Insurance charitable giving leaders to gather in N.Y. on Dec. 5

The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation will host its first annual dinner in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will be the honoree and Martin J. Sullivan, president and CEO of AIG, will be chairman of the dinner. The foundation expects to raise $1 million at this event for charitable causes in the tri-state area.

The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation seeks combine the collective strengths of the industry to provide grants, volunteer service and leadership. The foundation’s New York division began operation in January of 2007.

The foundation is funded and directed by insurance industry professionals representing reinsurers, insurance agents and brokers, property/casualty companies, health/life companies and related advertising, public relations, law, accounting, computer and other companies that work closely with the insurance industry.

For more information, visit http://iicf.org/