Pappas MacDonnell Garners 11 Awards For A Wide Range Of Work On Behalf Of Connecticut’s Health Insurance Exchange

SOUTHPORT, Conn., Aug. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The launch of Access Health CT, Connecticut's official health insurance marketplace (also known as the Exchange), brought 11 marketing, management and communications awards to the Exchange and Southport, Conn.-based Pappas MacDonnell, Inc., its marketing and communications agency of record. The awards were the result of an integrated marketing campaign that produced 230,000 enrollees in its first year – more than double its goal of 100,000.

The list of accolades for Pappas MacDonnell and the Exchange include the 2014 Best of Show award from the Insurance Marketing Communications Association (IMCA) for its Change is Here campaign under the category of Total Sales/Marketing/Branding Campaign. The agency also received an Award of Excellence from IMCA for its creation of the Exchange's educational website. The American Business Awards conferred two of its Stevie Awards to senior managers of the Exchange. CEO Kevin Counihan received a Gold Stevie Award for Executive of the Year, Insurance, and Jason Madrak won a Silver Stevie Award in the category of Marketing Executive of the Year.

In addition, Pappas MacDonnell gathered seven additional awards:

Organization	Award/Category	Recipient/Body of Work
Hermes Creative Awards	Platinum – Integrated Marketing Campaign Gold – Website Element/Video for the Web Honorable Mention – Video/TV Ad Campaign	Change is Here marketing campaign Real Life Stories online interactive Change is Here TV ad campaign
League of American Communications Professionals	Impact Award Best Ad – Creative/Marcom Program	Change is Here marketing campaign
Health Information Resource Center	Bronze Web Health Award – Government, Consumer, Interactive Content/Rich Media	Making the Right Choice online interactive
The Telly Awards	Bronze – Local TV & Local Cable Campaign, Business-to-Consumer	Change is Here TV ad campaign
Graphic Design USA	American Web Design Award	Learn More educational website

"This amount of recognition is extremely gratifying and speaks volumes to the effectiveness of a comprehensive integrated marketing effort," said Kyle MacDonnell, principal of Pappas MacDonnell. "We did it all – from consumer awareness to education and engagement to enrollment – and we did it within an aggressive 10-month timeframe."

Based in Southport, Connecticut, Pappas MacDonnell is a marketing and communications agency that works with some of the world's best-known brands in financial services, healthcare, insurance and business services. For more information, visit PappasMacDonnell.com.

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