Business Insurance has won a first-place award for the best tablet app/tablet edition among U.S. business-to-business publications as part of Folio's 2013 Eddie & Ozzie Awards.

Folio, the magazine media management publication, presented the awards recognizing the nation's best consumer and trade magazine print and digital editorial content and design Thursday at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan.

“We are very pleased to be recognized with this award for the hard work and innovation that went into the design of our app,'' said Paul Winston, associate publisher and online general manager of Business Insurance.

Business Insurance launched the tablet version of its interactive digital edition in January via Apple iTunes, allowing subscribers to read an interactive issue of the entire biweekly publication on their iPads. Several months later, Business Insurance expanded its digital product line to enable subscribers to read each issue on Android and Kindle Fire tablets via Google Play and Amazon apps.

In addition, the nation's leading commercial insurance and risk management business-to-business publication in July unveiled a browser-based version of its interactive digital edition for subscribers to read on their desktop and laptop computers.

With its digital publishing platform, Business Insurance enhances its biweekly print content with audio and video interviews, photo galleries, interactive graphics and animation.

“Our editors and designers work extremely hard to create a compelling interactive digital edition of the publication that delivers all of the great content of each edition of Business Insurance in a way that is engaging and accessible,'' Mr. Winston said. “For our audience, the tablet version of the publication is available with all subscriptions and we hear great feedback from these subscribers that it lets them access and experience Business Insurance in a fresh, new way.''

To get more information about Business Insurance's digital and mobile products and to download any of its tablet apps, click here.

Business Insurance is based in Chicago and published by Crain Communications Inc.