The following press release was issued on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, by the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI). Mike was honored with this award for his unwavering commitment to the life insurance industry's mission to help all Americans achieve financial certainty and peace of mind. Congratulations Mike!

The following article was published in the American Council of Life Insurers’ ACLI IMPACT blog. Although several of the statistics shown are focused on New York, Columbian's commitment to our policyholders holds true nationwide. In fact, Columbian has received claims on over .5% of the more than 1 million Covid-related deaths in the United States.

In 1882, Columbian Protective Association began offering small face amount life insurance protection to working class families in the boroughs of New York City.

In 1952, the Company mutualized and was renamed Columbian Mutual Life Insurance Company. In the following years, the Company expanded to serve customers in all 50 states.

Employees of Columbian Financial Group began an annual food drive in 2010, a tradition which continues today. In 2021, our donation to the Community Hunger Outreach Warehouse (CHOW^®) provided 25,000 meals to community members who struggle with food insecurity.

Employees of Columbian Financial Group have collected over $6,500.00 at their Binghamton office which will be donated to CHOW^®, the Community Hunger Outreach Warehouse.

CHOW^® is a food banking operation that partners with over 100 emergency food programs throughout Broome County. Thanks in part to new distributors and agency partners CHOW^® is able to turn just $1.00 donated into 5 meals. With this donation, that means that CHOW^® will be able to provide over 32,000 meals to our community!

Employees of Columbian Financial Group gathered at CHOW^®, the Community Hunger Outreach Warehouse, located at 3 Otseningo Street, Binghamton, on Wednesday, July 18th to donate over 4 tons of food they collected at their Binghamton offices.

Our employees and our Company are working together to further the United Way's three goals: advancing the education, the income and the health of our fellow community members. Together, we can make a change for the better.