WorldNomads.com, part of the World Nomads Group, has won the Innovation of the Year Award at the 2009 Insurance Industry Awards.

Sydney, Australia, August 05, 2009 -- One of the world‘s leading online travel insurance providers, WorldNomads.com, part of the World Nomads Group, has won the Innovation of the Year Award at the 2009 Insurance Industry Awards.

The award recognizes the innovative approach WorldNomads.com has taken to providing global travel insurance, as well as its ability to engage independent and adventurous travelers through numerous online marketing and social media initiatives.

"Innovation has been our lifeblood since WorldNomads.com‘s inception 10 years ago,” comments Stewart Hindmarsh, CEO of World Nomads Group. “Over the past decade, the online space has become very crowded. Critical to the success of WorldNomads.com has been our ability to not only provide relevant travel safety products and programs, but do so in a way that allows our customers to have an active say in how we service them.”

Customers today are central to what WorldNomads.com does. Customers can extend their policy online, and even lodge a claim online from any internet café in the world - and view the progress of the claim while they continued to travel. In addition to the core insurance product, WorldNomads.com has built brand equity through their customer community, by developing both fun and useful online additions to the website.

WorldNomads.com insurance policy holders automatically become a member of a travel community, which offers independent travel safety and security briefings on hundreds of countries from a specialist global security company, online travel journals where travellers can research or submit photos and stories about their trip.

More than 20 iPod and iPhone language guides have been downloaded nearly 1 million times, and WorldNomads.com customers also have the opportunity to contribute micro-donations to poverty-alleviation projects through the unique philanthropy travel program “Footprints”.

“We are honored by having received this award for Innovation of the Year - but I think what truly sets us apart is our strong focus on our customers, and our dedication to building an online insurance platform that is intuitive, and practical to use,” comments Hindmarsh.

WorldNomads.com provides global travel safety products and services to travelers from over 150 countries around the world. From great value travel insurance, travel safety advice, language guides and free online travel journals, WorldNomads.com provides the tools to keep our clients traveling safely. All clients can donate to a community development project when purchasing travel insurance through the Footprints Charity program. WorldNomads.com is also backed by a suite of strong, secure, specialist travel insurance companies. For more information or a free quote visit http://www.worldnomads.com

Contact:
Alexia Nestora
WorldNomads.com
Sydney, Australia
303-898-3376
[email protected]
http://www.worldnomads.com