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Georgian insurer GPI Holding, part of the Vienna Insurance Group, announced it donates EUR 25,000 to support Ukraine and Ukrainian colleagues. Its donation adds to the EUR 5 million VIG Family Fund set up to support Ukrainian VIG employees and their families.
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MediSky and MediHelp group, medical services providers closely linked to the insurance industry, announced that will hire with priority candidate from Ukraine in their offices in Poland, Romania, Hungary, and Bulgaria. "We shall give you a job, you can work from anywhere, also at our offices locations. We shall accommodate you, help you, offer you an E-marketing and IT positions with an extra assistance additional pay," said Zahal Levy, President MediHelp International, in a social media post.
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Piotr Ruszowski, CEO, Mondial Assistance Spa announced the company offices in Warsaw will host a 400 sq.m. space for the Day Care Club for children from Ukraine. The company is in search of advice with regard the equipment needed for the children's activities. The Day Care Club will also provide meals for children. Mondial Assistance asked the City of Warsaw for coordination, so despite the high pace, everything is happening in the right way.
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Generali Romania financially supports with EUR 15,000 the humanitarian campaign launched by the Romanian Red Cross - Humanity has no borders - to come to the aid of Ukrainians forced to flee the war, Adrian MARIN, CEO of the company announced on LunkedIn. Refugees are expected by Red Cross volunteers at key border crossings and receive shelter, medical care, food and basic necessities. "People help people, and solidarity is essential in these difficult times," he said.
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SCOR has launched, together with its employees, a global campaign with the Red Cross where all of us globally can donate through the Group's Community Engagement Program SCOR for Good while SCOR will then match all contributions. In parallel SCOR has also donated to the Fondation de France with the goal to provide both on-the-ground support as well as emergency support for refugees while fervently hoping for a rapid end to this conflict, CEO Laurent Rousseau announced in a post on social media.
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German group Hannover Re it will make several donations to German development and relief organisations "Bundnis Entwicklung Hilft", Group's CEO Jean-Jacques Henchoz has announced.
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If Insurance, part of Sompo Group, together with its 8,000 employees, started a donation to various aid organizations that make an invaluable contribution. While the employees donate to the auxiliary organization of their choice, If matches the donation to the same organization.
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Romanian BCR Life Insurance, part of the Vienna Insurance Group, is supporting with a EUR 10,000 donation the activity dedicated to the Ukrainian refugees by the foundation Save the Children Romania, the company announced in a public post. Save the Children field teams provide specialized humanitarian assistance and ensure that all children and their families are safe, physically and emotionally.
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Allianz-Slovenska poistovna announced first Ukrainian families of refugees already found temporary refuge in the company's accommodation facilities in Kosice and Banska Bystrica. Many of the Allianz-Slovenska's employess also joined in helping them, sending them basic food, drugstores, clothes, but also encouraging messages.
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Georgian ARDI Insurance, one of the main health insurance providers in the country, announced on the company's website and in social media posts it provides free health insurance services for the Ukrainian refugees. Several features are included in the package offered as: Medical care and hotline, Family doctor services, Emergency outpatient care, Immediate vaccination and immunization, Emergency dentistry, Ambulance service, Services related to Covid-19. To activate the insurance, those interested need to access the company website and fill in a short form.
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The German Insurers Association (GDV) has launched a fundraiser that, according to the statement of GDV's President Wolfgang Weiler on the association's website, within just one week, has already raised a mid-five-digit amount for the people of Ukraine."This will be passed on to the Deutschland Hilft campaign,"he said. To back its members' generosity, the GDV has doubled the sum.Those willing to contribute may announce their attention also on social media by using the #standwithukraine hashtag.
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Croatia Osiguranje, the Croatian insurance market leader, will donate HRK 1 million (approx. EUR 132,000) to the Croatian Red Cross to help Ukrainian people and will match all donations made individually by its employees. In addition to Croatia osiguranje, other companies that operate within the Adris Group, the company's owner, will help. Thus,Maistra d.d. (Adris group)will make available part of its accommodation capacities from its portfolio in Zagreb for the needs of refugees and, if the need arises, to provide employment to a number of displaced people.Cromaris d.d.will donate ten ton of their products to the Croatian Red Cross for the needs of people from Ukraine.
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As of this week,Allianz Polska,Allianz Hung?ria Zrt., andAllianz - Slovenska poistovna, a.s.are all offering a special car liability insurance for all Ukrainians seeking to cross the borders - either free of charge or for a small symbolic fee. In Poland, for example, everyone with a passenger car registered in Ukraine can access the Allianz policy together with agents in the border zone, as well as at Allianz points all over Poland. The policy is valid in all European Union countries for 30 days. At the same time, many more colleagues in the neighboring countries and beyond are working on further initiatives to support the Ukrainian people.
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The Allianz Foundation will use 2% of its 2021
taxes exclusively to help Ukrainian citizens. The Foundation will also provide EUR
20,000 in financial support to the non-profit organization Man at Risk to
provide assistance to Ukrainian refugees directly at the border and
subsequently other material, social and psychological assistance.
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