National Recognition for Wellness Program at CSAA Insurance Group

American Heart Association Acknowledges Company with Platinum Fit-Friendly Award

WALNUT CREEK, Calif., January 21, 2015 – CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer, has been awarded Platinum Level – the highest level possible – in the American Heart Association’s Fit-Friendly Company program. The program recognizes companies that create a culture of wellness in their workplace. This is the fifth year in a row that CSAA Insurance Group has been selected for the Fit-Friendly award – and its first Platinum recognition.

To be named Fit-Friendly, companies must demonstrate a culture of wellness that includes giving employees a number of fitness and nutrition options. For example, our company:

• Offers a point-based wellness program that gives employees the opportunity to earn rewards for participating in activities such as online health risk assessments and verifiable physical activities 
• Conducts free on-site fitness classes – including Zumba and yoga that can be adapted to all fitness levels – at many locations
• Provides  information on healthy eating at company cafeterias and through ongoing employee communication
• Includes healthy food and drink options – with discounts – in company cafeterias
• Has an internal wellness strategist and onsite wellness coordinators and sponsors a volunteer team of wellness champions throughout the company
• Offers free, one-on-one telephonic wellness coaching to all employees
• Conducts free periodic CPR training for employees

To move up to Platinum Level from Gold, companies must meet specific criteria. CSAA Insurance Group qualified by increasing financial incentives to employees for participating in wellness programs. For example, employees were able to earn $250 Health Savings Account contributions from the company for participating in biometric screenings (testing glucose and cholesterol levels, as well as blood pressure and Body Mass Index).

“It’s an honor to be awarded the highest level of recognition from the American Heart Association for our efforts,” said Rachel Miegel, wellness program strategist. “We are proud to be among an elite group of awardees.”

CSAA Insurance Group will be recognized along with all other San Francisco Bay Area Fit Friendly Companies at the American Heart Association’s Greater Bay Area Heart Walk in the fall.

CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer, offers automobile, homeowners, and other personal lines of insurance to AAA members through partnerships with AAA clubs in 23 states and the District of Columbia. Having celebrated its centennial in 2014, CSAA Insurance Group is rated A+ by A.M. Best and is one of the top 20 personal lines property casualty insurance groups in the United States according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. The company was also named one of the 50 most community-minded companies in America by Points of Light in 2014.