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Benenden Health launches new online community for members

ICMIF member Benenden Health (UK) has launched a dedicated online community platform for its members. The platform from the not-for-profit healthcare provider allows members to connect with other members in their local area and across the country, as well as other key functionalities including access to the latest Benenden Health news and announcements. It also […]

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MAIF helps French students as they prepare for the start of the new school year

In addition to being a long-standing insurer for teachers, French ICMIF member MAIF also offers students completely free, personalised educational support solutions. This educational support is offered via the “Assistance scolaire personnalisée” (personalised school help) digital platform that brings together a set of educational resources produced by teachers (course sheets, interactive exercises, methodologies, corrected subjects), […]

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La Segunda Seguros launches the InnLab programme to support entrepreneurs

For Argentinian ICMIF member La Segunda Seguros, innovation is a fundamental pillar of the cooperative insurer’s strategy. In 2018, with its first Hackathon, the company began a path of incorporating technological solutions to its business that allow it to enhance and facilitate the experience of working with the insurer, both for its own insurance producers […]

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Delegation from Philippines-based ICMIF member CLIMBS visits three Japanese cooperative ICMIF members for exchange of best practices

A delegation of top sales achievers from Philippines-based ICMIF member CLIMBS has recently travelled to Japan, together with the senior management team from the cooperative insurer, after their exemplary efforts in achieving their targets for the year 2022. The objective of CLIMBS’ incentive programme is to boost its sales performance and therefore the scheduled events […]

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FMG rated number one choice by consumers in New Zealand for home & contents insurance

For the second year in a row, and the fourth time in the last five years, consumers in Aotearoa/New Zealand have rated ICMIF member FMG the winner of the  Canstar Most Satisfied Customers Home & Contents Insurance Award. People across Aotearoa/New Zealand experienced a challenging start to the year, as destructive weather events wreaked havoc […]

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Membership grows as Royal London continues to champion mutuality

ICMIF member Royal London (UK) announced earlier this month that it had delivered good growth in new business in workplace pensions which was driven by employers increasingly valuing the benefit as a key way of supporting their employees’ financial wellbeing. In the first half of 2023, Royal London welcomed 479 new workplace pension scheme employers […]

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The Retail Mutual partners with Nexus Mutual to use on-chain capital to cover excess losses

Nexus Mutual has announced a strategic partnership with InShare, a specialist in alternative risk transfer and mutuals. InShare, acting as a representative for ICMIF member The Retail Mutual, is working with Nexus Mutual to expand capacity and cover the 5,000+ small independent business owners in the UK that are the members of The Retail Mutual. […]

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R+V becomes main sponsor of Rhine River Rhinos wheelchair basketball team

As the 2023/2024 German Bundesliga wheelchair basketball season starts up, the logo of ICMIF member R+V Versicherung will be on the jerseys of Wiesbaden’s wheelchair basketball players, the Rhine River Rhinos, who play in the 1st Bundesliga. The cooperation between the cooperative insurer and the basketball team will initially run for two years. R+V Versicherung […]

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Zenkyoren issues “Nakama 2023-1”: Japan’s first Cat Bond that incorporates information disclosure regarding the SDGs and ESG investment initiatives of the issuer

Earlier this fiscal year, Japanese ICMIF member, Zenkyoren (National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, President: Fumio Yanai), announced that, in light of the trends in the catastrophe (cat) bond market, it had issued the first Cat Bond “Nakama 2023-1” that incorporates information disclosure regarding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and ESG investment initiatives of […]

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Shelter Life Insurance Company ranks in the “Top 50” in the US

Last month, ICMIF member Shelter Life Insurance Company, part of ICMIF member Shelter Insurance (USA) was recognised as one of the top-performing life insurance companies in the United States. The “Ward’s 50” list was announced by the Ward Group, an operational consulting firm and leading provider of benchmarking and best practices services to the insurance industry. […]

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