Apollo Munich Wins Best Employer Brand Award

Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE) has conferred Best Employer Brand Award to Apollo Munich Health Insurance Company for being a Role Model and Exemplary Leader in bench-marking talent and HR practices by:

• Scaling and managing complexity.

• Committing to continuous improvement by encouraging and nurturing the value of learning and a mind-set of excellence through continuous training and development.

• Pledging commitment to professional growth.

• Measuring organizational health and inculcating values that help in achieving the vision of a social employer and future leader.

Apollo Munich Health Insurance is a joint venture between Apollo Group of Hospitals and Munich Health. It is a standalone health insurance provider coming up with several innovative healthcare products. Working under the guidance of two proficient partners, the company proudly says “We know Healthcare. We know Insurance.” Taking both healthcare as well as insurance needs into consideration, Apollo Munich comes with products that can take good care of health of the person along with access to uninterrupted insurance services.

Since the year of its inception, 2007, Apollo Munich has come a long way. Having established itself in Indian health insurance market with a reputed name and trusted services, it has served millions of families. Having formulated plans against all kinds of health risks, it has provision for all. People of all ages can find shelter under the canopy of its comprehensive health plans. Moreover, the company ensures that it lives up to the promises made. Such consistent and focused efforts has lead Apollo Munich to win the award of Best Employer Brand.

Building upon the clear mission of “Let’s Uncomplicate”, Apollo Munich introduces easiest ways for acquiring health insurance coverage. Providing genuine information about all its products in simple policy wordings, it enables people to develop a clear understanding of the policy coverage.

Apollo Munich understands the fact that healthcare needs differ from individual to individual. Thus, to allow hassle free healthcare to all, it has devised plans of different kinds. Keeping an eye over the changing needs of people, it has formulated plans that can serve them rightly. Being a health insurance company, it concentrates purely on the medical care needs of masses. Building upon the clear set of values “Inspiring passion, Managing Relationships, Being responsive to customers, Delivering on our promises and Thinking and Acting Transparently”, Apollo Munich aims to offer best health insurance services along with customer satisfaction.

Beginning its journey with one health plan, Easy Health, today Apollo Munich has a long list of healthcare products to offer. It covers health risks generated during accidents and travel. More so, from a child to senior citizens of country can get insured under the preferred plan. Time and again it keeps introducing plans with innovative features. They entitle the insured people to enjoy first of its kind benefits in health insurance sector. Having provision for all, its plans have been the choice to millions of individuals and families.

Having bagged several awards for its products, Apollo Munich has proved its concentrated efforts. Coming up with flexible products, it takes care of citizens of country. Company has been established with a broader vision of improving healthcare condition across the country. With this view, Apollo Munich started its journey with the prime objective to help stay healthy regardless of worry of healthcare expenses. The company logo- Happy Man depicts the vibrant colors that have specific significance. It collectively illustrates its aim of assisting people in making their life healthy and therefore happy. This has resulted in Apollo Munich reaching out places and measuring boundaries. With a view to move ahead, it aims at going higher bringing further improved services.

Great Place To Work 2012

Apollo Munich Health Insurance is once again declared as Great Place To Work and one of India’s Best Companies to Work for in, by Great Place to Work Institute. It has brought applaud for the efforts of the company directed towards the benefit of humankind.

Apollo Munich has been ranked third best place to work in insurance sector and 37th Great Place to Work in the category of companies with up to 1000 employees. This reward has won acclaim for inspiring trust in customers and creating an environment for growth. Being declared as Great Place to Work, Apollo Munich will continue work with an aim to make life easier for all. It not merely uncomplicated health insurance but also ensures that its employees enjoy working in a healthy environment. It paves way for professional as well as personal growth.

This award was twice in a row for the company. Time and again, efforts of Apollo Munich has been identified with the capability of best rated services. Such accolades comes as a proof for its movement in the right direction. The company continues to look ahead and aim for excellent results in future.

With this recognition, Apollo Munich has proved that it is one of the best employer to work with. Making a significant contribution in the field of health insurance sector, it has introduced several new ways that can make health insurance easy yet innovative for masses. While building upon the target of customer satisfaction, the company ensures the satisfaction of its employees. Great Place of Work institute consider those companies as best place to work that nourishes cordial relations between employer and employees. Honoring Apollo Munich with this award, it has proved the efficient and healthy work environment exercised in the company. It makes evident that Apollo Munich is a name known for taking care of its employees with complete dedication. Thus, people working with Apollo Munich take pride in working for the company and keeps it in good faith.

Apollo Munich has come a long way. Taking upon the responsibility to change the perception of health insurance industry amongst masses, Apollo Munich has taken several steps. This has involved dense thinking and concentrated efforts. Acting upon the clear vision “to be a trusted leader in the health insurance sector by providing innovative solutions to the citizens of India’, the company makes sure that it serve people with what they looking for. It has traveled a long journey with constant introduction of new ideas and concepts. Thereby, developing upon them, Apollo Munich Insurance encourages the efforts of employees while making sure that it comes out with something effective for its customers.

The passion for providing best- in class services is the driving force for the company. To meet its target, Apollo Munich encourages its 5 set of values that includes ‘Inspiring passion,

Delivering on promises, Being responsive to customers, Managing relationships and Thinking and acting transparently’. Following through these values, it ensures best results that brings cheer for not only the company but also for people who put their efforts for it. Along with strong customer building relations, Apollo Munich also stimulates interpersonal skills amongst employees. This further nurtures the exchange of ideas and circulation of them for improvisation and better results. In this way, it maintains a balance between fun and work enhancing overall growth of all.

Besides the set of values, Apollo Munich works with clearly stated mission. It has announced ‘Creating opportunities for employees to learn and grow in an enjoyable work culture’ as one of the commitment in that mission. To ensure the fulfillment of this mission, Apollo Munich keeps organizing the events to keep the enthusiasm and interest of its employees alive throughout. It also encourages and recognizes employees’ efforts and hard work. Working as a family, the company keeps the focus of best delivery of services and complete satisfaction of both employees and clients.

Apollo Munich Awarded a Silver in the Digiratti 2012 List

Apollo Munich bagged yet another award, a Silver in the Digiratti 2012 List by Paul Writer for Marketing Campaign of Optima Restore.

The Digiratti List by Paul Writer recognizes those campaigns that are benchmarks for Connected Marketing. This List aims to recognize the team that has created unique customer communities and used innovative social media, video, mobile and digital technology to increase marketing impact.

Apollo Munich won this Silver Award for its marketing theme 'Unbelievable' for memorability and retention - featuring hard-to-imagine acts performed by people from different parts of the world and for turning the company website upside down before the launch to create a buzz to draw trade and customers to the website for more information. This unusual concept successfully gained attention of majority of people. It created buzz in market by introducing truly innovative health insurance benefits.

Starting its journey in health insurance sector in the year 2007, this health insurance firm always came up with well designed healthcare products. Travelling through various twists and turns, it has been established as one of the best health insurance provider in India. The company has earned this recognition with consistent and concentrated efforts, innovative thinking, urge to offer the best in class services to the citizens of country. Having launched various different products like Easy Health, Maxima, Insure Health, Optima Cash, Optima Plus, Optima Restore, Optima Senior and Easy Travel insurance plan, it offers different insurance options to all. One can find insurance coverage as per the specific need. Amidst all the products, Optima Restore is inclusive of several unique health insurance benefits.

Talking about this unbelievable product, Antony Jacob, the CEO of Apollo Munich Health Insurance Company mentioned, “ Optima Restores is the first in the series of next generation products that we are planning to launch. It is based on our extensive research over the past 17 months and analysis of over 250 global products. ‘Optima Restore’ has been designed to offer complete comfort to health insurance consumers, since their coverage will increase whether they use up the plan or don’t use it at all. Guaranteed and with no extra charge.”

This plan is inclusive of other benefits like lifelong renewal, no claim based underwriting, no geography based sublimits, treatment on cashless basis across 4000 network hospitals, easy upgrade and certifies associates. With all such benefits Optima Restore offers comprehensive and beneficial coverage.   

Due to its innovative features and benefits, the plan has been the choice of millions of people. The plan has been introduced to meet all healthcare needs of people without any compromise. Drawing a good response from market, Optima Restore has proved its success and effective working. With its launch, Restore sold a record number of policies. Involving basic insurance coverage features, it weaves along innovative insurance benefits to allow healthcare without any compromise. Having won awards for its innovative thought line, it has introduced first of its kind benefit. It achieved great success rate giving evidence of favourable response from people.

The creative thought has brought alive the idea of this unbelievable product. To makes people familiar with its concept, its advertising campaign’s focus was to bring alive this truth, positioning Optima Restore as the game changing product. Its promotional videos draw attention towards the unbelievable facts. It highlights the unusual activities performed by people that are rare to find. It directly relates to the product Optima Restore that brings unusual benefits at easy access.

Optima Restore adheres to its tagline of ‘Unbelievable’. It is a plan power packed with first of its kind benefit that makes the policy coverage comprehensive and beneficial at affordable insurance premium. Framed in sum insured options ranging from 3 lakh to 15 lakhs, the plan can be purchased as both individual and family health plan.

Innovation Award for Optima Restore

Optima Restore is a truly innovative product launched by Apollo Munich Health Insurance

in recent past. Based on the concept of ‘Unbelievable’, the plan incorporates several unique features to serve people with unique healthcare benefits. Soon after its launch, the product captured the attention of large number of audience thereby receiving a good response.

Optima Restore became the choice of majority of people with its unbelievable benefits. The plan is inclusive of basic coverage features along with a long list of innovative insurance benefits that makes the plan unique.

In a very short time, Optima Restore became the choice of many people. For developing upon such unique concept, this plan has bagged below listed awards

• India Insurance Awards for Best Product Innovation Award category
• ‘Innovation of the Year’ award at the Asia Insurance Industry Awards
• Innovation Award by Finnoviti in the Insurance Sector for an unbelievable product

Having received all such awards, Optima Restore has been evident of the innovative healthcare coverage it offers to its clients.

There are numerous health insurance products available in the market. They are ready to serve people with comprehensive health insurance coverage. Formulated as per the needs of people, the policies are flexible enough to fit into the framed of varied healthcare needs. Amidst all of them stands Optima Restore- an unbelievable health plan. The plan is based on the unique concept so as to serve people with never before benefits in health insurance industry. It is a plan that entitles the insured not only to comprehensive coverage but also to innovative health insurance benefits at affordable cost.

Optima Restore offers you basic sum insured options ranging from 3 lakhs to 15 lakhs. It allow the individual to pick the plan as per the affordability. The buyer can decide according to the premium he/ she can afford to pay. It is available for both the individual and family. Moreover, the policy is equipped with a feature like ‘Multiplier Benefit’. There are several plans that might be offering no claim bonus but Optima Restore offers it in different packaging. This benefit multiplies the sum insured in case the insured does not make the claim. It entitles him/ her to a no claim discount of 50% increase in the insurance amount for having a claim free year. But here comes an added advantage, if the policy holder does not apply for claim even in the second year, it will double the basic sum insured making it 100% of the insurance amount. With no extra charge or any complicated paperwork, Apollo Munich serve people with this unique benefit.

In addition to this, this innovative health insurance policy makes the insured entitled to yet another ‘Restore Benefit’. Pertaining to this feature the policy automatically reinstates the entire sum insured amount if the insured uses it in a policy year. This provision is of true help for insured individuals, especially if the plan is purchased as family health plan. If the coverage amount has been utilized once, it doesn’t keep other insured members away from using the coverage amount once again. With the coverage amount restored, other members can once again claim the policy coverage for best healthcare coverage. Hence, the plan lives up to its promise of taking good care of all the covered members.

Taking a close view of the plan, Optima Restore can be truly recognized as an innovative health insurance plan. Having earned the trust of millions of people, it has served many people with its unique health insurance benefits. So, get yourself covered under such a unique health plan and enjoy unbelievable medical insurance benefit.

Simply Ganguly - On the Hot Seat With Sourav

18 January 2013: 'Simply Ganguly' is a series starting today that will see Sourav Ganguly interacting with various interesting characters on the hot seat. Simple questions, straight forward answers, and unexpected guests.

This series will be launched at Apollo Munich's official Facebook Page on 18 January 2013.

The first guest on the hot seat is 'Elvisda'! Elvisda is a dhinchak party animal who is happy go lucky and wants to enjoy life without worries. Watch out for Elvisda – his hips don't lie. Nor does he.

This engagement initiative by Apollo Munich (@apollomunichins) marks Sourav's (@SCGanguly) foray into social media.

Note to editors:

Apollo Munich Health Insurance Co. Ltd. is a joint venture between Apollo Hospitals Group and Munich Health, Munich Re’s newest business segment.

The company offers comprehensive health insurance plans for individuals and their families as well as for corporate houses. The company also offers individual personal accident plans and travel insurance for individuals, families and senior citizens. Apollo Munich is a specialized health insurance company in India that has expertise in both health and insurance and is able to leverage this understanding for the benefit of its customers.

With over 8,500 beds across 52 hospitals in India and overseas, neighborhood diagnostic clinics, an extensive chain of Apollo Pharmacies, medical BPO as well as health insurance services and clinical research divisions working on the cutting edge of medical science, The Apollo Hospitals Group is Asia’s largest integrated healthcare provider.

Munich Health draws on Munich Re’s insurance and reinsurance competence with over 5,000 experts at 26 locations worldwide. The Company devise innovative healthcare solutions for clients and partners all over the world.

Munich Re stands for exceptional solution-based expertise, consistent risk management, financial stability and client proximity. This is how Munich Re creates value for clients, shareholders and staff. In the financial year 2010, the Group – which pursues an integrated business model consisting of insurance and reinsurance – achieved a profit of over €2.4bn on premium income of around €45.5bn. It operates in all lines of insurance, with around 47,000 employees throughout the world.

Apollo Munich Health Insurance Company Limited

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