Ecclesiastical shakes hands on new deal with specialist finance and insurance broker Shire Insurance
UK-based ICMIF member and specialist insurer Ecclesiastical has announced it has welcomed Shire Insurance back into its schemes book. Shire is a specialist finance and insurance broker with over 40 years’ experience working with and supporting the veterinary sector. Providing insurance for veterinary practices, including surgery, professional indemnity and employee health and wellbeing schemes. As […]
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ICMIF member the Unipol Group (Italy) is the top company in the insurance and banking sectors in terms of reputation according to the sector-specific model built by The RepTrak Company, an international company specialising in measuring the reputation of seven thousand companies internationally in approximately forty markets every year. Ten years after the launch of […]
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This week, ICMIF member EMC Insurance (USA) has launched an updated brand, which includes a new logo, tagline and visual identity. Effective Tuesday 9 April, the company’s website and social media channels have been refreshed with the new look and feel. EMC says its new logo features a distinctive letter “e” that has a signature […]
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Publishing its 2023 Sustainability Report this week, ICMIF member LocalTapiola (LähiTapiola, Finland) has said it wants to be a trendsetter in effective sustainability in its sector – across Finland. The Sustainability Report 2023 describes the progress of LocalTapiola’s work within the framework of the mutual insurer’s sustainability programme, which defines the Group’s common sustainability goals […]
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Canadian ICMIF member Desjardins, through its subsidiary Desjardins General Insurance Group Inc., and ICPEI Holdings Inc. (“ICPEI Holdings”) have announced that they have entered into definitive agreements for Desjardins to indirectly acquire all of ICPEI’s issued and outstanding shares. ICPEI Holdings operates The Insurance Company of Prince Edward Island (ICPEI) as a wholly owned subsidiary. […]
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On Cashback Day 2024, 5 March, German ICMIF member R+V Versicherung paid out a total of around EUR 16 million in contributions for 2023 (2023: EUR 13 million paid). The cooperative insurer said that was thanks to minor levels of claims and it meant 550,000 customers were rewarded with cashback for favourable claims history. R+V […]
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ICMIF member IPB Insurance has shared the significant results of the Social Enterprise Development (SED) Fund, a collaboration between the mutual’s local authority members and Rethink Ireland*, in an Impact Report for the Fund published by the two organisations. According to the Impact Report, a total investment of EUR 4.4 million by IPB Insurance and […]
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ICMIF member AVBOB (South Africa) has launched the broad benefits AVBOB Member Rewards programme as a way to share mutual value with its members. The rewards programme is free to all qualifying AVBOB members. Carl van der Riet, CEO of AVBOB explained that AVBOB Member Rewards is part of the Group’s continuous efforts to share […]
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Bringing an innovative approach as part of its commitment to sustainability, ICMIF member La Segunda Seguros (Argentina) has launched its first podcast on the largest music platform in the world: Spotify. As part of the cooperative insurer’s sustainability campaign, “Sustainable Generation”, this series of talks invites people to rethink their daily practices and explore ways […]
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According to the latest 1st View report from ICMIF Supporting Member Gallagher Re, as the 2023 financial year reporting season reached its conclusion, many companies reported some of the best reinsurance underwriting conditions in over 20 years. The report found that a radical redistribution of risk between primary and secondary markets in property catastrophe and […]
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