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PG Mutual partners with Validium to provide wellbeing counselling services

ICMIF member PG Mutual (UK) has announced a partnership with Validium to provide member policyholders with access to wellbeing counselling services. Validium, which is part of the HealthHero group, offers mental health and wellbeing services via 24/7 helplines, and PG Mutual says it has already seen “good use” of the service by its members. Income […]

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Beneva supports university research to combat anxiety

Canadian ICMIF member Beneva has announced an agreement with the Faculty of Health at Toronto’s York University to support research aimed at enhancing assessment and treatment supports for individuals coping with anxiety, one concrete step at a time. It will invest CAD 200,000 to create the Anxiety Research Fund, powered by Beneva, a unique applied […]

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Simplyhealth takes majority stake in eyecare platform Ocuplan

ICMIF member Simplyhealth (UK), a leading health and dental plan provider, has announced it is taking a majority stake in OcuPlan, the country’s top provider of predictive and preventative eye care packages. The announcement of the deal also marked one year in post for Dr Sneh Khemka as Simplyhealth’s Chief Executive Officer. The investment into […]

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ICMIF participates in signing of International Coalition of the Social Solidarity Economy charter

Last week, ICMIF participated in the Social Economy: The Future of Europe conference, organised within the framework of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on 5-6 May in Strasbourg. At the conference, ICMIF and other founding members, the Global Social Economy Forum (GSEF); the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA); ESS Forum International; […]

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NTUC Income launches FlexiTravel Hourly Insurance, Singapore’s first travel insurance that protects travellers by the hour

ICMIF member NTUC Income (Income) has launched FlexiTravel Hourly Insurance, Singapore’s first travel insurance that enables travellers to purchase travel protection as needed by the hour. Available for those who are travelling only to Bintan, Batam and Malaysia, FlexiTravel Hourly Insurance is a flexible and affordable way for travellers to insure themselves for short or […]

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Wawanesa introduces new insurance products to help Canadians make their homes more resilient to climate change

Canadian ICMIF member The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (Wawanesa) has introduced two new insurance products that will help Canadians make their homes more resilient to climate change. The products are Stronger Home coverage and Eco-Friendly coverage. With Stronger Home coverage, Wawanesa will pay the increased cost to repair or replace a roof or exterior siding […]

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Fast accident reporting: HUK-COBURG launches automatic claims service for telematics customers

German ICMIF member HUK-COBURG is now offering its telematics customers automatic accident detection for quick support in the event of an accident. If the telematics system detects a possible traffic accident within Germany, users receive a push message on their smartphone. Depending on the severity of the accident, help can be requested by the member […]

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Folksam ranked the best in the industry on gender equality once again

ICMIF member Folksam has been ranked the best in the finance and insurance industry when it comes to equal working conditions according to the Nyckeltalsinstitutet AB (Key Figures Institute) Gender Equality Index, known as Jämix, which was recently published. According to the Jämix survey, Folksam is well above the industry average in total. Every year, […]

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Best’s Special Report looks at IFRS 17: Transitioning to a Standard with New Concepts and Terminology

A new special report from ICMIF Supporting Member AM Best sets out the rating agency’s current thinking on how it will treat the IFRS 17 accounting standard in the context of the insurance industry’s progress toward its implementation next year. The Best’s Special Report, IFRS 17: Transitioning to a Standard with New Concepts and Terminology […]

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Gallagher Re publishes inaugural Global InsurTech Report for Q1 2022

ICMIF Supporting Member Gallagher Re has published its Global InsurTech Report for Q1 2022. The theme for this year will be ‘Geographic Trends and Regional Idiosyncrasies’, with this first report for 2022 taking a specific look at ‘the Americas’ through an InsurTech lens. As well as profiling various InsurTech businesses, clients and individuals, the report […]

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