On behalf of the Euro-Center organization, CEO Per Vallbo accepted the ITIJ Cost Containment Company of the Year 2008 award on November 14th.

Recognised as the leading trade magazine for international travel insurance, The International Travel Insurance Journal (ITIJ) has awarded Euro-Center the cost containment company of the year award for its extraordinary achievements in 2008. The award was announced on the 14th of November 2008 in Budapest during the 16th International Travel Insurance Conference (ITIC).

A jury of trade experts from all over the world voted for Euro-Center for its outstanding industry expertise and achievements in 2008 amongst major international cost containment companies. The areas where Euro-Center was able to demonstrate excellence were Operational efficiency, Network management (launch of worldwide Provider Partner Programme & Network development in China), Development of End-to-end service concept for expatriates and Staff & communication

- I wish to thank all our 130 employees in Euro-Center's world-wide organisation for their contribution to this award and trust it will be valuable in our efforts to market our unique Euro-Center concept even further, says CEO Per Vallbo.

Euro-Center considers the award as a confirmation that the strong and long-lasting cooperation with our providers as well as Euro-Center's local presence is a winning concept.

For more information, please contact Per Vallbo +45 33 27 82 53.
 

 
Official text from the ITIJ Award site:

"Since 1971, Euro-Center has acted as the extended arm of travel insurers, healthcare insurers and alarm centres to provide local assistance services to tourists, business travelers and expatriates through its worldwide network of offices.

The Euro-Center concept is as simple as it is efficient: By dealing with medical claims locally, i.e. where the accident happened or where the expatriate is based, Euro-Center is in a unique position to 'plug in' its clients into local healthcare systems or provide treatment through its large network of providers.

This means that Euro-Center is able to radically reduce medical claim costs and achieve exceptional savings to its customers. In addition, the claims are efficiently audited and processed locally at low cost which further decreases the claim cost.

At the same time Euro-Center provides an unrivaled customer service to its clients. It is no wonder local assistance worldwide is a winning concept."