Insurers recognized among Canada's best workplaces in 2018

Great Place to Work Canada has unveiled this year’s list of best workplaces in financial services and insurance, and a good number of insurers have been recognized.

In total, 25 financial services and insurance companies were recognized by Great Place to Work; of that number, 10 were insurance companies and/or distributed insurance products. Some of this year’s insurers are previous winners, having maintained their best workplace status over the years.

The 10 insurance companies and providers that made the “2018 Best Workplaces in Financial Services and Insurance” are (in alphabetical order):

• Admiral Insurance – also made last year’s “Best Workplaces in Financial Services and Insurance” list and has also been voted the Best Workplace for both the Women and Inclusion categories this year.
• CapriCMW – on top of making last year’s list, the company was also recognized as one of the best medium-sized organizations to work for in 2017.
• Gore Mutual – this is Gore Mutual’s second straight year to be recognized as a Best Workplace in the financial services and insurance category.
• Mercedes-Benz Financial Services – made last year’s list and was also recognized in 2017 as one of the best workplaces for millennials.
• Northern Credit Union – also entered last year’s list and was named best workplace for part-time employees in 2017.
• RBC – considered one of 2017’s best workplaces in the Financial/Insurance, Large organizations/Multinationals, Part-Time Employees, and Women categories; RBC also managed to make it to this year’s Women category as well.
• Scotiabank – entered last year’s list for Great Places to Work in the Large/Multinationals category.
• TD Bank – in 2017, TD Bank was recognized as a best workplace in the Large/Multinationals, Financial/Insurance, and Part-time Employees categories.
• Volkswagen Credit Canada – VW maintains its “Best Workplaces in Financial Services and Insurance” recognition from last year.

To qualify as a Best Workplace, organizations must be Great Place to Work-certified in the past year, maintain a minimum of 15 employees, and work primarily in the financial services and insurance industries.

Great Place to Work determined the best companies on the list based on employee responses to Trust Index statements.

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