August 18, 2023
Investor Warren Buffett has donated Berkshire Hathaway stock worth $27 million to an unnamed charity. Buffett disclosed the gift of 50 Class A shares of Berkshire stock in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Wednesday. This donation …
June 16, 2022
Warren Buffett on Tuesday donated about $4 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust and four family charities, part of the billionaire’s pledge to give away nearly all of his net worth. Berkshire Hathaway Inc., which Buffett has …
March 19, 2021
More than 200 guests joined the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation Western Division for the virtual Horizon Award Gala on Thursday. Due to the pandemic, this year’s IICF gala, an event that often requires massive planning and volunteer efforts, was virtual. …
December 1, 2016
The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation Western Division has opened a Washington chapter. This marks the introduction of the division’s third chapter, following the launch of its Colorado and Arizona Chapters in 2011 and 2012. The Washington Chapter will be led …
March 21, 2016
Jeff Dailey, CEO of Farmers Insurance, turned what could have been a mere acceptance speech into a lesson-filled personal account of his first time seeing the devastation wreaked by the May 2011 tornado in Joplin, Mo. “Joplin was a major …
June 12, 2015
The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), a U.S.-based nonprofit organization funded by the insurance industry, has expanded its operations to the United Kingdom with the launch of its first international division. IICF’s newly formed London Division will join the collective …
January 8, 2015
The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation is awarding $254,000 in grants to 29 local nonprofits in California and Colorado for the kickoff of 2015. The causes supported include child abuse prevention, disaster preparedness, education and health and human services. The 2015 …
January 29, 2014
With an original goal of raising $300,000 for the United Way of Greater Austin, the response from area insurance professionals was so successful during the first six months of the campaign that the Insurance Industry Challenge upped its goal to …
December 6, 2013
The Independent Insurance Agents of Austin and the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. joined efforts in December to collect food and money for the Capital Area Food Bank located in Austin, Texas. Food and money were collected at the IIAA …
November 11, 2013
The Meemic Foundation, a non-profit organization created by Michigan-based Meemic Insurance Co., has been offering financial assistance in the form of grants to schools and educators since 1992. The foundation announced that it has expanded its program and will immediately …