Firm Recognition

2011 - Broward CEO Awards - South Florida Business Journal
The Broward Ultimate CEO Awards recognizes business leaders of Broward County for their achievements, vision and dedication to excellence. Click Here to view the article
 

2010 - Individual Distribution Firm of the Year
This annual award is the highest honor offered to a MetLife firm. Each office’s overall performance results, including profitability, good business practices, revenue growth and productive sales power growth, are reviewed and compared by ID Leadership. Click Here to view the Press Release

2010  - MetLife Firm of the Year

2005 thru 2010 – (6 consecutive straight years) Cypress Financial Group has qualified for Chairman’s Council honors based on MetLife’s Management Recognition program

2009, 2010 – GAMA Master Firm Award
For Firms achieving commission levels in the top 125 firms in the world. This puts Cypress Financial Group in an elite group of firms on an international basis.

2010 – GAMA First in Class Award
Each year, individual field leaders throughout the financial services industry find a way to excel in leading their agencies or firms to the No. 1 position in their companies. To properly recognize these leaders, GAMA International created the First in Class Award in 2000. Now in its tenth year, the First in Class Awards are a recognized standard of achievement in the industry.

2010 – GAMA International Management Award Diamond Plus

2008, 2009 – GAMA International Management Award Diamond

2006, 2009 - Triskelion Award
The MetLife Management Triskelion Award recognizes the one firm with the best, most
 consistent, three-year record.

2009 – Gil Cohen inducted into the Manager’s Hall of Fame Click here to view the Press Release

2008 – South Florida Business Journal : Top 25 Insurance Agencies

2007 – Susan Palen : Operations Manager of the Year

2007 – Eastern Zone Office of the Year

2007 – Good Business Practice Community Award Winner
Recognizes the firm that combines outstanding sales performance with excellence
in ethics, compliance and business practices. In addition to receiving an award, the
winning firm(s) receives the opportunity to designate a $15,000 charitable contribution
from MetLife to a local charity in their community. Cypress Financial Group chose the
Special Olympic chapters of Broward and Miami-Dade County.

2006 – Super Starter Firm of the Year

2005, 2006 – Southern Agency Group Sales Office of the Year

2003 West Palm Beach Office Chairman's Council Firm Top 10

1999 Boca Raton Co-Office of the Year in Miami Region

1994 Broward County GAMA Rookie Leader

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Broward CEO Awards, Gil Speaking
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Broward CEO Awards, from left to right, Melanie Dickinson, Publisher South Flrodai Business Journal, Gil Cohen, Keith Spritz JD, CPA, Managing Director, CBIZ, Goldstin, Lewin

Cypress Financial Group at 2011 Recognition Conference in Las Vegas, NV

Individual Distribution Firm of the Year
MetLife Management Triskelion Award - pictured Gil Cohen, CFG Managing Director
Manager's Hall of Fame
 
Chairman's Council Management Qualifiers
 
2010 Leaders Conference

2009 Leaders Conference

2008 Leaders Conference