Stephen Barnham, Asia’s Chief Information Officer, and Sourav Shah, Senior Digital Product Manager in Australia, have both been awarded the ACORD Leadership Award in the individual category. The prestigous annual awards held by the Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development (ACORD), an international non-profit insurance standards organization, recognises outstanding achievement in standard implementation and advocacy in the industry worldwide. MetLife Inc. was also given the ACORD Leadership Award in the organisation category.

The awards were given in recognition of the work done by Mr. Barnham and Mr. Shah and the MetLife organisation globally in demonstrating leadership in promoting data standards, by providing resourcing, faciliating industry collaboration and active participation in the implementation and development of standards across the industry.

This isn’t the first time for MetLife to win the ACORD award. In 2018, MetLife Australia won the ACORD Case Study and Industry Contributor awards, both in recognition of the application program interfaces (APIs) developed for online claims lodgement and tracking, which was then gifted to the insurance industry.

About MetLife

MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET), through its subsidiaries and affiliates (“MetLife”), is one of the world’s leading financial services companies, providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to help its individual and institutional customers navigate their changing world. Founded in 1868, MetLife has operations in more than 40 markets globally and holds leading positions in the United States, Japan, Latin America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. For more information, visit www.metlife.com.

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