The Insurance Industry's Contribution to Community Development
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The Insurance Industry’s Contribution to Community Impact Development I.I.I. Members ACE USA ACUITY AEGIS Insurance Services Inc. Unique Programs Address Hunger, Allianz of America, Inc. Allied World Assurance Company Recycling, Societal Resilience and More! Allstate Insurance Group ALPS e’ve got many interesting and unique programs to tell you about in our Summer 2015 American Agricultural Insurance Company issue of Impact. American Family Insurance W American Integrity Insurance Company Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company developed a program dedicated to increased American International Group community outreach to strengthen the economic vitality of Maryland’s communities. American Reliable Insurance Amerisafe Island Insurance Company’s philosophy of being Always Here to Help drove the estab- Amerisure Insurance lishment of its charitable arm to provide a more consistent source of funding for worthy Arch Insurance Group Argo Group nonprofit efforts throughout Hawaii. Arthur J. Gallagher Swiss Re is part of an unprecedented, nationwide effort to combine new technology Beacon Mutual BITCO Insurance Companies and innovation with neighbor-to-neighbor outreach to confront home fires in the U.S. Canal Insurance Safeco Insurance developed the Make More Happen Program to recognize and celebrate Catholic Mutual Group Century Surety Company the volunteerism of independent agent partners and honors their community commitment Chesapeake Employers Insurance with donations to the charities they support. Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Church Mutual Insurance Company American Family pledges to be an environmentally and socially responsible corpo- CNA rate citizen. The company is a founding member of the United States Zero Waste Business The Concord Group COUNTRY Financial Council, whose mission is to educate, inform and document the performance of zero waste Country-Wide Insurance Company businesses using scientific methods to help businesses and communities become more Crawford & Company CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer healthy and sustainable. CUMIS Insurance Society, Inc. CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer, is continuing its century-long legacy of volun- Dryden Mutual Insurance Company EMC Insurance Companies teerism in partnership with Stop Hunger Now, an organization committed to ending hunger. Enumclaw Insurance Group GuideOne employees make up the GuideOne Foundation Employee Advisory Erie Insurance Group Farm Bureau Insurance of Missouri Committee (GFA), which is responsible for directing the giving of the interest from the Farmers Group, Inc. endowment to nonprofit organizations or events that promote the education, health, safety FM Global GEICO or overall welfare of young people in grades K-12. Gen Re More than 20 years ago, Associates in Lockton’s Kansas City office started a bike team Germania Insurance Grange Insurance Association to ride in Bike MS. Through the years, hundreds of Lockton Associates have joined the Grange Insurance Group cause and Lockton Associates’ individual fundraising efforts comprise the majority of the GuideOne Insurance The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. $1 million Lockton has donated to date. The Harford Mutual Insurance Cos. Over the years, ACE Group attorneys have provided pro bono representation to those The Hartford Financial Services Group The Horace Mann Companies who need legal support but cannot afford it. The company believed a more systemized and Ironshore Insurance Ltd. Island Insurance cohesive approach was needed. As a result, the North America Office of General Counsel Kemper Corporation Pro Bono Program was formally launched in September 2014. Liberty Mutual Group Lloyd’s We hope you enjoy this issue and, as always, are eager to hear about new programs Lockton Companies making an “impact” on our communities. Magna Carta Companies MAPFRE Insurance Marsh Inc. MEMIC MetLife Auto & Home Michigan Millers Mutual Ins. Co. Robert P. Hartwig, Ph.D., CPCU Millville Mutual Insurance Company President, Insurance Information Institute Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance MMG Inside: Motorists Insurance Group Munich Re Nationwide New York Central Mutual Fire Ins. Co. Inside: The Norfolk & Dedham Group Ohio Mutual Insurance Group Associates Bike, Walk and Stand Together ...........................................................................3 OneBeacon Insurance Group PartnerRe An Unstoppable Team Combating Hunger .........................................................................6 Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Pro Bono Legal Program Builds Bridges to Community ......................................................8 Insurance Company Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Purpose-Driven Employees Make a Difference ..................................................................10 Scor U.S. Corporation SECURA Insurance Companies Always Here to Help the People of Hawaii for 75 Years .....................................................12 Selective Insurance Group Celebrating 100 Years of Serving Maryland .......................................................................14 State Auto Insurance Companies State Compensation Ins. Fund of CA Building More Resilient Communities ...............................................................................17 State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins.Co. Cheers for Independent Agents Come from the Heart ....................................................20 The Sullivan Group Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation Creating a Sustainable Future .............................................................................................23 Travelers USAA Utica National Insurance Group Westfield Group Summer 2015 Vol. 21 No. 1 Impact is published by the Insurance Information Institute, 110 William Street, W. R. Berkley Corporation New York, N.Y. 10038; 212-346-5500. Editor: Diane Portantiere; ©2015 Insurance Information Institute, www.iii.org Willis XL Group On the cover: CSAA Insurance Group volunteers add rice, soy, vegetables, vitamins and minerals into packets for Stop The Zenith Hunger Now. See story on page 6. Photo: CSAA Insurance Group. Zurich North America Associates Bike, Walk and Stand Together riting a check is one thing. to ride in Bike MS, a fundraiser then “I had to decide whether I was Personal commitment is known as the MS 150. The event was going to crawl in a corner or stand Wsomething else entirely. relatively new at the time, and as it up and use my diagnosis for good,” In 2015, Lockton won a Circle grew in Kansas City, Lockton stepped Dryden explained. She took a tem- of Distinction Award for raising up with a team of volunteers and a porary leave from work after her $1 million for the National Multiple commitment to sponsor a lunch stop diagnosis to regain her vision. On Sclerosis Society, and they didn’t do during the ride. her first day back to the office, she it by writing a check. Instead, the Eager to lend her support to her bumped into Chairman David Lockton. company promised its Associates the colleagues, Lockton Vice President “He said, ‘You’re going to be our resources they needed to embrace a and Account Executive Roslyn Dryden champion. There’s a reason for every- charitable cause that meant something joined the volunteer efforts, not realiz- thing and it’s up to you to decide why to them personally. A small group of ing she would one day champion this happened to you,’” Dryden remem- Photos: Lockton Companies. Associates chose the MS Society more the cause herself. In 2004, during a bers him saying. “While most people than 20 years ago, and from that begin- business trip, Dryden temporarily diagnosed are fearful they’ll lose their ning grew a remarkable commitment. lost her vision. Two weeks later, job, I was welcomed back and empow- In 1992, Associates in Lockton’s the diagnosis came in: Dryden had ered to do anything and everything I Kansas City office started a bike team Multiple Sclerosis. could for our community,” she said. Inside: Lockton’s Bike MS Team. 3 David Lockton himself participates of volunteers hosted hot dog lunch City whose twin sister Kathie was in Bike MS as a fundraiser — and a fundraisers, coffee/cupcake carts in the battling MS, he decided to sponsor cyclist. He’s also served many times on office, and other efforts to continue Kathie’s participation in Kansas City’s event committees, and he won the MS raising money for the cause, which Challenge Walk. Meanwhile, Jackie Society’s Hope Award in 2006 for his support the local MS Society chapter sponsored Joey in Bike MS each year years of service and participation. and research on a broader scale. Even in Houston. In 2011, Joey asked Jackie “David has been a tremendous Lockton’s carrier and vendor partners if he could ride that year’s Bike MS supporter and advocate,” said Tami donated to support Lockton’s efforts. event in her sister’s honor. He and his Greenberg, President of the Mid- Meanwhile, word of the Kansas friends even arranged for Jackie, Kathie America Chapter of the National City team’s efforts spread to other and their parents to travel to Houston Multiple Sclerosis Society. “People Lockton offices across the country, to watch the event. want to invest their time and energy in and teams of Associates gathered to When Kathie succumbed to the something they know matters to their participate in Bike MS and Walk MS disease later that year, Joey attended leadership, and David has made it clear events in Hartford, Denver, Houston, her funeral, an example of the close that MS matters to him.” Los Angeles, Omaha, St. Louis and bonds