“The year 2022 witnessed the category 4 storm Hurricane Ian devastate southwest Florida in the United States, while unprecedented flooding displaced 33 million Pakistanis and extreme heat melted train tracks and airport runways in the United Kingdom. Such extreme weather events challenge societal tendencies to deal with the aftermath of storms, floods, heatwaves and wildfires […]
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At the start of the year, our CEO Shaun Tarbuck shared his blog Delivering on purpose, outlining the action ICMIF has taken to support its members, focusing on their resilience; sustainable investment; and ESG/SDG journeys. He also looked ahead to how our 2023 working groups and roundtables will culminate in an ICMIF Sustainability Summit in […]
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At the beginning of 2022, I wrote a blog entitled The future is filled with purpose and the concluding paragraph stated “Let 2022 be not just about our centenary but also about the next century and the increasingly important role mutual insurers will play”. It was definitely a challenge laid down to the mutual and […]
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“Insurance is changing but Cornish Mutual is not following the crowd. Instead, we will be leading our board in a different direction, with farming at the centre of our plans,” writes Peter Beaumont, Managing Director of ICMIF member Cornish Mutual (UK). We are pleased to share this guest blog from Peter, which is reproduced here […]
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“At COP27, insurance and financing issues have taken a central role. Much of the meeting has been about how to build an international fund to compensate countries affected by climate-related damage: a form of insurance. Many are also turning to pension and insurance companies to discuss how to finance transition and climate adaptation in municipalities, […]
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We are pleased to share this guest blog from Jan Kellett, Team Leader, Insurance and Risk Finance Facility at ICMIF partner organisation the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP). The article was written at the beginning of COP 27 which took place in Egypt from 6 to 18 November 2022. The article is reproduced here for […]
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We are pleased to share this guest blog from Dr Jaime Aristotle B. Alip who wrote the article for the Manila Bulletin after the ICMIF Centenary Conference in October 2022. The article is reproduced here for the benefit of ICMIF members with the kind permission of Dr Alip. As the world faces crisis after crisis, […]
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Climate Bonds Initiative is an international organisation working to mobilise global capital for climate action. It promotes investment in projects and assets necessary for a rapid transition to a low carbon and climate resilient economy. Sean Kidney (pictured), CEO and Co-Founder, recently spoke at the ICMIF Centenary Conference in a session examining the business benefits […]
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We are pleased to share this guest blog from ICMIF Supporting Member organisation Aviva Investors. The article was written for the Aviva Investors website and is reproduced here for the benefit of ICMIF members with their permission. Mark Versey will be speaking at the upcoming ICMIF Centenary Conference in Rome, Italy (25-28 October 2022) in a session […]
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Since its inception, French ICMIF member MAIF has been committed to a different vision of insurance. In 2020, it decided to become what is known in France as a “company with a mission” or “mission company” (in French: société à mission). In this guest blog, Franck Carnero, Chief Mission Officer, MAIF and Renaud Huard, Chief […]
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