A major Delaware insurer, if affiliated with a Pennsylvania insurer, plans to invest $45 million over the next decade to help control in-state health insurance costs and improve health care infrastructure.

The Anne Arundel County chapter of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) is planning its Second Annual Bears for Bears event Dec. 21 in Annapolis, Md.

Brian K. Walter, president of the Winchester, Va.-based Walter & Walter Insurance Agency, formed a partnership with a local substance and violence abuse group to discourage youth from bowing to peer pressure.

A Hartford, Conn.-based insurance company awarded about $15.6 million to nonprofits nationwide last year through grants, community sponsorships, the matching gift program and employee volunteering.

The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New Jersey will hold its 12th Annual Trusted Choice Charity Golf Classic to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey May 2 at Trenton Country Club, in West Trenton, N.J.

Local Red Cross chapters in Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and North Carolina are among the recipients of $1.3 million in money from the Nationwide Insurance Foundation.

Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States reported that its 2010 charitable contributions topped $35 million.

The Highmark Foundation, which provides funds from Highmark Inc., the health insurer, to help the uninsured, says it has invested $4.1 million in the last four years.

The Teachers’ Insurance Plan of NJ generated more than $42,000 in donations in the last school year, marking a 69% increase over the prior year.

The New Jersey Young Insurance Professionals will host its 26th annual Fun Run to benefit Special Olympics of New Jersey (SONJ) Tuesday, June 15, at 7 a.m. at the boardwalk at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J.