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8.17.2007 - 11:00am ET
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ING Americas Contributes $250,000 to Peru Earthquake Relief Efforts
(CSRwire) August 17, 2007 - ING Americas today announced a $250,000 contribution to
UNICEF and the International Red Cross to be used for relief efforts in
the aftermath of the August 16th earthquake in Peru.
"The devastation in the affected areas is overwhelming, and ING's
businesses and employees in the Americas are prepared to provide financial
support during this time of response and recovery," said Tom McInerney, ING
Executive Board member, chairman and chief executive officer, ING Insurance
Americas. "As a member of Peru's business community, we are committed to
supporting relief effort, as we have a responsibility to the countries in
which we operate and our employees live."
ING is also encouraging its employees throughout the Americas region to
make personal contributions through the company's employee giving program.
An ING Peru Earthquake Disaster Relief Fund has been established through
the International Red Cross, allowing employee donations toward disaster
relief in the regions affected by the crisis.
ING has several business operations in Peru, including pensions, life
insurance and asset management.
Press inquiries: ING Americas
Audria B. Benn, 770.980.5715 or 404.934.8743 or audria.benn@us.ing.com
ING is a global financial institution of Dutch origin offering banking,
insurance and asset management to more than 60 million private, corporate
and institutional clients in more than 50 countries. With a diverse
workforce of over 120,000 people, ING comprises a broad spectrum of
prominent companies that increasingly serve their clients under the ING
brand.
In the Americas, ING employs 28,000 people and has operations in the
United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Peru, where ING offers a
range of wealth accumulation and asset management products and
participates in the pension, life, annuity, health, auto and property &
casualty insurance businesses.
On July 26, ING announced today that it had reached an agreement with
Santander to acquire its Latin American pension businesses. The mandatory
pension fund management companies (AFPs), which are located in Mexico,
Chile, Colombia, and Uruguay will make ING the second largest pension fund
manager in Latin America. The transactions are subject to various national
regulatory approvals and are expected to close during the end of 2007 and
in early 2008.
For more information, visit www.ing.com.
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Jason
2007-08-18 20:02:03
If you think about it that just sounds like a $250.000 advertisement. Which is actually very cheap for an ad campaign. ING will donate this $250,000, which is great, lets just hope they don't spend $1,000,000.00 to tell everybody about it.
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