In a heated race to the finish, Galax Elementary pulled ahead in the final hours of UCT Gives Back – thanks to a little help from the local TV station and a lot of love and votes from the local community. All Linda Hunter, a teacher at Galax Elementary School’s Cooperative Care Center for Exceptional Children (CCEC) in Galax, Virginia, wanted when… Continue Reading…

Voting for our UCT Gives Back contest ends tomorrow.  We have had over 77,000 votes so far, and I’m excited to find out who wins.  The $10,000 prize will certainly help whichever school is the winner.  There is still time to vote—help your favorite school win.   Also this weekend, UCT will be hosting the Winter Hockey Festival at Ottawa Park in… Continue Reading…

In 205 hours UCT can award $10,000 to one deserving school. In 205 hours YOU can help determine which school wins! 205 Hours may seem like a long time, but to the nine finalist schools in the UCT Gives Back contest, it’s crunch time! Time to get out the vote – time to rally the local community – time to make every… Continue Reading…

UCT celebrated the 125th anniversary of our founding on Jan. 16. To mark the occasion, and UCT’s commitment to doing good for others, employees performed random acts of kindness for the day. Some extended a hand to strangers in need. Others let their fellow employees know how much their work was appreciated. Still others gave extra big tips to their servers at… Continue Reading…

Our Vice President of Sales, John Marshall, likes to talk about “the UCT Advantage” when he meets with our agents.  Our members are eligible to buy a variety of insurance products, and they are comparable to products provided by commercial insurers. Why buy a product from UCT rather than a large commercial insurer?  UCT products come with “the UCT Advantage”.    What… Continue Reading…

UCT Gives Back is awarding $10,000 to one deserving school…and YOU decide which one! That’s right – 9 very deserving finalists have been selected from schools that submitted videos showing how the $10,000 prize would help their program for students with intellectual disabilities, or for students training to become teachers of students with intellectual disabilities. These 9 schools need YOUR support to earn… Continue Reading…

“I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” Albert Schweitzer, one of the great humanitarians of the 20th century, wrote these words as an expression of his determination to give back to a world he felt… Continue Reading…

On January 16, UCT will celebrate the 125th anniversary of our founding.  We have been helping our members and their local communities for a long time, and we look forward to continuing those efforts for a long time to come.   UCT’s business model has a dual nature.  We help our members secure their financial future by providing financial services products to them.  Also, our members… Continue Reading…

OK – so everyone and their brother posts a “Top 10 list of places to see” or “Top 10 vacation destinations” at this time of year, but we wanted to offer something else…a top 5 list of things to do in 2013 (so original, right?).  Peruse the list and see what you can add to your “to-dos” in 2013!   Visit a… Continue Reading…

By now you’ve surely heard the end of the world is near. Tomorrow, actually, if you believe the doomsday preppers and Mayan calendar followers. UCT employees are pretty confident we’ll be around to ring in 2013, but we figured we’d work on our bucket lists just for fun – and just in case!  Silly and serious, here’s what tops the lists of some employees: Lindsay M.… Continue Reading…