{"id":17609,"date":"2019-11-21T13:30:36","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T18:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/?p=62711"},"modified":"2019-11-21T13:30:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T18:30:36","slug":"apollo-exchange-nominated-for-small-business-bcs-best-innovation-award-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2019\/11\/21\/apollo-exchange-nominated-for-small-business-bcs-best-innovation-award-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Apollo Exchange nominated for Small Business BC\u2019s Best Innovation award 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto, ON (Nov. 21, 2019) \u2013 Apollo Exchange has been nominated in the Best Innovation category in the 17th annual Small Business BC Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The Small Business BC Awards recognize the contributions and achievements of BC small business owners. The Best Innovation Award recognizes businesses that develop advanced or innovative technologies to meet the needs of industry in B.C. These businesses contribute to making the province a strong and rapidly growing innovation economy, and create a positive impact in their industry and community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud of the advancements Apollo has made not only as a small business ourselves, but in advocating for and initiating a modern insurance buying process for small businesses across BC and Canada,\u201d said Apollo CEO Jeff McCann. \u201cWe believe in supporting the broker channel, and many of the insurance brokerages who leverage the Exchange are small businesses themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are 8 award categories in total. To be eligible for the Best Innovation Award, nominees must have been in operation for a minimum of 12 months in BC. All nominees must have less than 50 employees.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Vote For Apollo<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>To vote for Apollo, visit <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sbbcawards.ca\/award\/innovation\/apollo-exchange\/\">sbbcawards.ca\/award\/innovation\/apollo-exchange\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The winners will be announced at the 2020 Small Business BC Awards Gala, which will take place February 21, 2020, at the Vancouver Convention Centre.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please contact:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/david-dyck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">David Dyck<\/a>, Apollo<br \/>(778) 917-9667<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#fb9f9a8d929fbb9a8b9497979498948d9e89d5989496\"><span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"563237203f32163726393a3a3935392033247835393b\">[email&nbsp;protected]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4 class=\"smallhead\"><strong>About the Apollo Exchange<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The APOLLO Exchange (legal name \u201cApollo Insurance Solutions Ltd.\u201d) is Canada\u2019s largest online insurance marketplace. Apollo empowers brokers to instantly quote, bind, and issue policy documents for hundreds of classes of small business in real time, or white label the Exchange to sell directly from their website. Brokerages integrated with the Exchange are able to respond to the changing expectations of buyers and forward-thinking employees.<\/p>\n<p>Co-founded by Jeff McCann, David Dyck, Justin Hamade, and Drew Green, Apollo was created to empower brokers to better serve their clients. Following the completion of Beta testing in April 2019, Apollo successfully closed its angel round of funding, raising $1 million CAD with the support of notable investors, including Drew Green, Matias Marquez, Kim Kaplan, and Caliber Ventures. Acting members of Apollo\u2019s Board of Directors are leading industry and entrepreneurial figures Drew Green, Steve Albiani, Tim Gamble, and Jeff McCann. In June 2019, the company launched a first of its kind: digital, monthly subscription insurance. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/apollocover.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">apollocover.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"smallhead\"><strong>About Small Business BC<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Small Business BC provides entrepreneurs with the information and guidance necessary to build a solid foundation for their business. Through a wide range of products, services, education and resources there\u2019s a piece that fits with every business. No matter what stage or what skill level, when an entrepreneur finds themselves asking <em>\u201cHow do I\u2026?\u201d<\/em> Small Business BC is the one to call. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/smallbusinessbc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">smallbusinessbc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"referencetext\"><em>Source: Apollo Insurance Solutions Ltd.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/tag\/apollo\/\" rel=\"tag\">Apollo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/tag\/awards\/\" rel=\"tag\">awards<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/tag\/british-columbia\/\" rel=\"tag\">British Columbia (BC)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/tag\/innovation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Innovation<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/2019\/11\/21\/apollo-exchange-nominated-small-business-bc\/\">Read the original article at Insurance-Canada.ca <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto, ON (Nov. 21, 2019) \u2013 Apollo Exchange has been nominated in the Best Innovation category in the 17th annual Small Business BC Awards. 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