Associated tags: Insurance, Wawanesa, ICLR, Wildfire
Locations: NORTH AMERICA, CA, DOWNTOWN, MANITOBA, UNITED STATES, OREGON, CANADA, CALIFORNIA
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
The partnership involves opening a new ICLR Climate Resilience Centre in downtown Winnipeg in the months ahead.
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- The partnership involves opening a new ICLR Climate Resilience Centre in downtown Winnipeg in the months ahead.
- With this partnership agreement, Wawanesa will sponsor the ICLR by providing office space and operating funds to open a new centre on the main floor of Wawanesa’s former Canadian headquarters at 191 Broadway Avenue.
- “Through this partnership, Wawanesa will play a useful role in helping Canadians adapt to the increasing effects and risks of climate change,” said Graham Haigh, Wawanesa’s SVP & Chief Operations Officer, West.
- With this new Climate Resilience Centre in Winnipeg, which will serve all of Canada, ICLR will reach even more stakeholders and help us all better prepare for the extreme weather that is here now and which will become more extreme in the years ahead.”
“ICLR is thrilled to partner with Wawanesa Insurance on this groundbreaking initiative.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (Wawanesa) today announced the 12 recipients of their second annual Community Wildfire Prevention Grants, which were developed in partnership with FireSmartTM Canada and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR).
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- WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (Wawanesa) today announced the 12 recipients of their second annual Community Wildfire Prevention Grants, which were developed in partnership with FireSmartTM Canada and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR).
- “Supporting community wildfire prevention helps build a safer, more sustainable future for us all,” said Anna McCrindell, Wawanesa’s SVP & Chief Operating Officer, East.
- The grants will go toward a range of wildfire prevention activities, such as creating wildfire buffer zones around homes, home assessments with sprinkler kit incentives, public education, community wildfire protection plans, and more.
- Wawanesa’s Community Wildfire Prevention Grants Program reinforces the key message that more wildfires don’t have to translate into more loss of communities.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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Wawanesa WINNIPEG, Manitoba, March 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (Wawanesa) today announced the official opening of its new national headquarters in downtown Winnipeg.
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- WINNIPEG, Manitoba, March 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (Wawanesa) today announced the official opening of its new national headquarters in downtown Winnipeg.
- Purpose-built for Wawanesa at True North Square, the 21-storey, environmentally sustainable headquarters features 360,000 square feet of leading-edge workspace for the company’s 1,300 local employees.
- “Wawanesa Insurance began in 1896 when 20 farmers formed an insurance company to meet their local needs.
- “We are thrilled to officially welcome Wawanesa to True North Square and see their vision of an innovative, inviting and purpose-built employee home come to life in opening their new national headquarters,” said Jim Ludlow, President of True North Real Estate Development.
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Wednesday, November 1, 2023
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Nov. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (Wawanesa) has once again partnered with FireSmart™ Canada and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) to offer Community Wildfire Prevention Grants.
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- WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Nov. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (Wawanesa) has once again partnered with FireSmart™ Canada and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) to offer Community Wildfire Prevention Grants.
- Wawanesa, FireSmart Canada and ICLR are offering 10 grants of up to $15,000 each to help communities across Canada increase their resilience to wildfire through prevention and mitigation activities.
- The grants went toward a range of wildfire prevention activities, such as rapid deployment sprinkler systems, home preparedness kits, wildfire buffer zones, public education, emergency evacuation planning, and more.
- For a complete list of recipient communities, as well as project eligibility and application criteria, please visit our Wildfire Prevention website here .
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Wednesday, October 18, 2023
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Oct. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (Wawanesa) is celebrating Canadian brokers who provide exceptional service for their customers and communities by donating $150,000 to charities selected by brokers.
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- WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Oct. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (Wawanesa) is celebrating Canadian brokers who provide exceptional service for their customers and communities by donating $150,000 to charities selected by brokers.
- Earlier this year, Wawanesa invited Brokers to submit stories of how they “go the extra mile” for their customers and community, with the chance to receive one of ten $10,000 awards for a charity of their choice.
- “We received more than 100 inspiring and heartwarming story submissions,” said Trevor Rachkowski, Wawanesa’s Vice President of Sales & Distribution.
- In total, Going the Extra Mile represents a $150,000 investment by Wawanesa in charities that matter to our broker partners.
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Monday, September 18, 2023
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Guy-wire The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (Wawanesa), a leading Canadian mutual insurer, and Guidewire (NYSE: GWRE) announced that Wawanesa has successfully deployed Guidewire Cloud to drive service, innovation, and growth.
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- The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (Wawanesa), a leading Canadian mutual insurer, and Guidewire (NYSE: GWRE) announced that Wawanesa has successfully deployed Guidewire Cloud to drive service, innovation, and growth.
- A Guidewire InsuranceSuite and Guidewire Digital customer since 2010, Wawanesa originally implemented Guidewire in a self-managed, on-premise deployment model.
- Now, Guidewire Cloud is enabling Wawanesa to provide excellent service to its valued brokers and members, power its core business, simplify its IT operations, and adapt more quickly to changing market demands.
- Wawanesa’s Senior Vice President and Chief Insurance and Technology Officer Tracy Riley said, “Our implementation of Guidewire Cloud strengthens our capabilities as a mutual insurer, investing in industry leading technologies to support the evolving needs of both our members and broker partners.”
“We thank Wawanesa for its partnership and congratulate them on their successful migration to Guidewire Cloud,” said Guidewire Chief Customer Officer Christina Colby.
SAN DIEGO, June 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In recognition of the high-quality service provided to Wawanesa General Insurance (Wawanesa) members, Wawanesa has been awarded “Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Auto Insurers in California” for the fourth year in a row.
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- SAN DIEGO, June 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In recognition of the high-quality service provided to Wawanesa General Insurance (Wawanesa) members, Wawanesa has been awarded “Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Auto Insurers in California” for the fourth year in a row.
- “Against some of the most challenging market conditions we have ever faced in California, we stayed focused on providing our members with excellent service,” said Chris Henn, President, Wawanesa Insurance.
- Power 2023 U.S. Auto Insurance Study is based on responses from thousands of California auto insurance customers, collected from January through April 2023.
- Wawanesa was also ranked first in California in the categories of Interaction and Price.
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Tourism WINNIPEG, Manitoba, June 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- To help people and communities become more climate resilient, The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (Wawanesa) announced today a $2 million annual community impact program called Wawanesa Climate Champions.
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- The program provides funding to support people and organizations working on the front lines to improve climate resiliency in communities across Canada.
- “Climate resiliency is a growing need we see in every community,” said Jeff Goy, Wawanesa’s President and CEO.
- “As a mutual insurer, our goal is to have a positive impact in supporting mitigation and adaptiveness in communities to improve their climate resiliency.
- Wawanesa Climate Champions is part of an overall $3.5 million community impact program that includes an annual company-wide United Way campaign and other volunteer and community support programs.
