Farming insurance specialist and UK ICMIF member Cornish Mutual has made a ‘significant investment’ in start-up regenerative farming consultancy Terrafarmer. The investment is a first for Cornish Mutual and is part of its service expansion to increase support for farmers through current and upcoming challenges. Peter Beaumont (pictured centre), Managing Director for Cornish Mutual said: […]
Read MoreNew research from the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) found that in 2020, 27.8% of directors serving on ICMIF members’ boards were women, this is ahead of the financial industry average of 23.3% in 2020* and the insurance industry average of 26% in 2019**. This is a substantial increase from 20.6% in 2015 […]
Read MoreICMIF Supporting Member AM Best has maintained its market segment outlook for the global reinsurance segment at stable, citing the presence of highly uncertain market conditions with positive and negative factors offsetting one another. Chief among the negative drivers is the heightened natural catastrophe activity that continues to test investors’ risk tolerance levels, according to […]
Read MoreThrough a new collaboration with one of the market-leading pregnancy apps, Swedish ICMIF member Folksam hopes to increase the number of children across the country that are protected by insurance. Within the framework of the new collaboration with Preggers, users of the pregnancy app will be directly offered information and the opportunity to take out […]
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