CHICAGO—Balloting is open for the 2010 Business Insurance Readers Choice Awards.

Now in its seventh year, the Readers Choice Awards invite Business Insurance readers to cast their votes for the companies that they believe offer the best overall combination of innovation, quality, service and value. This year's awards feature 18 categories:

liBest workers compensation insurer.

Winners in these categories will be announced and profiled in the Nov. 22/29 issue of Business Insurance and online. To view profiles of winners in previous Readers Choice Awards competitions, please visit www.BusinessInsurance.com.

All votes are completely confidential, and BI's ballot provides lists of the largest companies in each category for convenience only; voters may write in other companies if they choose.

Balloting will remain open until Sept. 24. To participate in this year's Readers Choice Awards, go to www.businessinsurance.com/section/readers-choice-awards.