Recognition

IdeaStar

Awards are the proof of success. And IdeaStar Inc., a nationally-known developer of interactive Web sites, has received its share of honors. Together with our clients, we earned recognition for innovative business-focused uses of Internet technology. Here are a few of our top honors.


	PIMA Gold Award IdeaStar client Forrest T. Jones & Company earned a prestigious Gold Award in the Professional Insurance Marketing Association (PIMA) 2009 Marketing Methods competition in the e-commerce Web site division. The winning entry, developed by IdeaStar for FTJ, is a product-specific insurance education and enrollment Web site. It provides customized information for tens of thousands of members - all from a single site and one URL. PIMA Marketing Methods awards are the most prestigious of their kind, bestowed upon those insurance direct marketing efforts that display outstanding and measurable results in addition to marketing and creative strategy.


	Best of PIMA Award IdeaStar earned the Best of PIMA Award 2006 for its design and development of communitycarerx.com for MemberHealth Inc. as part of the Professional Insurance Marketing Association (PIMA) Marketing Methods competition. The Medicare Part D enrollment and information Web site is versatile and easy-to-use. During the award presentation, the judges noted the Web site is "cleanly conceived, cost effective, and very successful," with over 100,000 online enrollments.

	A.M Best E-Fusion Finalist IdeaStar achieved Finalist Status in the A.M. Best E-Fusion 2006 competition for www.communitycarerx.com. The site, designed and developed by IdeaStar, features a Medicare-approved drug plan offered and sold online by our client MemberHealth. Site visitors can sign-up for the program, locate participating pharmacies, view various plan details relative to their home state, look up drug prices in their area, review policies and procedures, and more.

	PIMA Gold Award IdeaStar earned a Gold Award in the Professional Insurance Marketing Association (PIMA) MarkeTTech Symposium Marketing Methods 2005 competition. Our former client site, Union Secure, offered online quoting, application submission, a downloadable library of product information and forms, customer service, and consumer education. The site was designed for compatibility with search engines to enhance Union Secure's marketing results.

	A.M Best E-Fusion Finalist IdeaStar received Finalist honors at A.M. Best E-Fusion 2004 for America's Healthcare/RX Plan Inc., part of Insurance Capital Management (ICM). The Web site specialized in distributing economically priced individual medical plans and related products for individual and small employers through enrolled agents.

	A.M Best E-Fusion Honorable Mention IdeaStar was awarded Honorable Mention for the A.M. Best E-Fusion 2003 award for QQLink. Managed by Ceres Group, QQLink set new standards for agent-driven quote-through-issue in online individual and family life and health insurance. The site, which generated significant revenue, was retired after the sale of Ceres Group.

These prestigious awards support IdeaStar's reputation as a design and development leader. We specialize in smart design, rapid development, custom solutions and seamless systems integration - all for the benefit of our clients.

Additional Recognition

IdeaStar Inc. is honored to be named twice to the Weatherhead 100 list. The award is presented by the Case Weatherhead School of Management in partnership with COSE, the Council of Smaller Enterprises. We are also the recipient of multiple awards of excellence including recognition from SBN Magazine, Crain's Cleveland, Ernst & Young, and Inside-Business Magazine

Most recently IdeaStar was named a finalist in two categories of the Northeast Ohio Software Association (NEOSA) 2009 Best of Tech Awards.