DiBuduo & DeFendis Wins the Seventh Annual Chubb Charity Challenge
Golf Tournament Raises More Than $1 Million
Naples, FL, October 19, 2006 – DiBuduo & DeFendis Insurance Brokers beat 44 teams to claim the Seventh Annual Chubb Charity Challenge Championship and
earn a $50,000 donation for Congregation of the Sisters of Nazareth, which operates assisted living homes and a parochial
school in Southern California.
On October 16 and 17, winners of the Chubb Charity Challenge’s regional golf tournaments in major cities across the United
States and Canada competed for a purse of more than $550,000 at the Tiburón Golf Course in Naples, FL. From May through August,
more than 1,600 agents and customers competed in 45 regional golf tournaments and have helped to raise more than $1,040,000
for charity.
The top ten winning teams as well as their designated charities and the donations they will receive based on their championship
play are as follows:
1. DiBuduo & DeFendis, Fresno, CA
Congregation of the Sisters of Nazareth, Los Angeles, CA
$50,000
2. Insurance Office of America, Longwood, FL
The Devereux Foundation, Orlando, FL
$45,000
3. Manuel Lujan Agencies, Albuquerque, NM
Santa Maria El Mirador, Santa Fe, NM
$40,000
4. CBIZ Insurance Services, St. Joseph, MO
Interfaith Community Service, St. Joseph, MO
$35,000
5. Johnson Insurance Services, Racine, WI
Women’s Resource Center, Racine, WI
$30,000
6. Rogers & Norman, Seattle, WA
Children’s Hospital Journey Program, Seattle, WA
$25,000
7. Hylant Group, Cincinnati, OH
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH
$20,000
8. Thomas Rutherfoord, Inc., Richmond, VA
YMCA of Greater Richmond
$18,000
9. Wharton Lyon & Lyon, Livingston, NJ
The Gilson-Klein Family Foundation, Livingston, NJ
$15,000
10. BB&T Insurance Services, Alpharetta, GA
North Fulton Community Charities, Roswell, GA
$14,000
Since it began in 2000, the Chubb Charity Challenge has raised more than $5 million for U.S. and Canadian charities. In its
first year, the tournament raised $350,000, and it raised just more than $1 million last year.
The member insurers of the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies form a multi-billion dollar organization providing property
and casualty insurance for personal and commercial customers worldwide through 8,000 independent agents and brokers. Chubb’s
global network includes branches and affiliates in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Australia.
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