Our Edina office held its annual Employee Appreciation Picnic earlier this summer. Despite the hot day, the event was filled with sunshine, fun, and great company. We were thankful for the opportunity to celebrate all the great work our employees do every day and to recognize all who made the event possible
Earlier this summer, Western National was named one of the Top 200 Workplaces in Minnesota based on an employee survey project from the Star Tribune. This is the third year in a row that Western National has been acknowledged. Top Workplaces recognizes the most progressive companies in Minnesota based on employee opinions measuring engagement, organizational health, and satisfaction.
This summer, Western National was proud to announce that it had received the designation of “Heart Safe Business” via a program jointly supported by the American Heart Association, the Minnesota Department of Health, and a team of state-wide organizations.
The “Heart Safe” program aims to increase survival rates of sudden cardiac arrest by helping communities assess their preparedness for cardiac emergencies and finding gaps where improvements can be made. Heart Safe designation is reached by acquiring points or ‘heartbeats’ based on population size. Heartbeats are given for community awareness programs, CPR training, AED placement and mapping, access to rapid emergency services and progressive hospital systems, and development of community heart-healthy activities.
Western National Insurance Group has met the requirements for a Heart Safe Business designation by earning ‘heartbeats’ for having 20% of employees in the office that are CPR certified, an Emergency Response Team, three AEDs and a map to locate them, and being within 30 miles of a cardiac unit. Bonus ‘heartbeats’ were earned for being a tobacco-free business, having access to an outdoor walking path, an employee health insurance plan that offers a reimbursement for attending a gym, a robust well-being program, a blood pressure machine, and annual CPR training sessions.
Our Scholarship Committee has awarded the following eight students merit-based college scholarships worth $3,000 each for the upcoming fall term:
- Hannah Barchus (Backus, Minn.)
- Kaitlinn Benson (Millcreek, Utah)
- McKenzie Boothman (Anchorage, Alaska)
- Kaylee Borup (Logan, Utah)
- Mark Hurst (De Pere, Wis.)
- Bella Nawrocki (Plymouth, Minn.)
- Dakota Oswalt (Atlantic, Iowa)
- Tyler Revolinski (Buffalo, Minn.)
You can watch the video above to hear from our CEO and to learn more about this year’s recipients and the Western National Insurance Group Scholarship Program.
Between August 22 through August 24, there were 18 agents that attended the inaugural Personal Lines University for Success (PLUS) in the Western National Training Center in Edina, Minnesota. The program was built specifically for personal lines producers to help them accelerate their growth and pave their way to success.
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