OREANDA-NEWS.  For the second year in a row, AP Companies has won the International Travel & Health Insurance Journal (ITIJ Awards) International Medical Assistance Company of the Year award.

This year, over 400 companies from around the world applied for this nomination. The panel of experts recognizes the technological excellence of AP Companies and their contribution in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ITIJ Awards are the leading international health insurance awards. It has been awarded since 2002. Since the pandemic began, the award has become even more important: it recognizes and supports market players who innovate in medicine and help change the field of insurance for the better, even in such a challenging environment.

The nominated companies are evaluated on quality management, pricing, level of service and medical expertise. The winner is selected through an online survey of leading experts and consumers of health insurance services.

AP Companies provides healthcare services around the world through a network of more than 40,000 hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, laboratories and diagnostic centres in 185 countries. AP Companies serves more than 21 million insured people, more than 200 thousand of whom are serviced annually under the programs of voluntary and international medical insurance. The company's services include telemedicine, medical evacuation, perinatal care, paediatrics, mental health care, intensive care and COVID-19. AP Companies has ambulances, ambulance liners, vaccination centres, reanimobiles, as well as the latest medical equipment.