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Western's New Branch Location in Cold Lake 

August 21, 2024

Western Financial Group Celebrates Opening of New Branch Location in Cold Lake 

 The event also includes a BBQ fundraiser and mocktail station for local charities, reflec…

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2023 Western Communities Foundation Annual Report

July 30, 2024

Western Communities Foundation Annual Report Highlights Achievements in 2023

The Charitable Arm of Western Financial Group Gave Back over $620,000, the most to date, to…

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Western Financial Group Works to Make Insurance More Approachable, Launches Giveaway Campaign

June 4, 2024

Western Financial Group Works to Make Insurance More Approachable, Launches Giveaway Campaign

Western Financial partners with Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Canada to offer amazing pr…

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Western Financial Group’s Flagship Community Event Raises More Than $100,000 for Local Charities

May 27, 2024

Western Financial Group's Flagship Community Event Raises More Than $100,000 for Local Charities

This year, more than 2,000 staff members participating in 150+ locations supporting over 100…

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Western Financial Group Opens New Location, Raises Money for Local Community in Vernon

May 23, 2024

Western Financial Group Opens New Location, Raises Money for Local Community in Vernon

Kicking off a branch grand opening with a charitable walk to support local children’s…

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Western Honoured as a 2024 Top Alberta Employer

January 30, 2024

Western Honoured as a 2024 Top Alberta Employer

Western was honoured as a Top 80 Alberta Employer (2024) in the regional category. Even thou…

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Western Celebrates High Rank on Forbes Top Employer List

January 29, 2024

Western Celebrates High Rank on Forbes Top Employer List


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HIGH RIVER, AB, January 29, 2024 (GlobeNewswire) - Western Fina…

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Western Takes Part in Habitat Team Build Days

October 24, 2023

Western Takes Part in Habitat Team Build Days

Western Financial Group is thrilled to share the incredible success of our recent Habitat Te…

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Western Financial Group | Huestis Insurance Group

June 27, 2023

Western Now Canada-Wide: From British Columbia to the Maritimes

Western Financial Group expands from coast to coast with its first acquisition in the Mariti…

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Communities Foundation 2022 Annual Report of Community Giving

May 9, 2023

Western Financial Group Continues Commitment of Giving Back

Western Financial Group Communities Foundation 2022 Annual Report of Community Giving highli…

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Western Financial Group Continues Commitment to Giving Back

February 24, 2023

Western Financial Group Continues Commitment to Giving Back

Western Communities Foundation: $5 million reasons we care In December 2022, the Western Fin…

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Western Financial Group Welcomes New Chief Customer Experience Officer

December 15, 2022

Western Financial Group Welcomes New Chief Customer Experience Officer

This role underpins Western Financial’s priority on customers and adds to the Executiv…

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Canada’s Top 100 Employers

November 18, 2022

Western Financial Group is proud to be recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers for the second consecutive year

"We are excited to be recognized as a Top Employer in Canada and we share this honour with o…

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Western acquires Edmonton broker Sadler Insurance

October 4, 2022

Western acquires Edmonton broker Sadler Insurance

We were pleased to announce Western’s first acquisition of an Edmonton broker and welc…

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Western’s expansion across Canada puts the focus on people

March 30, 2022

Western's expansion across Canada puts the focus on people

President and CEO Kenny Nicholls takes a personalized approach to all the merger and acquisi…

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Pleased to announce Western's newest acquisition

March 2, 2022

Pleased to announce Western's newest acquisition

Western Financial Group is pleased to announce its acquisition of Central Agencies, an insur…

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Wiesner Insurance Acquisition

January 4, 2022

Western Financial Group acquires Ontario Insurance Brokerage Wiesner Insurance Inc.

Western Financial Group is pleased to announce its acquisition of Wiesner Insurance Inc., a…

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Western Financial Group Awarded Canada’s Top 100 Employer

November 15, 2021

Western Financial Group Awarded Canada's Top 100 Employer

Western Financial Group is proud to be recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers. This…

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Western Commemorates Remembrance Day

November 9, 2021

Western Commemorates Remembrance Day and Alberta's Sacrifices

Taking place every November 11th, Remembrance Day commemorates more than 61,000 Canadians wh…

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Western Communities  supports Weyburn School Breakfast Program

November 5, 2021

Western Financial Group Communities Foundation supports Weyburn School Breakfast Program

With roots in more than 180 communities nationwide, Western Financial Group Communities Foun…

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Wyatt Downing 50th Anniversary  Chance to win $1000

November 1, 2021

Wyatt Dowling Insurance Brokers celebrates its 50th anniversary and looks to the future with Western Financial Group

Customers have trusted Wyatt Dowling, a division of Western Financial Group, for their insur…

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giving to Leduc Foodbank

October 29, 2021

Western Financial Group Communities Foundation celebrates 20 years by giving to Leduc Foodbank

As the Western Financial Group Communities Foundation celebrates its 20th anniversary, the n…

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Donating to the Robbie Dean Centre

October 20, 2021

Western Financial Group Communities Foundation Supports The Robbie Dean Centre

Western Financial Group Communities Foundation remains an avid supporter of local causes in…

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Communities Foundation supports Habitat for Humanity

October 14, 2021

Western Financial Group Communities Foundation supports Habitat for Humanity

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Western Financial Group Communities Foundation.…

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Quote to Win winner Alberta couple wins $10,000 from Western

October 8, 2021

Alberta couple wins $10,000 from Western

As part of the Quote to Win campaign that ran from June to August across Canada, Western Fin…

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Western Financial Group Communities Foundation celebrates 20th Anniversary

October 5, 2021

Western Financial Group Communities Foundation celebrates 20th Anniversary!

With roots in more than 180 communities nationwide, Western Financial Group Communities Foun…

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Communities foundation donates $20000

September 13, 2021

Western Financial Group Communities Foundation Celebrates 20th Anniversary

The Western Financial Group Communities Foundation is celebrating its 20th anniversary. It i…

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Intact donation

August 16, 2021

Intact helps our Foundation boost communities with National Champion sponsorship

With Intact’s support, our Western Financial Group Communities Foundation continues to…

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Kenny Nicholls Named Top 25 CEO by Glassdoor

June 28, 2021

Kenny Nicholls Named Top 25 CEO by Glassdoor

Congratulations to Western Financial Group’s President and CEO, Kenny Nicholls, for be…

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Flower Fundraiser for Foundation

June 8, 2021

A Successful Flower Fundraiser for Western

Last week, the Western Financial Group Communities Foundation wrapped up the Growing Smiles…

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Twenty years of philanthropy

May 18, 2021

Twenty years of philanthropy - Western Financial Group Communities Foundation celebrates milestone anniversary

Laurette LaPlante is the director of the Western Financial Group Communities Foundation. Thi…

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HALO Air Ambulance

May 6, 2021

Western's Aaron Fleming and family make a difference for HALO Air Ambulance

Aaron Fleming is an Account Executive on our Western Financial Group team in Medicine Hat. M…

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SGI Canada Donation

April 16, 2021

SGI CANADA helps our Foundation boost communities with National Champion sponsorship

Thank you to SGI CANADA for their new National Champion Sponsorship donation, which will pro…

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Fitness Challenge Face-Off

April 13, 2021

You'll want to know why Western teams are in a fitness face-off

Our Western Financial Group Communities Foundation has been giving back to the places where…

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Canadian Underwriter

March 10, 2021

Our President highlights the importance of our eastern Canada partnership

We’re excited to share that Kenny Nicholls, CEO and President of Western Financial Gro…

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Huestis Insurance partnership

February 23, 2021

Western Financial Group and Huestis Insurance Group enter partnership

HIGH RIVER, AB, Feb. 23, 2021 /CNW/ - Western Financial Group (Western) and Huestis Insuranc…

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Western Financial Group awarded Top 10 Brokerages in Canada

February 22, 2021

Western Financial Group awarded Top 10 Brokerages in Canada

In its latest issue, Insurance Business Canada (IBC) announced the Top 10 Brokerages for 202…

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Caring for our customers - Western puts health and wellbeing first during COVID-19

February 18, 2021

Caring for our customers - Western puts health and wellbeing first during COVID-19

Since the COVID-19 virus hit the world in March 2020, it has impacted all of us differently.…

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Masks required at our Western Financial Group branch locations

February 18, 2021

Masks required at our Western Financial Group branch locations

For the safety of our clients and team members, you must be wearing a mask in order to enter…

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Top Employer 2021

January 27, 2021

Western celebrates Alberta's Top 70 Employers award for 2021

HIGH RIVER, AB, Jan. 27, 2021 - Western Financial Group (Western) has been named one of Albe…

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Non-profit organizations

January 5, 2021

Staff led Western Financial Group give back boosts non-profits

Many non-profits and the people they serve are experiencing tremendous challenges — We…

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COVID-19 Putting Health First

May 25, 2020

Western Financial Group opens branches to customer traffic

We are reopening our Western Financial Group branches to walk-in traffic. The priority as we…

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Alberta's Top 75 Employers logo (a shield) is superimposed over Western Financial Group's headquarters.

February 20, 2020

Western Financial Group recognized as top employer

Western Financial Group is grateful to be among Alberta’s Top 75 Employers for 2020. R…

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A collage of four images include Western's new acquisition Orr & Associates, Western Financial Group's headquarters, our Foundation and people.

February 4, 2020

Western Financial Group continues Ontario expansion with Orr & Associates Insurance Brokers Ltd.

High River, AB, February 4, 2020 - Western Financial Group (Western) is pleased to share new…

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Western Financial Group's West Lethbridge brokerage was officially opened on June 6, 2019.

June 7, 2019

Western opens the doors on another Lethbridge insurance brokerage

High River, Alberta, June 6, 2019 – Western Financial Group is ecstatic to open the do…

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The EGM Insurance Group location in Petawawa, Ontario

June 4, 2019

Western acquires Ontario brokerage EGM Insurance Group

High River, Alberta, June 4, 2019 – Western Financial Group has furthered its strategi…

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Rod Cunniam, Western Financial Group's head of digital and brand, shakes hands with Bryan Hebson, marketing director with the World Professional Chuckwagon Association (WPCA).

January 29, 2019

Western Financial Group and World Professional Chuckwagon Association creating customer and community connections

Western Financial Group and the World Professional Chuckwagon Association (WPCA) today annou…

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A group of 10 Western Financial Group employees, including CEO and president Kenny Nicholls, during the 2018 Support the Cause walk in Kelowna

January 10, 2019

Western Communities Foundation building Canadian communities

The Western Communities Foundation (WCF) is thrilled to announce 2018 was a banner year with…

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