Wawanesa Insurance donates $150,000 to help Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec recover from Hurricane Fiona, The Canadian Business Journal

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, Sept. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (Wawanesa) today donated $150,000 to support emergency relief for Canadian communities affected by Hurricane Fiona. Announced. Funding includes:

• $100,000 to the Canadian Red Cross for Canada’s Hurricane Fiona Appeal, which provides emergency services such as temporary housing, clothing, food, and other essentials to those in need.
• $50,000 to support insurance brokers, Wawanesa employees, and a public $1 for $1 donation matching program.

Donations can be made on the website set up by Wawanesa: https://wawanesa.benevity.org/community

Carol Jardine, President of Canadian Properties and Casualty Operations at Wawanesa, said: “We are well aware of the growing toll climate change and extreme weather are taking on Canadians, and we are all committed to helping our customers recover and rebuild in a more resilient way. I am doing my best.”

“The devastation caused by Hurricane Fiona has taken a toll on our friends and neighbors,” added Paul Faubert, Wawanesa’s Eastern Canada regional vice president. “So, in addition to providing emergency funding directly, he matches donations from insurance brokers, employees, and the general public on a dollar-for-dollar basis.”

These emergency funds will come as part of Wawanesa’s approximately $3.5 million pledge to support community organizations in Canada and the United States in 2022.

Wawanesa is also an active member of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction and supports insurance industry initiatives that raise awareness of the impacts of extreme weather and climate change and the need to make communities more resilient. increase.

About Wawanesa

Founded in 1896, Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company is one of Canada’s largest mutual insurance companies with annual revenues of over $4 billion and assets of over $12 billion. Wawanesa Mutual, headquartered in Winnipeg, is the parent company of Wawanesa General, a property and casualty insurance provider in California and Oregon. Wawanesa Life provides life insurance products and services across Canada. Western Financial Group, which sells insurance to individuals and businesses across Canada. Wawanesa serves more than two million of his policyholders in Canada and the United States. Wawanesa actively gives back to organizations that strengthen the communities in which it operates, making donations that far exceed internationally recognized benchmarks for corporate philanthropic excellence. For more information, visit wawanesa.com.

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Brad Hartle
Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company
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