ICMIF member Co-operators (Canada) has renewed its multi-year funding commitment to Partners for Action (P4A), a research initiative at the University of Waterloo that focuses on empowering Canadians to become flood resilient, with a three-year commitment of CAD 500,000 towards program delivery and research. The increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather and its devasting […]
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The fallout from the derecho storm that hit Southwestern Ontario, Canada, on 21 May 2022 continues to impact thousands of property and automobile owners. In the hardest-hit areas of Ottawa and the Town of Uxbridge, Canadian ICMIF member Gore Mutual immediately deployed its claims team to personally assist customers and announces temporary policy changes to […]
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ICMIF Supporting Member Gallagher Re has published a new report featuring its latest assessment of the inflation risks facing the insurance sector. The report has been prepared by Gallagher Re’s Strategic and Financial Analytics and Customised Solutions teams. Key findings from this report include: The debate has moved on from whether inflation will spike to […]
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Insurers can transform planning and performance management to deliver forward-looking insights, according to the latest report from ICMIF Supporting Member EY, Finance in insurance reimagined: Building a strong planning and performance management capability. The report highlights both why now is the time for finance and other leaders to rethink and expand their planning capabilities and […]
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UK ICMIF member NFU Mutual has again been named the 2022 Which? Insurance Brand of the Year. The mutual insurer, which won Insurance Brand of the Year in 2020, has been a Which? Recommended Provider for car and home insurance for over a decade, was commended for its “exemplary service, demonstrated by its customer service […]
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ICMIF Chief Executive Shaun Tarbuck and the CEOs of two ICMIF member organisations will speak during the seventh session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2022) organised by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) held this week (23 to 28 May 2022), in Bali, Indonesia, hosted by the Government of Indonesia. […]
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An agreement reached between Swiss ICMIF member La Mobilière and the Swiss Army aims to further intensify the exchange of knowledge between the private sector and the Army. Cybersecurity is the first area that will be covered by this cooperation. With this new agreement, the two organisations hope to highlight the added value of the […]
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ICMIF member the IMA Group (France) has recently announced its investment strategy, part of which is to position itself as a “mentor accelerator” for start-ups. Each start-up which it invests in is considered as a completely separate partner. As an “accelerator mentor”, the IMA Group says it helps with the development strategies of start-ups without […]
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Thanks to the support of two ICMIF members, AVBOB Mutual Assurance Society and the Professional Provident Society (PPS), the small town of Calitzdorp in the Western Cape of South Africa has just rewritten history and changed the lives of hundreds of local children who previously walked to school over a long distance. According to the […]
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Canadian ICMIF member Desjardins is helping make sustainable mobility solutions more accessible to its members, clients and employees by promoting initiatives like expanding its network of electric charging stations, rolling out bike repair stations across Quebec, implementing a mileage reimbursement policy for fuel-efficient cars and offering a selection of these cars in its vehicle fleet. […]
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