Genworth Financial issued the following announcement on Feb. 20.

Genworth today announced that its U.S. Life Insurance (USLI) Customer Service Center has received the “Contact Center of the Year” and “Highest Employee Experience for the Contact Center Industry and Insurance Industry” awards by SQM Group. The “Contact Center of the Year” Award is presented to the company that has achieved the highest combined customer experience and employee experience ratings.”

In addition, Genworth’s long term care insurance customer service center received SQM’s “Contact Center World Class CX Certification.” The certification is based on 80 percent (or higher) of customers getting their call resolved on the first call for three consecutive months or more.

Genworth USLI’s primary customer service centers are located in Lynchburg and Richmond, Virginia.

SQM Group is a leading customer experience (CX) research, consulting and awarding firm whose awards program is considered the most prestigious and sought-after contact center industry awards in North America. The awards are based on surveys of customers who have used a contact center and/or employees who work in a contact center.

“It is such an honor to award Genworth as our 2018 Contact Center of the Year,” said Dr. Lara Pow, President of SQM Group. “As an insurance provider handling complicated call types with multiple lines of businesses and product offerings for their customers, they have set the bar very high as to what exemplary customer service looks like.”

“Genworth has an outstanding commitment to providing world-class customer experience and accomplished their success by making continuous improvements based on the voice of their customers and their employees,” said Mike Desmarais, Founder & CEO, SQM Group, adding that Genworth received the highest combined customer and employee satisfaction rating of the over 500 contact centers that SQM benchmarks annually. “Their tremendous levels of world-class performance truly differentiate them as the gold-standard for customer and employee experience within an organization.”

David Smith, Vice President of Operations for Genworth’s U.S. Life Insurance division, said: “I am incredibly proud of our team and everyone who supports us in our mission to be a trusted ally for our customers and their families, particularly at life’s most difficult moments. Our employees work hard every day to ensure we keep our promises to our customers, and SQM’s recognition as the Contact Center of the Year demonstrates that commitment.”

Original source: http://newsroom.genworth.com/2019-02-20-Genworths-U-S-Life-Insurance-Customer-Service-Center-Named-Contact-Center-of-the-Year-by-SQM