Canadian Travel Insurance Company Donates Over $11,000 to Red Cross’ Typhoon Haiyan Fund

RICHMOND, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Canadian travel insurance company, Travel Underwriters, has donated $11,216 to the Canadian Red Cross’ Typhoon Haiyan Fund in support of victims in the Philippines. The company’s Filipino employees hosted a relief lunch to collect donations. For Travel Underwriters, whose second largest group of employees is from the Philippines, this disaster hit very close to home.

Project Manager Annie Gabaldon’s husband was in Manila when news broke of the widespread death and destruction caused by Typhoon Haiyan. Annie waited in fear as he embarked on a journey to find a missing cousin in Tacloban, a city devastated by the typhoon.

“Being from the Philippines, I was deeply worried about friends and family there,” says Annie. “When I heard my cousin was missing, I was shattered. Luckily, my husband was able to find her and get her out of danger. But I couldn’t stop thinking about all those who weren’t so lucky!”

When Annie rallied a group of Filipino employees to host a relief lunch in support of Haiyan victims, Travel Underwriters got on board. Employees’ donations of $5 or more to the Canadian Red Cross’ Typhoon Haiyan Fund totalled $1,216 which will be matched by the Canadian government. Travel Underwriters then happily contributed an additional $10,000, bringing the total donation to $11,216.

“Supporting those suffering in the aftermath of Haiyan means a lot to us at Travel Underwriters, since this devastation has hit so close to home for many of our employees,” says Mike Starko, Executive Director and Chair of the company’s Social Responsibility Strategic Initiative Committee. “Our employees have come together when it’s most important and we as an organization want to support them as well as their families and friends in the Philippines in this time of need.”

For more information, please visit www.travelunderwriters.com.

About Travel Underwriters

As one of Canada's top travel insurance providers, Travel Underwriters is respected for its agility, commitment and market-driven responses. Since 1964, we have provided peace of mind to travellers the world over, and have been there to help when they needed it the most.

Our partners include insurance brokerages and agencies, automobile associations, airlines, travel and tour companies, financial services and Fortune 500 companies. Our travel insurance policies are sold to travellers through our partners and, together, we insure millions of trips each year. Travel Underwriters’ parent company, TU Group is designated a Canada’s Best Managed Company for 2012.

About the Canadian Red Cross

Our Mission

The Canadian Red Cross mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity in Canada and around the world.

Our Network

The Canadian Red Cross Society is part of the largest humanitarian network in the world, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. This network includes the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Federation) and 187 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies dedicated to improving the situation of the most vulnerable throughout the world.

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