FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Long Term Care Insurance Leader Wins 'PIXI' Award for Most Innovative Use of Xerox Technology Award-Winning Print Materials Used to Attract Field Agents Nationwide KIRKLAND, Wash., Oct. 30, 2008 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- This October 26th, on the printing industry's equivalent of Oscar(R) night, Jonas Roeser rose to enthusiastic applause to accept a "PIXI" -- one of the coveted 2008 "Printing Innovation with Xerox Imaging" awards. The PIXI's are handed out once a year to honor producers of America's most creative brochures, flyers, space ads, and other print objects. Roeser is the Senior Vice President of Marketing & Operations of LTC Financial Partners, LLC (LTCFP), one of the nation's most experienced long term care insurance agencies. *(PHOTO 72dpi: Send2Press.com/mediaboom/08-1030-JonRoeser_72dpi.jpg) *(Photo Caption: LTC Financial Senior Vice President Jonas Roeser.) Roeser won his PIXI for the "Most Unique / Innovative" entry, a print piece called "Secret Agent Invitation." The piece was used to promote a yearly meeting of national field agents. "We're proud of Jonas, his department and our strategic partners," says Cameron Truesdell, CEO of LTCFP. "Their outstanding efforts are one of the reasons we have grown to more than 550 agents in five short years." Roeser won his award among entrants from over 100 countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Turkey, the U.K. and the U.S. All submissions were independently judged by a panel of international leaders from every major segment of the graphic arts industry. Submissions were weighted on the criteria of business effectiveness, use of digital technology, degree of innovation, and overall aesthetics. "These awards reflect just a fraction of what we're doing," says Truesdell. "Thanks to our whole team, we're expanding rapidly in spite of the economy. We're actually looking to add 500 new agents in 2009." Inc. Magazine recently ranked LTCFP No. 1,353 among all companies, and No. 12 in the insurance category, in its annual ranking of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the nation. Among insurance agencies, LTCFP is the fastest-growing one focusing exclusively on long term care insurance sales. LTCFP was also honored recently by the Direct Marketing Association (DMA). On October 14, Roeser's "Secret Agent" project was a finalist in the competition for a coveted ECHO Award, which singles out the world's best direct marketing campaigns. The sit-down dinner and awards ceremony was hosted by comedian and Emmy award winning host of the "Tonight Show," Jay Leno. In addition, this month LTCFP was ranked number 62 among the fastest-growing private companies in Washington state, by the Puget Sound Business Journal. For those interested in a career in management or sales, information on LTCFP is available at http://web.ltcfp.com/ltcfp/join-our-partnership.aspx. All trademarks are property of their respective owners. Send2Press(R) is the originating wire service for this story, Copr. 2008. NEWS SOURCE: LTC Financial Partners # # # // RELEASE END // MEDIA ONLY CONTACT(S): [ contact info not for publication online or in print ] Emilee Irizarry of LTC Financial Partners Marketing Resource Advisor & Public Relations Coordinator +1-425-284-2270 emilee @ ltcfp.net Dick Samson of EraNova Institute for LTC Financial Partners +1-973-335-3699 media @ eranova.com //Note to editors: Interview with Mr. Roeser available on request, as well as print-ready images and logos. eMediaKit(TM) and RSS feed: http://profiles.send2press.com/LTC_Financial_Partners.shtml ......... Plain Text Copy, and Story Permalink: http://www.Send2Press.com/mediadrome/2008-10-1030-003.txt Release PDF: http://www.Send2Press.com/mediadrome/news_2008-10-1030-003.pdf Get our full-text news via RSS: http://www.Send2Press.com/RSS2/rss.xml ......... Text provided by news source (and/or the source's authorized agency), who is solely responsible for accuracy and legality of content transmitted. ......... This news story from Send2Press Newswire may be redistributed and re-posted in part or in whole by members of the media. Copr. (c) Send2Press, a unit of Neotrope(R). For news aggregation sites, blogs, and bureaus, you must retain Send2Press as the original wire service source. You may capture and self-host images linked to in above release, but do NOT stream from our server. ......... The original version of this release was issued on behalf of the above organization (the "news source"), by Send2Press(R) Newswire, a service of Neotrope(R). http://www.Send2Press.com. ......... October 2008 Press Release / B-NAB WA / IND: BUS INS AWRD IMAG / agency = EraNova / ytv =