Solstice Benefits Earns Three MarCom Awards

November 14, 2014 - Plantation, FL

Solstice Benefits, Inc., (Solstice) a leading ancillary benefits company, was named a 2014 MarCom award winner for the 2014 international awards competition that recognizes outstanding creative achievement by marketing and communication professionals. There were over 6,500 entries from throughout the United States, Canada and 15 other countries in the 2014 competition.

Solstice earned the following awards:
- Solstice Mission and Values Design - HONORABLE MENTION
- Solstice Marketplace Health Literacy Videos – GOLD
- Anatomy of a Tooth Infographic - GOLD

“It is an honor to receive recognition for our work by the MarCom awards. Our goal is to provide our customers with educational, informative communication materials that support health literacy and benefits transparency. Earning these awards is a symbol to our clients that Solstice provides best-in-class benefit communications and ensures our commitment to health literacy,” said Alissa Gavrilescu, Director of Marketing at Solstice.

MarCom entries come from corporate marketing and communication departments, advertising agencies, PR firms, design shops, production companies and freelancers. The competition has grown to perhaps the largest of its kind in the world. A look at the winners shows a range in size from individual communicators to media conglomerates and Fortune 500 companies. The competition is so well respected in the industry that national public relations organizations, local ad clubs, and local business communicator chapters are entrants.

Winners were selected from more than 200 categories in seven forms of media and communication efforts- marketing, publications, marketing/promotion, public service/pro bono, creativity and electronic/interactive. About 17 percent of the entries won the Platinum Award, the organization’s top honor. 23 percent won Gold awards. A complete list of Platinum and Gold Winners can be found on the MarCom Awards website at www.marcomawards.com.

About Solstice:
Solstice is a privately held Florida corporation based in Plantation, Fla. Solstice administers and markets dental, vision, pharmaceutical, life and short- and long-term disability benefits plans. Solstice and its subsidiaries also offer Third Party Administration (TPA) services in the Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia markets—and are in the process of expanding nationwide. It has been named one of “Florida’s Best Companies to Work For” and has made Inc. magazine’s “America’s Fastest Growing Companies” list for three years in a row. The Solstice Marketplace is a private exchange developed by Solstice. Created specifically with insurance brokers in mind, the Solstice Marketplace provides brokers with a one stop shop to offer personalized service to their customers.
For information on Solstice, contact 1.877.760.2247 or visitwww.SolsticeBenefits.com and www.SolsticeMarketplace.com

About the MarCom Awards:
MarCom Awards is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. The international organization consists of several thousand creative professionals. The Association oversees awards and recognition programs, provides judges and sets standards for excellence.

As part of its mission, AMCP fosters and supports the efforts of creative professionals who contribute their unique talents to public service and charitable organizations. Over the past several years, AMCP has donated over $100,000 in grants to support the efforts of its members. That money was used for marketing materials for homeless shelters, orphanages, day camps, community theaters, art centers, programs for the elderly and for child care and educational endeavors for the underprivileged.
Judges are industry professionals who look for companies and individuals whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the industry.

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