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Co-operators contributes CAD 350,000 to fund zero waste lab start-up and first project

This week, representatives from ICMIF member Co-operators (Canada), the City of Guelph, Wellington County and the Guelph Smart Cities Office launched the Zero Waste Economic Transformation Lab, a new initiative under the Circular Opportunity Innovation Launchpad (COIL). The lab will apply circular economy theories to develop and test new opportunities to reduce or redirect waste. […]

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The P&V Group has been certified a Top Employer 2022

ICMIF member the P&V Group, known under the brands P&V and Vivium, has today been officially recognised as one of the Top Employers in Belgium. Organisations which receive certification from the Top Employers Institute are ones which are committed to providing the best possible working environment for their employees through innovative HR practices that put […]

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Co-operative Insurance Companies selects Betterview Remote Property Intelligence Platform to reduce loss control expenses

This week it was announced that ICMIF member Co-operative Insurance Companies (Co-operative), based in the USA, has selected Betterview’s Remote Property Intelligence Platform to help reduce expenses associated with loss control. Co-operative Insurance, a mutual insurer underwriting homes, farms, and commercial properties in Vermont and New Hampshire since 1915, has long relied on an internal […]

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Royal London lends a helping hand to wellbeing

ICMIF member Royal London (UK) has enhanced its Helping Hand service to include health and wellbeing support for new customers, including online access to hand-picked early care medical services. New customers who purchase a Royal London Menu Plan will be invited to complete an online health assessment, which will provide them with a personalised health […]

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Guy Carpenter January 2022 reinsurance renewal briefing notes an evolving market leads to divergent outcomes

According to the recent January 2022 Reinsurance Renewal: An Evolving Market Leads to Divergent Outcomes briefing from ICMIF Supporting Member Guy Carpenter, January 1 renewals reflected a healthy but evolving market as reinsurers adjusted risk appetite and pricing thresholds for certain sectors in response to ongoing and emerging challenges. Despite this, the majority of placements […]

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Swiss Re one of two pioneers to receive the Digital Trust Label – world’s first label for digital responsibility launched by the Swiss Digital Initiative

ICMIF Supporting Member Swiss Re is one of two pioneers to have a digital product tested and successfully certified by the Digital Trust Label, the first-ever label for digital responsibility launched by the Swiss Digital Initiative. With the Swiss Digital Trust Label users can easily identify trustworthy digital services, and providers of digital services can […]

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NFU Mutual partners with Risk Solved to deliver improved digital loss control and health & safety services for its members

ICMIF member and rural insurer NFU Mutual (UK) has announced a partnership with Risk Solved to support its loss control and health & safety services for its policyholders, agents and brokers. Risk Solved provides a software as a service (SaaS)-based global risk management platform that provides real-time risk data insights to insurers, improving insurance portfolio […]

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Beneva unveils first results of a study on corporate health and wellness practices

Canadian ICMIF member Beneva, the company born of La Capitale and SSQ Insurance, says health and wellness are very important to the organisation. To that end, Beneva has been working towards creating significant changes and giving people the tools they need to promote and manage health in general. Beneva has been developing innovative programmes that […]

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HUK-COBURG announces range of initiatives to become more sustainable

German ICMIF member HUK-COBURG says it has always stood for sustainable customer management thanks to its mutual business model. As announced in December 2021, the company now aims to supplement its image as a sustainability-focused organisation, with an internal ESG strategy and HUK Coburg has already implemented some of the first essential measures as part […]

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CLIMBS enhanced ‘Weather Protect Insurance’ product pays out first claims following devastation caused by Typhoon Odette

In August 2021, ICMIF member CLIMBS (Philippines) officially launched an enhanced Weather Protect Insurance product for farmers and agripreneurs with global partners IBISA (Luxembourg), also an ICMIF member; Global Parametrics; and CIAT (International Centre for Tropical Agriculture). ICMIF has also been supporting the collaboration through the provision of technical assistance. Recently, Typhoon Odette has devastated […]

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