Articles by Elizabeth Myatt

Elizabeth Myatt is executive director of the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation New York/Northeast region. Founded in 1994, the foundation has contributed more than $16 million and 140,000 volunteer hours to hundreds of community nonprofit organizations.

1-to-1:Insurance Volunteerism Effort Puts People Together

It takes just one person to make a difference for another person. While teams of dozens of employees at insurance firms are prepping for IICF Week of Giving 2012, so too are “teams” of just one individual. While the industry’s …

IICF Week of Giving Carries On Volunteerism, Adds ‘Text to Give’

The property/casualty sector of the insurance industry gave an estimated $500 million in charitable funding in 2010, according to a 2011 study by McKinsey & Company. The research report noted: “Most of this giving was in the form of direct …

Volunteerism Feeds Employees’ Need to Serve

“It was like I gave her a million dollars.” That’s how Sean Ramalho of Travelers described the reaction from a woman to whom he gave a blanket on a bitterly cold winter day while he was volunteering at The Interfaith …

Voice of Experience: Lessons from Corporate Volunteering Efforts

It’s just a couple weeks away: Volunteer Week 2011 is on track to be a record-setting event in the insurance industry. Teams from more than 100 companies have already signed up to participate during the week of Oct. 15-22, in …

“Do’s and Don’ts” for Starting Up A Corporate Volunteer Effort

Thousands of insurance workers will be turning out for Volunteer Week (coming up October 15-22), sponsored by the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation. Even small businesses such as independent agencies are turning out for Volunteer Week. All insurance employers are welcome …

Volunteer Week: It’s the Industry’s “Get Out and Do” Event

“Let’s do something together.” Usually it’s coffee or lunch – but during Volunteer Week, hundreds of insurance folks will be doing more than that. They’ll be working side-by-side as volunteers in their local communities during Volunteer Week next month. Organized …