Hi
Please find below a press release detailing how South Ockendon company, SEIB Insurance Brokers is set to give £60,600 to good causes in their 60th year in business in 2023.
The public are encouraged to nominate their favourite charity to receive share of this generous donation. Nominations are now open.
Please find attached a relevant picture on this link - SEIB 60 Pic
Please do let me know if you would like any further information and thank you for taking the time to read this.
With best wishes
Jenny
SEIB Insurance Brokers - Press Release
For immediate release - 30thNovember 2022
SEIB Insurance Brokers to celebrate turning 60 years
by giving £60,600 to good causes in 2023
SEIB started in business as South Essex Insurance Brokers in 1963 and will turn 60 next year. The company plans to celebrate this milestone by giving £60,600 to good causes at the sixth annual running of the SEIB Awards in July 2023. In recent years, through SEIB Giving, the broker has helped the causes that mean the most to their loyal clients to the tune of 250,000.
SEIB Giving will see one winning charity receive a grant of £15,060 at the 2023 SEIB Awards, a small charity with a turnover of under £100,000 will receive £12,060 and the remaining £33,480 will go to eight runners-up. All winning charities and not-for-profit organisations will be nominated by the general public and then voted for by customers of SEIB. The donations will be presented at the SEIB Awards which will be held in the summer of 2023.
The public are invited to put their nominations forward for their favourite charities. Nominations are now open and will close at 5pm on the 16th January 2023. Once a shortlist of charities has been drawn up, SEIB clients will have the final vote. The winning charity and runners up will be announced at the 2023 SEIB Awards luncheon.
SEIB Chief Executive Officer Suzy Middleton explained: "Our business has grown and changed so much over the past 60 years, yet our values of putting something back along with our goal of providing an unsurpassed service remain at the heart of what we do. Particularly during these economically challenging times I am delighted that we are able to get much needed funds to the causes that really matter to our loyal customers. It only takes a moment to nominate a favourite charity and these funds will make a difference to some of those that are really struggling."
In 2023, SEIB Giving is focusing on smaller charities and the maximum annual turnover for charities able to take part is capped at £10m.
The 2023 SEIB Awards will feature the much-anticipated SEIB Insurance Brokers Yard of the Year Awards in association with Horse & Hound and for the first time British Equestrian. These awards celebrate the very best throughout the country in livery yards, riding schools, RDA centres and competition venues.
SEIB is welcoming British Equestrian on board for the Yard of the Year awards in 2023. Jim Eyre, Chief Executive of British Equestrian said: "We're delighted to support the SEIB Yard of the Year Awards for the first time. Yards are the lifeblood of our industry and essential for driving welfare standards, the training of horsemanship and providing an environment for all to flourish. Those establishments who achieve excellence should be celebrated, commended, and thanked for their contribution, so if a yard you use has made a difference, please nominate them."
Editor-in-Chief at Horse & Hound, Sarah Jenkins said of the magazine's continued support of the Yard of the Year awards: "Horse & Hound is happy to be associated with SEIB's yard of the year awards again in 2023, having thoroughly appreciated the calibre of entries in 2022. When times are tough, it means even more knowing that the people you are working for truly appreciate all your efforts. No doubt riders and owners will be equally keen this year to ensure their favourites, who always go the extra mile, are recognised in this way."
Always known for ‘putting something back', SEIB is a commercial business with a charitable purpose. The company insures numerous charities and not for profit organisations. SEIB is an independent broker but is ultimately owned by a charity.
No charity, yard or venue is too small to be in the running for SEIB Giving 2023 and the SEIB Yard of the Year awards, but turnover for charities or not-for-profit organisations nominated for SEIB Giving is capped at £10m. All charities and not-for-profit organisations will need to be registered, have a year of published accounts and operate in the UK.
From supporting grass roots competition that gives opportunities to amateur riders that they could only otherwise dream about, right through to the company's support of good causes, SEIB's ethos is one of constant support and providing opportunity.
To find out more and to nominate your favourite charity and yard please visit: www.seib.co.uk/giving
ENDS
Photo: Suzy Middleton SEIB CEO, Rita Bajaaj Benefact Group Non-Executive Director and Bipin Thaker SEIB COO present the 2022 SEIB Giving top donation to Roly Owers CEO of leading equine welfare charity, World Horse Welfare. C Trevor Meeks.
For further press information please contact Jenny Viner at jennyviner@jennyviner.com or call 07766 731164.
Editors notes:
The £60,60 donated by SEIB at the 2022 SEIB Giving Awards will go to several good causes as nominated by the general public and voted for by SEIB customers.
Nominations for the general public to put forward their preferred charity for the SEIB Charity Awards 2023 are open at www.seib.co.uk/giving until 5pm on the 16th January 2023.
More information about SEIB Insurance Brokers:
- Barry Fehler founded SEIB as a 17-year-old in 1963. He created his own insurance for one of his very successful show horses, found a company to underwrite it, and everything began from there.
- SEIB Insurance Brokers have been owned since 2008 by Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Plc, now known as the Benefact Group.
- SEIB Insurance Brokers are a national company that have insured charities for decades. Giving is embedded in the culture of SEIB and the company has always been committed to supporting good causes.
- SEIB Insurance Brokers are general brokers but tend to specialise in various markets such as equine, funeral, private hire and charity.
About Benefact Group
- Benefact Group is an independent, specialist financial services group that exists to give all its available profits to charity.
- Owned by a registered charity, Benefact Trust, Benefact Group's family of businesses provide specialist insurance, investment management and broking and advisory services in the UK, Australia, Canada and Ireland.
- Benefact Group is the fourth-largest corporate donor to charity in the UK, according to the UK Guide to Company Giving 2021/22. It has donated over £100m to charity since 2016 and is aiming to reach its target of giving £250m by 2025.
- Many businesses say they are different. Benefact Group really is. Find out why herewww.benefactgroup.com
- The Benefact Group family of brands includes:
- Ecclesiastical UK
- Ecclesiastical Canada
- Ecclesiastical Ireland
- Ansvar UK
- Ansvar Australia
- EdenTree Investment Management
- SEIB Insurance Brokers
- Ecclesiastical Financial Advisory Services
- Ecclesiastical Planning Services Ltd
- Lycetts Insurance Brokers
- Lycetts Financial Services
- Lloyd & Whyte