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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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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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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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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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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ICMIF member The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company’s (Wawanesa) new Broker Platform is now live across Canada, making it easier for independent insurance brokers to access tools and resources from Wawanesa. “Independent insurance brokers are essential members of our community, helping Canadian families, farms and businesses protect their most important assets,” said Wawanesa’s EVP & President […]
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The world could undo social and economic advances and face 1.5 disasters a day by 2030, according to the new Global Assessment Report (GAR2022), released this week by ICMIF partner organisation the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). The report says human activity and behaviour is contributing to an increasing number of disasters […]
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Canadian ICMIF member Co-operators has announced the launch of enhanced cyber-insurance coverage for business policyholders. Cyber Guard protects business owners for unexpected expenses and/or costs of complying with privacy laws if their confidential information is compromised, and lost income or increased operating costs due to a privacy breach event. This coverage is included on eligible […]
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As the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) begins its centenary celebrations on Monday 25 April to mark the Federation’s inception in Rome on the same date back in 1922, Hilde Vernaillen the current President and CEO of one of its founding members, the P&V Group (Belgium) reflects on how ICMIF has grown from […]
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South African ICMIF member The Professional Provident Society (PPS Insurance Company), a financial services company focused solely on providing financial solutions for graduate professionals has announced that the Group paid ZAR 6.1 billion (USD 0.39 billion) in total benefits to members in 2021, up 27% from the ZAR 4.8 billion (USD 0.31 billion) it paid […]
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