the 13th Annual Stevie Awards for Sales and Customer Service.

A 13-year veteran at Allianz Partners, Wellman led the implementation of six new initiatives in the past year, including claims notifications, chat functionality, and automation, which enhanced customer service effectiveness while increasing efficiencies and cutting operational costs. Colleagues say her drive and passion energizes her front-line team while empowering them to develop real-time solutions for customer issues. Due in part to Wellman's leadership, the company has won nine Stevie awards for customer service since 2015.

The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service are the world's top honors for customer service, contact center, business development and sales professionals. The Stevie Awards organizes seven of the world's leading business awards programs, also including the prestigious American Business Awards^SM and International Business Awards®.

Allianz Global Assistance was awarded two Silver trophies for Contact Center of the Year in financial services and Front-Line Customer Service Team of the Year in the financial services industry. The company also won a Bronze award for Customer Service Department of the Year in financial services, with 100 or more employees. Additionally, Laura Barclay, an associate in the company's Bankcard Call Center, was awarded a Silver award for Front-Line Customer Service Professional of the Year, financial services industry.

Allianz Global Assistance' sales department was recognized as a National Sales Team of the Year and for Sales Growth Achievement of the Year, with two Bronze awards. The awards were presented to honorees during a gala banquet on Friday, February 22 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, NV. More than 700 executives from the U.S.A. and several other nations attended.

"We are honored again to receive multiple awards, including one of the top Contact Centers of the Year, at the prestigious Stevie Awards," said Deloress Wellman, VP of Operations Delivery at Allianz Partners. "This is a tribute to the amazing dedication and work our front-line associates engage in daily to go above and beyond in serving our customers."

"All of the Stevie Award winners should be very proud of their achievements. Independent professionals around the world have agreed that their accomplishments are worthy of public recognition," said Stevie Awards President and founder, Michael Gallagher.

More than 2,700 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry in 45 nations were evaluated in this year's competition. Winners were determined by the average scores of more than 150 professionals worldwide in seven specialized judging committees. Entries were considered in 93 categories for customer service and contact center achievements, including Contact Center of the Year, Award for Innovation in Customer Service, and Customer Service Department of the Year; 60 categories for sales and business development achievements, ranging from Senior Sales Executive of the Year to Sales Training or Business Development Executive of the Year to Sales Department of the Year; and categories to recognize new products and services and solution providers.

Details about the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service and the list of Stevie winners in all categories are available at www.StevieAwards.com/sales.

About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in seven programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at www.StevieAwards.com.

Allianz Global Assistance USA  
Allianz Global Assistance USA is a leading consumer specialty insurance and assistance company with operation centers in 35 countries. In the United States, Allianz Global Assistance USA (AGA Service Company) serves 40 million customers annually and is best known for its Allianz Travel Insurance plans. In addition to travel insurance, Allianz Global Assistance USA offers tuition insurance, event ticket protection, registration protection for endurance events and unique travel assistance services such as international medical assistance and concierge services. The company also serves as an outsource provider for in-bound call center services and claims administration for property and casualty insurers and credit card companies.  

To learn more about Allianz Travel Insurance, please visit allianztravelinsurance.com or Like us on Facebook at Facebook.com/AllianzTravelInsuranceUS. 

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