Insurance People Get Involved

People, being people, relate to others and from those relationships spring the sense of community. This section of our insurance resource centre provides illustrations of our activity, be it:

• within the Canadian insurance community itself for fostering fellowship and networking,
• activities or events by the insurance community to raise funds for charitable purposes external to the industry, or
• plain old personal or group involvement in helping others.

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Announcements and Articles

Articles and announcements pertaining to involvement and contribution to the insurance and the greater community by people and organizations in the Canadian Insurance Industry.

Most Recent Announcements:

• The Co-operators Supports Research into Homelessness and Mental Illness
• Aviva Community Fund asks Canadians a Million-Dollar Question
• Top Ontario Curlers Recognized at 2010 Curling Championship: Gore Mutual
• The Co-operators Provides $47,000 to Help Students Make an Impact!
• The Cowan Foundation contributes its second $1 million to strengthen Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Program
• University of Guelph receives $400,000 from The Co-operators for new Centre
• Foresters and community partners volunteer to build new playground for Frank McLoughlin Co-Op
• Volunteer recruitment campaign by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada and Standard Life focuses on fountain of youth at the heart of mentoring
• illustrate inc: Actuarial Community Making a Real Difference!
• ThinkFirst Canada Kicks Off Aviva Brain Day Across Canada
• Insurance Bureau of Canada donates $150,000 to Brain Injury Association of Canada
• Young Leaders Sought for Inaugural Sustainability Conference: Co-operators
• Sun Life Financial's China operations recognized for exceptional corporate social responsibility by Canada China Business Council
• Aviva's Lew Dunn Charity Golf Classic Raises $1.7 million for Colon Cancer Research
• Standard Life celebrates its 175th anniversary in Canada with a New $1.75 million community fund
• Manulife Financial makes $250,000 donation to Hôpital Laval to purchase equipment that will revolutionize cardiology and pneumology procedures in Canada
• Random House and Manulife Financial team up to deliver new John A. Macdonald biography to students across Canada
• Lloyd's helps establish new peace fund
• The Frank Cowan Foundation Donates to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario for Defibrillators

For older articles, see the archive of information & articles.