Insurance Charity Week is Fast Approaching

Some background on the Insurance Charity week coming up soon;

The week-long initiative encourages the insurance community to spread the word about the confidential financial support and practical guidance available for those facing challenging circumstances, whatever their role in the industry.

In February, following in-depth research the Charity unveiled a new visual identity and website and made a change to its name to help further its reach within the industry. In addition, those seeking support can now apply irrespective of their length of service – a significant change in its recent evolution.

In the last financial year, the Charity awarded over £1.3 (€1.6) million to current and former insurance people struggling financially across the UK and Ireland.

The Charity’s CEO, Helen Sanson, who joined the organisation in March, said: “For over 120 years we’ve been supporting insurance people and their families when life has become difficult. But people don’t need to be in crisis to reach out to us – there are lots of ways we can help.

Employers can count on us as a trusted partner to complement the support they’re already providing. People don’t need to pay to partner with us or sign up to anything – it’s the signposting that’s so important.”

The Charity’s Chairman Josh Brekenfeld added: “We all need a little support from time to time. People should never be ashamed to ask for help. We don’t want to be the industry’s best kept secret, which is why this campaign is so crucial. Without the industry coming together each year to spread the word, we simply wouldn’t reach as many insurance people as we do.”

The Insurance Charity wants people to highlight the organisation to their insurance contacts, particularly those with HR, wellbeing, and line management responsibility.

Anyone in the industry who would like to take part can find out more and download resources from the Charity’s campaign page and people needing financial or practical support can visit: www.theinsurancecharity.org.uk for more information.