WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Sept. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (Wawanesa) introduced right now a $150,000 donation to help emergency aid in Canadian communities affected by Hurricane Fiona. The funding consists of:
- $100,000 to the Canadian Red Cross for his or her Hurricane Fiona in Canada Appeal, offering emergency providers equivalent to interim housing, clothes, meals, and different important provides to folks in want.
- $50,000 to help a dollar-for-dollar donation matching program that’s now open to insurance brokers, Wawanesa workers, and the general public.
Donations could be made on an internet site arrange by Wawanesa: https://wawanesa.benevity.org/community
“Our entire Canadian operations are focused on helping the people and businesses we insure in Atlantic Canada and Eastern Quebec get the support available to them through their insurance policies with us,” mentioned Carol Jardine, Wawanesa’s President of Canadian Property & Casualty Operations. “We know all too well the increasing toll of climate change and extreme weather on Canadians, and we are committed to helping our customers recover and rebuild in a way that makes us all more resilient.”
“The devastation caused by Hurricane Fiona has hit our friends and neighbours hard,” added Paul Faubert, Wawanesa’s Regional Vice President for Eastern Canada. “That’s why, in addition to providing emergency funds directly, we’ll match donations, dollar for dollar, from insurance brokers, our employees and the public.”
These emergency funds come as a part of the almost $3.5 million Wawanesa dedicated to supporting neighborhood organizations throughout Canada and the United States in 2022.
Wawanesa can also be an lively member of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction and helps insurance trade initiatives that increase consciousness of the impacts of utmost climate and local weather change, and the necessity to make communities extra resilient.
About Wawanesa
The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, based in 1896, is certainly one of Canada’s largest mutual insurers, with over $4 billion in annual income and belongings of $12 billion. Wawanesa Mutual, with govt workplaces in Winnipeg, is the mum or dad firm of Wawanesa General, which affords property and casualty insurance in California and Oregon; Wawanesa Life, which gives life insurance services and products all through Canada; and Western Financial Group, which distributes private and business insurance throughout Canada. Wawanesa proudly serves greater than two million policyholders in Canada and the United States. Wawanesa actively offers again to organizations that strengthen communities the place it operates, donating nicely above internationally acknowledged benchmarks for excellence in company philanthropy. Learn extra at wawanesa.com
Contact
Brad Hartle
The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company
1-844-946-6282
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