Family Heritage Life Insurance Wins Two Bronze Stevie® Awards in 2014 Stevie Awards for Sales & Cust

Family Heritage was presented with two Bronze Stevie® Awards in the Sales Support Team of the Year and Customer Service Department of the Year categories in the eighth annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service held Friday, February 21st.

The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service are the world’s top sales awards, contact center awards, and customer service awards. The Stevie Awards organizes several of the world’s leading business awards shows including the prestigious American Business AwardsSM and International Business AwardsSM.

The awards were presented to honorees during a gala banquet on Friday, February 21 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. More than 400 nominated customer service and sales executives from the U.S.A. and several other countries attended.

The Business TalkRadio Network will broadcast a recording of the presentations this Wednesday, February 26, at 8:00 pm ET.

More than 1,500 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were evaluated in this year’s competition, an increase of 36% over 2013. Finalists were determined by the average scores of 129 professionals worldwide, acting as preliminary judges.

More than 260 executives around the world participated in the judging process for the 2014 awards, to determine the Finalists and then the Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award placements.

“It is such an honor to be recognized by the Stevies and we are very proud of the service and support that we provide to our customers.” said Chairman, CEO and Founder, Howard Lewis.

“Entries to the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service awards have almost doubled over the past few years,” said Michael Gallagher, president and founder of the Stevie Awards. “Not only have we seen a dramatic increase in the number of entries; but the judges have also seen a remarkable rise in the quality of the nominations submitted overall. We congratulate all of this year’s Stevie winners for their outstanding work.”

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.

Family Heritage, a Torchmark Company, is an industry-leading provider of life and supplemental health insurance products to American families. Founded in 1989, the company specializes in life insurance and cancer, heart disease and stroke and accident insurance products that provide benefits beyond traditional health insurance, allowing individuals and families to focus on the patient, not the process. The recipient of numerous awards and honors for outstanding customer service and community outreach, Family Heritage proudly serves over 238,000 American families and supports Sales Professionals across the country. To find out more, visit us at www.globelifefamilyheritage.com/.

About The Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards are conferred in five programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. 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.