Limelight Health Honored With Silver And Bronze Stevie® Awards In 2020 American Business Awards

SAN FRANCISCO - May 19, 2020 - PRLog -- Limelight Health, the leading provider of cloud-based enterprise software solutions delivering quoting and underwriting platforms for the employee benefits industry, has been named the winner of a Silver Stevie® Award in the Entrepreneur of the Year category and a Bronze Stevie® Award in Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year category in The 18th Annual American Business Awards®.

The American Business Awards are the U.S.A.'s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small.

Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word meaning "crowned," the awards will be virtually presented to winners during a live event on Wednesday, August 5. Tickets for the virtual event are now on sale.

More than 3,600 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories, including Startup of the Year, Executive of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Marketing Campaign of the Year, Live Event of the Year, and App of the Year, among others.

Limelight Health CEO Jason T. Andrew was nominated in the Entrepreneur of the Year category for insurance, and Limelight Health was nominated for the Innovative Tech Company of the Year category up to 2,500 employees.

In 2019, Jason led Limelight Health in raising a $33.5M Series C financing round, growing revenues that contributed to their being listed in top 5% growth of 3,500 SaaS companies, filed a patent for their innovative Rating Configuration tool, and focused the company on fostering a dynamic remote-first work culture.

Limelight Health also secured partnerships with Principal Financial Group, Reliance Standard Life Insurance and other ancillary carriers to modernize and transform underwriting, quoting and workflow processes for the employee benefits industry.

"We're honored and humbled to be included with such great company. We extend our congratulations to everyone who has been nominated," said Jason T. Andrew, CEO and Co-founder of Limelight Health. "We have an amazing team and it is great to see the dedication and innovation that our team contributes daily to our growth and even better to see them recognized for that work."

More than 230 professionals worldwide participated in the judging process to select this year's Stevie Award winners. Comments from the judges regarding Limelight's ability to scale effectively and efficiently included, "outstanding accomplishment in a relatively short time, to bring the company from concept through execution and then scale, winning the confidence of the industry and financiers." and "Jason's company has seen extreme growth and flexibility to adapt and strengthen itself. It is clear he is extremely dedicated to the growth of his company, but his employees as well."

"Despite the toughest business conditions in memory, American organizations continue to demonstrate their commitment to innovation, creativity, and bottom-line results," said Stevie Awards president Maggie Gallagher. "This year's Stevie-winning nominations are full of inspiring stories of persistence, ingenuity, resourcefulness, and compassion. We celebrate all of their stories and look forward to showcasing them during our virtual awards ceremony on August 5."

Details about The American Business Awards and the list of 2020 Stevie winners are available at www.StevieAwards.com/ABA.

About Limelight Health
Limelight Health is a leading provider of cloud-based enterprise software solutions delivering the most efficient and compelling quoting & underwriting platform for the employee benefits industry. Limelight brings the carriers' archaic systems and solutions into the next century. The company provides process automation and seamless integration between every participant in the employee benefits industry including carriers, underwriters, sales executives, agents, advisors, and their customers.

Limelight's innovative platform offers a range of microservices that are highly configurable for business needs including quoting, rating, proposal generation, renewals, automated processing for pre-sales, new business, underwriting, enrollment support, data analysis, reporting, consumer delivery and agent self-service, document management and seamless integration with industry systems and services. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Limelight Health has satellite locations in Redding, California and Des Moines, Iowa, and a sizable remote workforce.

About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in eight programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, 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 http://www.StevieAwards.com.

Sponsors of The 2020 American Business Awards include John Hancock Financial Services, Melissa Sones Consulting, and SoftPro.