Press Releases
![Western Financial Group Works to Make Insurance More Approachable, Launches Giveaway Campaign](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Western Financial Group’s Flagship Community Event Raises More Than $100,000 for Local Charities](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Western Financial Group Opens New Location, Raises Money for Local Community in Vernon](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Western Honoured as a 2024 Top Alberta Employer](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Western Celebrates High Rank on Forbes Top Employer List](/images/blank.png)
January 29, 2024
Western Celebrates High Rank on Forbes Top Employer List
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HIGH RIVER, AB, January 29, 2024 (GlobeNewswire) - Western Fina…
![Western Takes Part in Habitat Team Build Days](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Western Financial Group | Huestis Insurance Group](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Communities Foundation 2022 Annual Report of Community Giving](/images/blank.png)
May 9, 2023
Western Financial Group Continues Commitment of Giving Back
Western Financial Group Communities Foundation 2022 Annual Report of Community Giving highli…
![Western Financial Group Continues Commitment to Giving Back](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Western Financial Group Welcomes New Chief Customer Experience Officer](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Canada’s Top 100 Employers](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Western acquires Edmonton broker Sadler Insurance](/images/blank.png)
October 4, 2022
Western acquires Edmonton broker Sadler Insurance
We were pleased to announce Western’s first acquisition of an Edmonton broker and welc…
![Western’s expansion across Canada puts the focus on people](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Pleased to announce Western's newest acquisition](/images/blank.png)
March 2, 2022
Pleased to announce Western's newest acquisition
Western Financial Group is pleased to announce its acquisition of Central Agencies, an insur…
![Wiesner Insurance Acquisition](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Western Financial Group Awarded Canada’s Top 100 Employer](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Western Commemorates Remembrance Day](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Western Communities supports Weyburn School Breakfast Program](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Wyatt Downing 50th Anniversary Chance to win $1000](/images/blank.png)
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…
![giving to Leduc Foodbank](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Donating to the Robbie Dean Centre](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Communities Foundation supports Habitat for Humanity](/images/blank.png)
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.…
![Quote to Win winner Alberta couple wins $10,000 from Western](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Western Financial Group Communities Foundation celebrates 20th Anniversary](/images/blank.png)
October 5, 2021
Western Financial Group Communities Foundation celebrates 20th Anniversary!
With roots in more than 180 communities nationwide, Western Financial Group Communities Foun…
![Communities foundation donates $20000](/images/blank.png)
September 13, 2021
Western Financial Group Communities Foundation Celebrates 20th Anniversary
The Western Financial Group Communities Foundation is celebrating its 20th anniversary. It i…
![Intact donation](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Kenny Nicholls Named Top 25 CEO by Glassdoor](/images/blank.png)
June 28, 2021
Kenny Nicholls Named Top 25 CEO by Glassdoor
Congratulations to Western Financial Group’s President and CEO, Kenny Nicholls, for be…
![Flower Fundraiser for Foundation](/images/blank.png)
June 8, 2021
A Successful Flower Fundraiser for Western
Last week, the Western Financial Group Communities Foundation wrapped up the Growing Smiles…
![Twenty years of philanthropy](/images/blank.png)
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…
![HALO Air Ambulance](/images/blank.png)
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…
![SGI Canada Donation](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Fitness Challenge Face-Off](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Canadian Underwriter](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Foundation contributed over $500,000 to local communities](/images/blank.png)
February 25, 2021
Our Foundation contributed over $500,000 to local communities
HIGH RIVER, AB, Feb. 24, 2021 /CNW/ - Giving back to communities across Canada is engrained…
![Huestis Insurance partnership](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Western Financial Group awarded Top 10 Brokerages in Canada](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Caring for our customers - Western puts health and wellbeing first during COVID-19](/images/blank.png)
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.…
![Masks required at our Western Financial Group branch locations](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Top Employer 2021](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Non-profit organizations](/images/blank.png)
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…
![COVID-19 Putting Health First](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Alberta's Top 75 Employers logo (a shield) is superimposed over Western Financial Group's headquarters.](/images/blank.png)
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…
![A collage of four images include Western's new acquisition Orr & Associates, Western Financial Group's headquarters, our Foundation and people.](/images/blank.png)
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…
![Western Financial Group's West Lethbridge brokerage was officially opened on June 6, 2019.](/images/blank.png)
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…
![The EGM Insurance Group location in Petawawa, Ontario](/images/blank.png)
June 4, 2019
Western acquires Ontario brokerage EGM Insurance Group
High River, Alberta, June 4, 2019 – Western Financial Group has furthered its strategi…
![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).](/images/blank.png)
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…
![A group of 10 Western Financial Group employees, including CEO and president Kenny Nicholls, during the 2018 Support the Cause walk in Kelowna](/images/blank.png)
January 10, 2019
Western Communities Foundation building Canadian communities
The Western Communities Foundation (WCF) is thrilled to announce 2018 was a banner year with…
![Western supports local charities](/images/blank.png)
September 17, 2018
Head office team supports local charities
Western Financial Group is proud to continue supporting the communities in which employees l…