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Maritime
Life & Equitable Life Win LIIC’s Awards for Best
Practices in Learning & Development
Toronto,
Canada, June 16, 2004-The
Life Insurance Institute of Canada (LIIC): A LOMA Institute presented
Maritime Life Assurance Company and Equitable Life Insurance Company of
Canada the 2004 LIIC Corporate Awards for Best Practices in Learning
& Development within the Canadian life, health, and financial
services industry June 15th at its Annual Conference at the
Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
“Both Maritime Life
and Equitable Life understand the importance of professional development
for their employees in today’s competitive marketplace and the
positive impact it can have on an organization’s bottom line.”, said
Debbie Cole-Gauer, FLMI, Executive Director of the LIIC. “Their
dedication to lifelong learning also makes a positive contribution to
the Canadian insurance industry as a whole and on behalf of LOMA and the
LIIC, I salute this year’s winners!”
Maritime
Life won the large company category for its “Embracing A Season of
Change” transition
management program launched in November 2003. The program was designed
to assist management and employees with the pending merger between John
Hancock, Maritime’s parent organization, and Manulife Financial. It
encompassed a series of workshops, a comprehensive communications
campaign, self-directed learning, career management tools and resources,
and helped to energize employees by providing them with needed change
management tools during an uncertain time.
Equitable
Life was recognized in the small-mid size company category for its
innovative “Career Development Program” dedicated to the support of
employees’ professional growth. Equitable Life considers its employees
to be their most value resource. This program encourages staff to take
responsibility for their own career growth through an individualized
one-one-one approach.
About
LIIC: The
Life Insurance Institute of Canada (LIIC): a LOMA Institute is a
non-profit association representing a major portion of Canada's life and
health insurance industry, in business to serve the educational and
professional development needs of member companies and their employees.
For more information, visit
www.liic.ca.
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