So it’s really in the DNA of the company.”ĭo you know what those organizations are? We have some partnerships that go back almost 85 years. Are you aware of when the company started giving back to the community? Sun Life (then called Sun Insurance Company of Montreal) started in 1865. Paul Joliat, Sun Life’s assistant vice-president of philanthropy and sponsorships, spoke with Samaritanmag about the history of the company’s philanthropy and its current programs. As a life insurance company, health is the other obvious focus, with relatively new emphasis on diabetes. But if you dig deeper and pay attention to the company’s charitable side, it is quite impressive and even cool, especially its support of the arts, including Share the Music, which is part of Sun Life’s award-winning Making the Arts More Accessible program. It’s not the most exciting topic, and even if you have insurance, it’s not something we chat about with friends the way we might the purchase of a house or car. Sarah McLachlan and Sun Life's Paul Joliat (top left) with students during a donation event at Toronto's Regent Park School of Music - photo courtesy of Sun Life Financial.Sun Life Financial has been around more than 150 years and is one of the biggest insurance companies in the world.
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