TORONTO, April 2 /CNW/ - ING Canada (TSX : IIC) announced today that its 2008 Annual Report and its Management Proxy Circular are now available online at www.ingcanada.com. These documents can be found in the Investor Relations section of the website.

ING Canada will hold an Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders at 2:00 pm ET on May 13, 2009 at the Baillie Court of the Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON. At the meeting, shareholders will be asked, among other things, to approve a resolution authorizing the change of the name of the company to Intact Financial Corporation. The meeting will be webcast on ING Canada's web site.

About ING Canada

ING Canada is the largest provider of property and casualty insurance in the country with over $4 billion in premiums. Its 6,700 employees offer home, auto and business insurance under the Intact Insurance, Novex, belairdirect and Grey Power brands.

On February 19, ING Canada became a 100% publicly-traded Canadian company following the completion of a private placement and a secondary offering whereby institutional and retail investors acquired ING Groep's shares in the company.