We can’t wait to attend this year’s CANS Atlantic Cat De-Icer, the largest business networking event hosting over 1,800 individuals in the construction industry. The event returns to the Cunard Centre, where they will serving up lobster and roast beef, mussels and refreshments – sounds like a great way to warm up from this winter that just won’t end!
Be sure to stop by our mini putt contest to learn more about our Exclusive Discount Home & Auto Insurance program and for your chance to win fabulous prizes!
Hope to see you there!
Stanhope Simpson would like to congratulate our newest CIP (Chartered Insurance Professional) graduate, Heidi Bardsley. We couldn’t be more proud of her effort and prestigious achievement. Way to go Heidi!
Because of the increased reliance on technology, opportunities for identity theft have increased exponentially over the last decade, and even reputable companies are experiencing privacy breaches. Here are a few tips that will help you control some potential sources of ID theft and reduce your chances of becoming the victim of identity fraud:
Don’t call us, we’ll call you.
If you get phone calls or emails asking for any type of personal information, politely decline. Instead, look up the company’s telephone number or website and contact them directly to make sure the inquiry is legitimate.
Be sure to keep your personal and account information under lock and key.
Consider a locking mailbox and use a shredder when discarding old financial papers and bills.
Avoid being too social on social media.
When filling out your online profile, avoid providing critical personal information, such as your marital status, your maiden name, your birth date or address. Also, don’t accept “friend” invitations from people you don’t know – they could be a “bot” designed to access your personal information and your friends’ information. Be skeptical of online polls and quizzes, which often collect data to provide to an undisclosed third party.
Take action when your 12-year old is offered a low interest rate.
Generally, a credit report is not started on a person until they become old enough to need credit. But, fraudsters take advantage of this: using birth announcements to open up fraudulent accounts that can go undetected for years. If you get a credit card solicitation in your child’s name, call the credit reporting bureaus to see if a credit report has been opened up in his or her name. If it has, clear up the fraud and ask for a freeze to be put in place until your child is old enough to need it.
They’re watching – make sure you are too.
If you don’t already, start paying attention to your accounts. Look at them weekly to make sure all charges are legitimate and be sure to order the free credit report that the three major credit reporting bureaus – Experian, Equifax and TransUnion – are legally obligated to provide to you. Most financial institutions will forgive charges if you can demonstrate that they were fraudulent, but there is usually a time limit when you can ask for this.
This information was provided by Chubb Insurance Company of Canada
Stanhope Simpson is super excited to be a Silver Sponsor at the region’s most anticipated and exciting fundraising event for the IWK Health Centre. The Great Big Dig is a wonderful evening of food, entertainment, spectacular auction and prizes that will top the charts at $1.5 million being raised over the past eleven years. Much needed equipment for the IWK Health Centre has been purchased with these funds.
Our very own Victoria Stanhope has been working extremely hard with her fellow committee members over the past several months to make this year’s event the biggest and best yet! Hope to see you at the Cunard Centre on Saturday, November 8th!
To find out more information, please visit www.greatbigdig.ca.
On Natal Day weekend, Stanhope Simpson made its inaugural appearance at the 2nd Annual Plywood Cup on Lake Banook.
Knotty Buoys
Our team, the “Knotty Buoys”, comprised of Scott Peach, Steven Bates, Alan Spruin and Joe Gariepy (with additional help from Steven’s two sons Brennan and Liam) took on the task of building a boat and paddle in 90 minutes. All they were given was two sheets of plywood and basic tool kit, which included such items as a hammer, a saw and of course duct tape. They then had to race their nautical nightmares across Lake Banook and back again.
In order to participate in the event, teams were asked to raise pledges to support the charities of the Halifax chapter of The Canadian Progress Club. Our team was the top fundraiser, with Scott Peach taking home a prize as the highest individual fundraiser. Way to go!
The team is already working on boat designs for next year’s event, hoping to better their 4th place finish. Great job Knotty Buoys and we’ll see you on the lake next summer!
Are you ready to dust off your golf clubs and hit the links? We hope you can join us this year at our new venue, the beautiful Glen Arbor Golf Course.
Your participation in the 2014 Heart&Stroke Open Heart Open means that you will be contributing to the fight against heart disease and stroke, a leading cause of death in Canada.
New Location: Glen Arbor Golf Course
Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Cost: $1,200 per team of 4
Entry Includes: 18 holes of Golf, Cart, hole contests, BBQ dinner, amazing prizes and more!
Format: Scramble – Shotgun Start 12:30pm
Long Drive Contests, Closest to the Pin Awards, Prizes for Top Teams
The tournament has raised over $400,000 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation in support of heart and stroke research and health promotion programs in Nova Scotia, and promotes an active and heart-healthy lifestyle. While the event’s participants enjoy a day of golf, they also help to improve the lives of Nova Scotians and reduce the impact of heart disease and stroke.
To learn more about this premier golf tournament, please visit
www.heartandstroke.ns.ca/openheartopen or contact Vanessa Burns at
vburns@heartandstroke.ns.ca or 423-7530 ext 3305
On Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014, our Personal Lines Manager Mark Howard received the Client Service Award at the 7th Annual IBANS Graduation & Awards Dinner.
This award honours an individual working within an IBANS brokerage that goes above and beyond to ensure their clients receive the best customer service.
We are extremely proud of Mark. His superior product knowledge, attention to detail and personal knowledge of clients adds tremendous value to Stanhope Simpson and to the company/broker relationship.
Congratulations Mark on this well-deserved accolade!
Our very own Steven Bates, Sales Director & Commercial Insurance Broker, was recently featured in RSA’s Brokering Better Business – a Commercial Insurance round table discussion, offering insights into the wants and needs of small-to-medium size business clients, and offered a snapshot of the sector’s evolving risk picture.
To read the full article, please follow the link below:
http://rogers-ci.equisoft.com/files/2014/01/rsa-brokering-better-business-jan-2014-no-crops.pdf
Stanhope Simpson and Aviva Canada were proud to be the presenting sponsors of the Construction Association of Nova Scotia (CANS) Meet & Greet on the Harbour event this July 2013, and again in 2014. This event was hosted by the CANS Developing Executives Committee and its purpose was to provide an opportunity for the established leaders in the construction industry to meet and network with the industry’s young, emerging leaders. Over 100 people attended the event – it is always a huge success!
At Stanhope Simpson, we are proud to meaningfully support industry initiatives such as this one.
Earlier this (2013) year, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia nominated Stanhope Simpson for the Prime Minister’s Volunteer Award. We are humbled to report that we were recently advised that we made it through to the second round of nominations. Click here to learn more about this program.
For the past 13 years, Stanhope Simpson has been the Presenting Sponsor of the Heart&Stroke OpenHeartOpen golf tournament. In that time, more than $400,000 has been raised to support life-saving research and health promotion programs. At Stanhope Simpson, we truly believe in the work of the Foundation to emphasize the importance of living a healthy life – by exercising and eating a healthy diet – to prevent heart disease and stroke.
We encourage you to visit www.makehealthlast.ca, take the health risk assessment, and learn how you can live a longer, healthier life.
