RIAS RAISE £25,000 FOR CANCER RESEARCH UK

Employees from local over 50s insurance provider RIAS have raised £25,000 for Cancer Research UK, following their successful employee-voted 2011 Charity of the Year programme.

Cancer Research UK is the world’s leading charity dedicated to beating cancer through research. The £25,000 raised by RIAS employees will go a long way to helping Cancer Research UK fund annual research activity – with every £1 donated, 80 pence is available to spend on their work to beat cancer1.

Adventurous employees from Bournemouth and Belfast fundraised together by taking part in sky dives, inter-company football tournaments, half marathons, a Portsmouth to Santander cycle challenge, the Ben Nevis challenge, an abseil event and various dress down days.

Peter Corfield, Managing Director at RIAS commented: “RIAS had a brilliant partnership with Cancer Research UK during 2011 and I am thrilled that we succeeded in raising £25,000 to help fund cancer research activity. Our employees show great spirit and dedication when it comes to fundraising, donating not only their money, but also their time towards a host of amazing challenges.”

Cancer Research UK Dorset Volunteer Manager, Ros Fry, added: “We are absolutely delighted and amazed at the success of RIAS’ dedicated staff. Theirs is one of the largest single donations in Dorset this year and will make an enormous difference to our efforts to beat cancer.

“Cancer Research UK has made enormous progress in the fight against cancer and we continue to do so. However, we have only been able to do this thanks to the dedication and commitment of our volunteers and supporters without whom we would not be able to fund our vital research, which includes almost one hundred clinical trials in this area.”

For more information about RIAS’ charity work and the range of products RIAS offers, please visit www.rias.co.uk.

RIAS was established in 1992 and is a specialist award-winning provider of insurance products for the over 50s age group.

Part of Ageas (Insurance UK) Limited, RIAS has over a million motor, home and travel insurance customers and employs over 1,100 people across two UK sites. RIAS negotiates with a panel of insurers to secure competitive, value for money products.

Ageas UK is a leading provider of award-winning Personal, Commercial and Protection insurance solutions in the UK. Ageas UK distributes both its Non-Life and Life products through a range of channels including brokers, IFAs, intermediaries, affinity partners and the Internet, as well as through its retail strategy via its wholly or partially-owned companies (Ageas Insurance Solutions, Ageas Protect, Castle Cover, Kwik Fit Insurance Services, RIAS, Tesco Underwriting and Text2Insure).

Insuring around 8 million customers and working with a range of partners, Ageas is recognised for delivering consistent and high-quality customer experiences. It employs around 5,400 people with a head office based in Eastleigh and others based in Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Glasgow, Gloucester, London, Reigate and Stoke-on-Trent.

Louise Leigh
Retail Communications Executive
RIAS
Deansleigh House
Deansleigh Road
Bournemouth
Dorset
BH7 7DU
louise.leigh@ageas.co.uk
01202254452

This release was published on openPR.