PIRA Awards to focus on industry icons

MANILA, Philippines - Who will be named Icons of the Philippine non-life insurance industry?

This will be known come October when the Philippine Insurers and Reinsurers Association holds the 2012 PIRA Awards which will focus on the old-school value of Palabra de Honor (Word of Honor).

PIRA chairman Dr. Pedro Benedicto Jr. said for the first time, the 83 member-companies comprising the industry’s umbrella organization will be choosing the Icons who best represent the value of Palabra de Honor, the very foundation of the insurance business. 

“We will be honoring the men and women who truly exemplify Palabra de Honor. These men and women lived their lives anchored on this value. Without them, the Philippine insurance industry will never be the same,” he said.

This will be the second staging of the PIRA Awards which is organized by PIRA in cooperation with the Insurance Commission. The PIRA Awards will be held on Oct.18 at the grand ballroom of the Marriot Hotel in Resorts World Manila. The day of the awards will be devoted to the 2012 PIRA Stakeholders Convention which will be attended by industry leaders not only from the Philippines but also from the region.

Nominations for the awards are now being accepted. For sponsorship or table bookings. Get in touch with Malou Serrano at (02) 811.4587, 811.4629, 815.1064 or log on to www.pirainc.org or like Philippine Insurers and Reinsurers Association on Facebook for more details.