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Month of 2000 Peter Coyiuto Elected To The LIMRA Board

 1st Life President and CEO Peter Coyiuto, CLU, was elected to serve for three years as Director of the Life Insurance Marketing Research Association (LIMRA) Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A. Formal induction to the Board of Directors of LIMRA was held at the annual meeting in Walt Disney World, Dolphin Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. with LIMRA President and CEO (above left) Richard A. Wecker, CLU, LLIF. LIMRA's policy-making body oversees the association's operations and is responsible
 
 
 
for the international membership of 346 companies in North America and 444 members outside the continent. LIMRA International is the premier provider of research-based marketing insight and networking opportunities within the financial services industry (companies whose business is the protection, accumulation, and distribution of assets, and whose product lines include life insurance, annuities, disability, health, and mutual funds) worldwide. The organization is also fully involved in developing and supporting profitable businesses that serve the industry.

Month of 2000 1st Life's Bless The Children Lauded By DSWD-NCR

First Guarantee Life Assurance Co., Inc. (1st Life) was awarded the Department of Social Welfare and Development-National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR) plaque of recognition for its Bless the Children (BTC) charity program. 1st Life's Executive Vice President, Actuary and Chief Operating Officer Jaime M. Santiago, FSA, FASP, acknowledged the award in ceremonies held on the occasion of the department's 32nd anniversary held at the Haven facility in Alabang, Muntinlupa City.

In the past five years, 1st Life's BTC charity project was committed to uplift the level of care for the disadvantaged youth with special needs housed at Nayon ng Kabataan (National Center for Youth) with special needs under DSWD-NCR.

Bless the Children began in 1994 with the turnover of an initial donation of P100,000.00 to the former president Fidel V. Ramos and past DSWD Secretary Alma de Leon at the Malacañang Palace. The charity scheme was re-launched in 1997 when 1st Life hosted several activities like drawing contests and medical missions and contributed P100,000.00 for the continued development of facilities for the kids at Nayon. Last year's revival succeeded in collecting another P100,000.00 for the center. BTC allocated funds through solicitations to purchase necessities, specialized equipment and professional training aids that will improve the quality of life of the children The program Bless the Children charity serves as 1st Life's answer to the call for social involvement.