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IPAR has been named a finalist in the category of ‘Service Provider to the Insurance Industry of the Year’ at the Australian Insurance Industry Awards, co-hosted by the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) and Asia Insurance Review.

This is the 14^th year of the awards which celebrate the broader insurance industry, its services and innovation. The Service Provider category in particular focuses on businesses that support the industry to be more effective in their day to day operations and improve the lives of the many customers they work with.

There were 106 submissions in this year’s awards (a record number) and IPAR is the only rehabilitation provider shortlisted in the service provider category.

IPAR’s submission focused on the work undertaken in improving client’s lives through the many health benefits of good work, while limiting the financial and social impact of injury and illness on clients and the insurance industry. IPAR’s Positivum assessment and health coaching program was cited as an example of innovation in return to work services and how IPAR is constantly seeking to address emerging trends with the latest best practices.

Winners will be announced at the annual awards dinner, held on Thursday 31 August 2017.

Congratulations to Dorothy Frost, Manager, Research and Innovation, for her selection as a finalist in two award categories at the upcoming Excellence in Personal Injury and Disability Management Awards.

Dorothy has been selected as a finalist in the Innovation in Injury & Disability Management category, as well as for Outstanding Contribution by an Individual.

The purpose of these awards is “to celebrate and showcase the personal injury and disability management industry’s many outstanding achievements and to acknowledge its importance in the broader community.”

Dorothy’s finalist selection in the Innovation category is an acknowledgement of her work in the development of IPAR’s electronic biopsychosocial assessment and health coaching program, ‘Positivum’.

The impetus for Positivum was that for many of IPAR’s clients, making a full recovery and resuming work is a significant challenge. While the focus is often to secure work which accommodates the injury or health condition, literature indicates that beyond 3-6 months post injury, it is other factors which become more significant barriers to employment.

The Positivum assessment combines existing validated assessments with questions covering an individual’s beliefs and perceptions about recovery and work. It allows biopsychosocial factors and beliefs and perceptions to be identified early, and the subsequent health coaching program provides an effective means to address these barriers.

The presentation dinner for the awards will be held during the Personal Injury and Disability Management Conference in Sydney on Wednesday 12 October 2016. For further award details, please go to www.pief.com.au/2016awards/2016-award-finalists

Georgina Lamb (IPAR National Life Insurance Manager) and Stephanie Vujacic (IPAR Life Account Executive) proudly cheered on Christopher Wallace from ClearView as he took home the highly commended gong in the 2015/6 SwissRe & ALUCA Excellence & Innovation in Return to Work Award, announced at ALUCA Rehabilitation sub-group PD Day on 6 September 2016.

The IPAR life team worked in close partnership with ClearView in the development and implementation of the Optimising Rehabilitation within Life Claims Management program described in ClearView’s highly commended paper. In a short period of time, the program has demonstrated a positive influence on the lives of ClearView customers through the health benefits of good work, on Claims Assessors through increased self-efficacy, confidence, job satisfaction and capability, and for ClearView shareholders, with a current return on investment and anticipated future return on investment that will far exceed that of other rehabilitation models in the life market.

For further information, please contact Georgina Lamb on 03 8648 0900 or glamb@ipar.com.au.

IPAR’s Managing Director, David Sagar, took home the Exceptional Leadership Award at the Australian Rehabilitation Providers Association (ARPA) Victoria Awards held on August 7^th.

Won for ‘demonstrated leadership in the provision of workplace rehabilitation or return to work services’, the award acknowledges the exceptional leadership that David has shown both within our organisation and the wider occupational rehabilitation industry.

When David became Managing Director in 2003, IPAR had 14 employees across two states. Under his leadership, IPAR has grown rapidly with nearly 300 team members and office locations in every state and territory. David works tirelessly to foster a culture of collaboration and connection across our teams, promoting professionalism yet fun, and lives true to our organisational values.  He has committed significant time and resources to ensure training and support is industry leading, and he genuinely cares and is interested in every consultant.  David’s leadership has shaped IPAR’s distinctive culture, driving our high retention rates and creating our culture of high performance.

IPAR had an additional 4 nominees on the night, including:

Best New Starter Award

Original Employer – Emma McMahon
New Employer – Selena Wawrzyniak

Outstanding Return to Work Achievement Award

Psychological claim – Melanie Weightman

Outstanding Consultant Award

Original Employer – David Rees

Congratulations to all our nominees for their outstanding performance and ‘flying the flag’ for IPAR.