Insurance Industry Grants: Not made up!

Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation to Host First
Annual New York City Gala Dinner

Special Guest, Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor, New York City to
Attend

Foundation to Unveil Three Major Grants Totaling $500,000 to
Tri-State Organizations

WHAT: The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation will host its
first annual dinner in New York Special guest, Michael
Bloomberg, Mayor, New York City, will join dinner chairman
Martin J. Sullivan, president and CEO of American
International Group, Inc. to honor Brian Duperreault, Former
Chairman & CEO of ACE, Limited. The foundation will award
three major grants to charitable causes in the tri-state area
and expects to raise $1.5 million.

Emcees for the event are CBS 2 Weekend News anchor, Kirsten
Cole and hockey legend, former New York Ranger, Mike Richter

The grantees are:
-- New York City Financial Empowerment Center
-- As part of the City's Center for Economic
Opportunity, the Office of Financial Empowerment
offers free financial advice to New Yorkers.
-- Wounded Warriors Project
-- Raises public awareness and enlists aid for
severely injured service men and women.
-- Riverkeeper
-- Safeguards the ecological integrity of the Hudson
River, its tributaries and the watershed of
New York City

The foundation is funded and directed by insurance
professionals from a broad spectrum of companies within the
industry.

WHEN: December 5, 2007
5:30 p.m. Reception
6:30 p.m. Dinner

WHERE: The Waldorf-Astoria, New York City

RSVP: For media credentials or to RSVP contact
Michelle Shayo
212-819-4891
michelle.shayo@edelman.com

CONTACT: For The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation
Robin Edwards, 212-704-8148
robin.edwards@edelman.com
or
Michelle Shayo, 212-819-4891
michelle.shayo@edelman.com