CIC Insurance Group, a member of the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF), based in Kenya has been awarded the title of Group Life Company of the Year in the Association of Kenya Insurers Group Life Best Practice Awards. This annual event is a celebration of top performing insurance companies and sales agents in […]
Read MoreThe Co-operators, a Canadian member of the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF), this week announced that it would assume full ownership of CUMIS General Insurance Company and CUMIS Life Insurance Company. Since 2009 The Co-operators and Central 1 have shared ownership of the two insurance companies which will soon become fully owned subsidiaries […]
Read MoreAt the recent meeting of the Board of Directors of ICMIF/Americas there was a warm welcome for the newest member of the Board, Juan A. Lugo Meléndez. In addition to a seat on the ICMIF/Americas Board, Juan also sits on the main ICMIF Board of Directors. Juan is the Executive President of Cooperativa de Seguros […]
Read MoreThe 24th Meeting of Reinsurance Officials (MORO) is a unique, global gathering of reinsurance professionals from the mutual and cooperative sector that meets every two years. This conference is an outstanding opportunity for ICMIF members to learn from leading reinsurance professionals as well as share reinsurance knowledge and discuss issues of common interest with other […]
Read MoreResearch carried out by ICMIF on gender diversity at board, CEO and senior management level last year demonstrated how cooperative and mutual insurers – and particularly ICMIF member organisations – are leading the way in diversity. More and more women are leading mutual and cooperative insurers and playing a key role in growing the insurance […]
Read MoreThe International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) newly formed Young Leaders Programme had its official launch as part of its Biennial Conference in London last October. Fifty-five young leaders attended and just under half were women, highlighting a clear commitment from mutuals and cooperatives world-wide to “press for progress”. In total, ICMIF’s Biennial Conference […]
Read MoreNew data from the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) shows that an estimated 97% of primary policyholders covered to date as a result of ICMIF’s 5-5-5 Mutual Microinsurance Strategy are women. The total number of lives covered is over 3.2 million in developing countries, these are policyholders who previously had no insurance cover […]
Read MoreJapanese cooperatives have a long history of collaborating with each other and until now much of this collaboration has been coordinated through the Japan Joint Committee of Co-operatives (JJC) which was established in 1956. From 1 April 2018, the JJC will become the Japan Co-operative Alliance (JCA) in order to further promote those collaborations. For […]
Read MoreA.M. Best last week stated its belief that insurance companies’ investments in technology upgrades would help to make them remain relevant and benefit financially over the long term. According to a recent A.M. Best survey insurance companies concur and increasingly are harnessing data to improve all aspects of their business. A.M. Best is a long-standing […]
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