OneAmerica wins seven marketing awards


Contact:
Jim Gavin, Media Relations Manager
(317) 285-4168 or jim.gavin@oneamerica.com

Indianapolis (June 15, 2012) – The companies of OneAmerica have won five Communicator Awards from the International Academy of the Visual Arts (IAVA) and two Hermes Creative Awards from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals in each organization’s 2012 competition. The awards largely recognize customized marketing communication materials that were specifically created by the retirement services marketing and creative design teams in collaboration with clients of OneAmerica companies American United Life Insurance Company® and McCready and Keene.

OneAmerica won Awards of Distinction from the Communicator Awards for the following materials:

•           Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation Custom Communication Campaign

•           KCIM Custom Communications Campaign

•           Hearthside Custom Communications Campaign

•           "Your Future in Action" Campaign

•           OneAmerica, OneSolution Brochure

The awards received by OneAmerica in the Hermes Awards are as follows:

•           Platinum Award for the Caribou Coffee Custom Communication Campaign

•           Gold Award for the Southeast Health Custom Communication Campaign

“These awards further prove that our collaborative efforts with plan sponsors to create unique, customized marketing campaigns to encourage awareness of and participation in retirement plans remain effective,” said Marsha Whitehead, vice president of marketing communications for the retirement services division. “We appreciate this external validation, but know that providing results for our clients is what is truly important.”

The Communicator Awards is the leading award program overseen by the IAVA that recognizes creative achievement across multiple communication and marketing channels. Founded nearly two decades ago, The Communicator Awards receives over 6,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the largest awards of its kind in the world. For further information on the Communicator Awards, visit www.communicatorawards.com.

The Hermes Creative Awards are an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing and design of marketing and communication programs and print, visual and audio materials. Entries come from corporate marketing and communication departments, advertising agencies, public relations firms, graphic design shops web and digital creators and freelancers. For additional information on the Hermes Awards, visit www.hermesawards.com.

About AUL Retirement Services
American United Life Insurance Company® (AUL) is the founding member of OneAmerica® and offers a wide range of products and services for retirement plans of individuals and employers. As a leader in the retirement services industry, AUL provides local service through a national network of experienced professionals focusing on the 401(k), 403(b) and 457 markets.

About McCready and Keene, Inc.
McCready and Keene, Inc., a OneAmerica company, is an actuarial and retirement benefits consulting firm that focuses on designing, installing, and administering customized retirement plans. Based in Indianapolis, Ind., McCready and Keene provides actuarial services to defined benefit plans and provides record keeping services to employee stock ownership plans and other defined contribution plans, including a trust program that uses an open architecture investment platform available to 401(k), 403(b), 457, money purchase pension, and profit sharing plans.

About OneAmerica
OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc., is headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind. The companies of OneAmerica® can trace their solid foundations back more than 130 years in the insurance and financial services marketplace.

OneAmerica’s nationwide network of companies offers a variety of products to serve the financial needs of their policyholders and other clients. These products include retirement plan products and services; individual life insurance, annuities, long-term care solutions and employee benefit plan products. The goal of OneAmerica is to blend the strengths of each company to achieve greater collective results.

The products of the OneAmerica companies are distributed through a network of employees, agents, brokers and other distribution sources that are committed to increasing value to our policyholders by helping them prepare to meet their financial goals.

Products and financial services provided by American United Life Insurance Company®, a OneAmerica® company. Variable products are distributed by OneAmerica Securities, Member FINRA, SIPC.

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