Last week US ICMIF member EMC Insurance Companies, a national property and casualty insurer, and FRISS, a leading provider of insurance fraud detection solutions worldwide, announced a partnership. “We’re thrilled to be working together with EMC to reduce insurance fraud and further increase profitability,” said Jeroen Morrenhof, FRISS CEO and Co-founder. “We believe insurance is a beautiful […]
Read MoreThe Swiss insurance company and ICMIF member la Mobilière is setting up an insurtech company headquartered in Dublin. This move is intended to expand its presence into digital add-on insurance across EU markets. That will enable the cooperative la Mobilière to test out a new business model ahead of time, with a view to sustaining its development […]
Read MoreAccording to a new Best’s Special Report from ICMIF Supporting Member AM Best titled, Latin America: Economic and Political Risks May Subside in 2020, the rating agency expects Latin America’s economies to rebound somewhat in 2020, which would help the insurance markets in these countries better realise their growth potential. In the new report, AM Best notes that […]
Read MoreThe Taal volcano is one of the Philippines’ most active volcano and recently, it has been spewing lava, triggering earthquakes and sending out large quantities of ash that have spread across the island of Luzon and beyond. Fears remain that a bigger and hazardous eruption could be imminent. The CARD Mutually Reinforcing Institutions or CARD […]
Read MoreIn December last year, New Zealand ICMIF member MAS announced that for the fourth year in a row, the organisation had won the Consumer NZ People’s Choice Award for four insurance categories – house, contents, car and life insurance. MAS won the People’s Choice Award in these four categories in 2016, 2017 and 2018. In […]
Read MoreIn December last year, the latest annual cycle of Continuous Training for Insurance Brokers working for Argentinian ICMIF member San Cristóbal Seguros came to an end. This training programme has taken place every year for the last 21 years. A training and loyalty day for the company’s brokers (known in Spanish as “Productores Asesores de Seguros” or […]
Read MoreICMIF member The Co-operators announced that it will transition to the cloud, enabling the Canadian cooperative to simplify its IT operations, adapt more quickly to changing market demands, and deliver more value to policyholders. The Co-operators has chosen Guidewire InsuranceSuite™ Cloud to power its core operations. A Guidewire customer since 2007, The Co-operators originally implemented […]
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