Jun 28, 2023
Corporate
Group 1001 received an HR Impact Award presented by the Indianapolis Business Journal! The company was recognized in the “employee experience” category, which acknowledges programs and efforts that make an organization a better place to work, whether that’s through strong benefits programs, work/life balance efforts, community engagement volunteerism, or bolstering workplace culture.
Through the hard work of Chief Human Resources Officer Vicki Lindamood, the HR team, the support of the leadership team, and all departments working together, Group 1001 was awarded for its approach to the whole employee experience:
- Enhanced benefit offerings - focus on all aspects of employee wellness (physical, mental, and financial)
- Health - a state-of-the-art fully equipped fitness center offering professional trainers, fitness plans, and classes at no cost to employees
- Flexibility and optimal work environment - providing team members with workplace flexibility, and the most optimal work environment to achieve success
- Continuous employee feedback - two-way communication for building trust among employees and aligning company goals through the Employee Roundtable, employee councils, employee surveys, HR partnership, and direct feedback
Members of the Human Resources team attended the HR Impact Awards Breakfast on June 23 with Lindamood accepting the award.
“Our team is always focused on the customer experience, which means our employees and their experiences,” said Lindamood. “In all we do, we make sure our employees have a voice in the room. We also believe that it should be easy to be an employee anywhere. And if it's not, we should fix it. We've had the opportunity to work with an amazing group of people at Group 1001 that made all this possible. From the incredible support of our CEO, Dan Towriss, to the executive and senior leadership teams to other departments including communications and sponsorships, all have helped and been great partners.”
Group 1001 continues to focus on the employee experience in every facet of work engagement, ensuring employees’ needs are heard and focusing on how individual roles impact the company’s overall success. The ability to give employees a voice in developing the best work experience possible, while meeting and exceeding business goals, is critical to the long-term growth and culture of Group 1001.
The IBJ featured Group 1001’s Whole Employee Experience. The organization wanted to make sure employees had “the best and most optimal work environment.” Read more about the award in the IBJ here.
Jul 24, 2024
Corporate
Group 1001 has won the 2024 U.S. Insurance Award for Community Outreach Project of the Year – Pro Bono and Volunteer for 1001 Hours of Impact.
This award from Business Insurance recognizes a community outreach project in 2023 by an organization operating in the commercial insurance and risk management sector that invol...
Jul 11, 2024
Corporate
Delaware Life Insurance Company, a Group 1001 company, has been named a Ward’s 50® top-performing life-health company for 2024. This placement positions Delaware Life Insurance Company in the top 50 of more than 700 life-health insurance companies for outstanding financial results in the areas of safety, consistency, a...
Jun 25, 2024
Corporate
Group 1001, a leading financial services company, announces Martin Woll as Chief Operating Officer of Group 1001 Life & Annuity. A member of the executive leadership team and reporting to Group 1001’s President and CEO, Woll will lead the operations team, including the client experience, facilities, and corporate r...
Jun 20, 2024
Corporate
By Dale Uthoff, Chief Product Officer, Group 1001 Life and Annuity
June is National Annuity Awareness Month. Annuities can offer flexibility both in how you save for and receive money in retirement. It comes down to knowing that there are different types of annuities, each designed to address a specific need or life sta...
May 21, 2024
Corporate
To give consumers a simple, tailored way to diversify returns and guarantee higher minimum growth, Delaware Life Insurance Company (Delaware Life), a Group 1001 company, announces the addition of two diversified, multi-strategy Precision Portfolios as part of the Growth Pathway fixed index annuity (FIA). As an addition...
Apr 15, 2024
Corporate
Gainbridge®, a Group 1001 company, and Save®Advisers, LLC, a technology and wealth management company, announced the launch of Market+ to address the needs of savers who want market participation with a minimum guaranteed return.
Market+ offers a hybrid yield structure, featuring a 3% guaranteed annual yield (returned i...
Apr 11, 2024
Sponsorship
Corporate
Delaware Life Insurance Company (“Delaware Life”), a Group 1001 company and a leader in annuity and life insurance products, and DUPR (Dynamic Universal Pickleball Rating), today announced a long-term partnership dedicated to driving growth and innovation in pickleball.
Under the agreement, Delaware Life is the exclusi...
Mar 25, 2024
Corporate
WALTHAM, Mass., March 25, 2024 - Delaware Life Insurance Company ("Delaware Life") has launched an innovative, flexible-premium fixed index annuity featuring a premium bonus. PrimeStart Bonus 10SM offers an exclusive trifecta of features combining the power of a 10% premium bonus, interest crediting that’s ba...
Mar 11, 2024
Corporate
Zionsville, Ind. (March 11, 2024) – Group 1001, a leading financial services company, announces Nick Boaknin as Chief Information Officer. Boaknin previously held the role of Technology Transformation Leader.
As Chief Information Officer, Boaknin will assist Group 1001’s Technology team in building and delivering high-...
Mar 7, 2024
Corporate
Sponsorship
Group 1001, a leading financial services company, is off to the races to recognize and honor women employees and financial advisors during Women’s History Month in March.
To celebrate women working for Group 1001, more than 450 woman employees’ names will be included Sunday, March 10 on two Group 1001 company race cars...
Mar 5, 2024
Corporate
Sponsorship
Gainbridge®, a Group 1001 company, announced today a multi-year partnership with Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark to serve as brand ambassador for the company. The company also announced a new product now available on the Gainbridge® platform, ParityFlex™, a multi-year guaranteed annuity product created for w...
Feb 27, 2024
Corporate
Zionsville, IN (February 27, 2024) - Group 1001, a leading financial services company, announced the addition of Tricia Borcherding as Vice President, Technology Governance and Walter Hjelmar as Vice President, Platforms and Cloud.
In the role of Vice President, Technology Governance, Borcherding will shape and oversee...
Feb 8, 2024
Work Life
Corporate
Every February, the United States honors the contributions, sacrifices, and achievements of Black Americans who have helped shape the nation. We’ve asked several Group 1001 employees how they celebrate Black History Month and what it means to them.
Black History Month originally started as National Negro History Week in...
Nov 17, 2023
Corporate
Group 1001 has moved to a new office at 230 CityPoint, just outside of Boston. The new location provides a more flexible, modern space, allowing greater collaboration amongst team members to better serve clients.
Located just 20 minutes from downtown Boston, the office will support more than 150 employees.
“Our teams w...
Nov 8, 2023
Work Life
Corporate
Today is National STEM Day celebrating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics skills! At Group 1001, hundreds of our employees have STEM degrees that have led them to rewarding and important careers.
STEM Day was created because studies revealed that U.S. students were not keeping up with other countries in ...
Oct 18, 2023
Corporate
Zionsville, IN (October 18, 2023) - Group 1001 welcomes Vidhyarth (Raghu) Hariharan to the company as Senior Leverager, Vice President for the life and annuity businesses.
Reporting to the Chief Strategy Officer, Hariharan will further secure Group 1001’s reputation as a technology leader and innovator in today’s ever-...
Oct 16, 2023
Corporate
Zionsville, IN (October 16, 2023) – Group 1001, a leading financial services company, today announced the addition of Chris Kennedy as Group 1001 Chief Information Security Officer.
Kennedy has robust experience and a proven track record of developing and implementing comprehensive information security programs spanning...
Oct 13, 2023
Corporate
Group 1001 believes in supporting and engaging with the communities where we live and work, including by supporting minority-owned businesses.
In line with this belief, Delaware Life Insurance Company, a Group 1001 company, has maintained an investment of between $50 million and $175 million in the Cabrera Capital Marke...
Sep 28, 2023
Corporate
Zionsville, IN (September 28, 2023) – Delaware Life, a Group 1001 company, today announced the appointment of Colin Lake as President and CEO of Delaware Life Marketing. Lake brings more than 26 years of experience to the role with a track record of leading sales teams toward sustainable, exponential growth. Tom Seitz,...
Sep 26, 2023
Corporate
Mylo Embeds Access to its Home and Auto Insurance Solutions on the Gainbridge® Platform
ZIONSVILLE, IN (September 26, 2023) – Insurtech leaders Mylo and Gainbridge® today announced the launch of Gainbridge® Protect, which will embed Mylo’s guided auto and home insurance shopping experience into the Gainbridge® platform...
Sep 7, 2023
Corporate
Sponsorship
Community
Work Life
The Indy Women in Tech (IWiT) Summit took place Wednesday, August 30 in Indianapolis. Twenty-two employees from Group 1001 (including volunteers) attended the Summit, thanks to complimentary tickets from IWiT. More than 190 attendees in total enjoyed the session. The Summit was part of Rally, a three-day global innovat...
Sep 1, 2023
Corporate
Zionsville, IN (September 1, 2023) - Gainbridge®, a Group 1001 company, announced that Minji Ro has joined the company as Chief Strategy Officer for the life and annuity businesses. Ro has extensive experience in financial services, process improvement, and implementing forward-thinking strategies that align with the c...
Aug 31, 2023
Corporate
The Delaware Life Accelerator Prime® Variable Annuity (the APVA) has been named Best Annuities: Guaranteed Income with Some Flexibility, Liquidity, and Growth Potential by Barron’s. The list includes “annuities with the most competitive payouts or guarantees, all offered by insurers with top credit ratings.”
The article...
Aug 21, 2023
Work Life
Corporate
Community
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe, Former Pro Tennis Player
This quote describes the recent volunteer activity undertaken in Waltham as employees donated supplies, assembled and filled backpacks, loaded trucks, and delivered 255 fully-stocked backpacks to families in need with el...
Aug 17, 2023
Work Life
Corporate
Gu Xie, Head of Data Engineering for Group 1001, is already making huge waves as he approaches one year on the job, leading the transformation of the organization to become data-centric. Gu built an innovative platform from the ground up, focused on new capabilities and data to enable analytic outcomes and empower team...
Jul 28, 2023
Corporate
Group 1001, Inc. would like to provide an update to our stakeholders concerning the February 9, 2023, ransomware attack on our information technology infrastructure.
As previously reported, we immediately launched an investigation to determine the full scope of the incident, and a team of leading third-party forensic e...
Jul 27, 2023
Corporate
We are excited to work with 11 summer interns! Group 1001’s internships are designed to provide a highly engaging, real-life experience where students have the opportunity to work on real projects, make an impact, and gain valuable business skills.
“Group 1001 is committed to providing interns the opportunity to provide...