Award Winning Hearing Aid Insurance Replacements 2021

BRITISH INSURANCE AWARDS 2021 – WINNERS!

We attended the prestigious British Insurance Awards on 15th September 2021 at the Battersea Evolution. Up against some of the industries biggest names, we were absolutely shocked and delighted to be announced WINNERS of Claims Initiative of the Year – Outsourced Partner  for our hearing aid insurance replacements. We are incredibly proud of this achievement, and it reflects our commitment to providing agile, responsive solutions for our insurance partners hearing aid claims. 

INSURANCE TIMES CLAIMS EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2021 – WINNERS!

At a virtual ceremony on Thursday 27th of May, we are proud to share we were announced as the WINNERS of Third Party Claims Management Team of the Year for our hearing aid insurance replacements. The Insurance Times Claims Excellence awards are designed to recognise and reward excellence across insurance claims, and those teams who are in direct contact with customers in their hour of need.

What makes us an Award Winning Team? 

Our awards entry highlighted to judges how our usual claims management process had to adapt quickly throughout the COVID19 pandemic in 2020. The judges commented on our commitment to helping vulnerable customers with hearing aid claims, despite the challenges the pandemic raised. We felt passionately about making sure all our customers continued to be able to access support, either remotely or from a safe distance in the correct PPE.  We understood that during lockdown, communication was more important than ever, and that hearing aid replacement remained a crucial service to combat feelings of isolation and loneliness. We provided flexible and agile solutions to reflect changing government guidance, and our team went above and beyond to deliver.

We were delighted to be nominated among the best and brightest insurance companies and claims teams, who share a passion to consistently deliver comprehensive solutions and outstanding customer care to anyone making a claim.

To see a full list of Finalists and Winners – please see here. 

How do Countrywide Hearing support Hearing Aid Insurance Claims? 

Losing a hearing aid can be extremely distressing, and making a claim with your insurers may not be straightforward without the ability to hear as usual. Our insurance partners recognise the need for specialist support from day one, which is why they appoint Countrywide Hearing to provide claims management on their hearing aid insurance replacements. Our team of dedicated claims handlers help the customer with claim validation and also arrange a comprehensive, like for like replacement via our network of independent, expert Audiologists throughout the UK.

What are our plans for the future? 

We want to continue building on the lessons learnt throughout the pandemic. Our proven flexibility and determination to handle each claim to suit the clients individual needs is what sets us apart. We want to maintain personalised, one to one customer support, whilst maximising the number of people we can help with their hearing aid claims. COVID19 has delivered another challenge in the form of mask wearing, which has increased the loss of hearing aids that sit behind the ear. We are supporting insurers with new claims whilst actively trying to prevent future ones, sending out FREE mask extenders out to customers where possible. We have a responsibility to reduce the distress caused by losing hearing aid, whether it be through our fast replacement service, or by providing preventatives measures too.