Insurers Lead National Effort for Social Well-Being: Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation Releases Millennial Ideas Summit White Paper.

We prefer "Giving Forth" to "Giving back," although they mean the same thing, charitable contribution by insurers to our society's well -being in this case.

The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), a nonprofit organization working with the insurance industry "to help communities and enrich lives," held its Key Partner Company Philanthropic Forum in New York, an annual gathering of representatives of IICF's Key Partner Companies and national media. Insurance Advocate[R] was pleased to participate.

Established in 1994, IICF has served as the philanthropic foundation of the insurance industry for more than twenty-five years, contributing over $31 mil lion in community grants along with 300,000 volunteer hours by more than 110,000 industry professionals. IICF reinvests locally where funds are raised, serving hundreds of charities and nonprofit organizations, for maximum community impact IICF is a registered non profit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code.

According to the press statement issued by the Group, senior industry executives, insurance industry partners such as the Insurance Information Institute, and the charitable foundation leaders and corporate social responsibility specialists of the IICF Key Partners meet to present to colleagues and media on the significant and varied ways the insurance industry is giving back to the communities where we live and work. This includes hundreds of thousands of hours of global employee volunteerism, pro bono, and skills-sharing support to nonprofit organizations, disaster response, relief and recovery, employee-driven outreach in local communities and many other creative corporate social responsibility initiatives".

IICF Key Partner Companies are those with Board of Directors representation across three or more of IICF's five divisions, along with serving on the IICF International Board of Governors. The following Key Partners were represented at this year's IICF event: AIG, AON, AXA XL, Assurant, CHUBB, CNA, EY, Farmers Insurance, HUB International, Munich Re, The Hartford, Swiss Re and Zurich. The 2019 IICF Key Partner Company Media Day was hosted by CHUBB in their Manhattan office.

"It was a privilege to observe each of these companies presenting on their significant philanthropic initiatives," said Barbara Bufkin, Chair, IICF International Board of Governors and Assurant, Executive Head of Business Development. 'And while individually impressive, what is truly unique...