Western Financial is moving into the future by becoming part of the Wawanesa Group of Companies.

Desjardins sold Western Financial Group and Western Life Assurance to Wawanesa in a deal worth $775 million dollars which closed this week.

Kenny Nicholls, president and chief executive officer, is excited to get to work.

"We are going to stay here in High River," said Nicholls. "We have over 150 people here employed. This is where it all started and it is important to keep our roots."
 
He added the insurance industry is becoming more involved in technology and the new partnership will help them grow in this area.

"We need to be there. I don't want to be a spectator in this parade. Because of our size we need to be extremely influential and we need to be a leader."

The company has kept a low profile for the last while but that is about to change.

"You are going to start hearing about Western more and more. We want to be the best insurance broker in Canada and we believe that we have the support we need to move forward."

 

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