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Gallagher Re selects BitSight to deliver cyber-modelling insights

ICMIF Supporting Member Gallagher Re, the global reinsurance broker, and BitSight, a global provider of cybersecurity ratings, have recently announced a collaboration to integrate BitSight cybersecurity data with Gallagher Re’s reinsurance insights and analytics. The partnership will provide reinsurance clients with a holistic view of security performance and supply chain aggregation within their portfolios, giving […]

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Univé introduces Cyber Fit Service to train entrepreneurs and SMEs in working online safely

Netherlands-based cooperative insurer and ICMIF member Univé is offering business customers a free Cyber Fit Service for one year with all business insurance policies. In doing so, the cooperative says it is going one step further to help its business members protect themselves against cybercrime. The training programme teaches freelancers, SMEs and their employees on […]

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PG Mutual offers Income Protection Plus initiative to healthcare workers through partnership with Blue Light Card

ICMIF member PG Mutual (UK) and Blue Light Card have today announced they are partnering to protect the livelihoods of thousands of healthcare workers and their families. The partnership will offer Blue Light Card’s holder’s a 20% discount off their first two years’ premiums for comprehensive Income Protection Plus insurance provided by PG Mutual. In […]

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Best’s Special Report: Re-Underwriting and De-Risking in Insurance-Linked Securities Market

The global insurance-linked securities (ILS) market remains saddled with prior catastrophe losses, a decline in assets under management for some prominent ILS funds and a drop in the overall performance of ILS funds despite another year of a record catastrophe bond issuance, according to a new report from ICMIF Supporting Member AM Best. The Best’s […]

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Aviva Investors recognised with two awards for macro engagement and climate mitigation initiatives

ICMIF Supporting Member Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), has received two awards at Insurance Asset Risk’s UK & Europe Awards 2022, being recognised in the ‘Stewardship initiative of the Year’ and ‘Climate Mitigation Investment Initiative of the Year’ categories. In being presented with the ‘Climate Mitigation Investment Initiative of […]

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Länsförsäkringar brand ranked best in industry for sustainability by consumers

ICMIF member Länsförsäkringar has been announced as having the top ranking for the insurance industry in the Swedish Sustainable Brand Indexâ„¢ 2022 results. This is the fifth time the mutual insurer has been in first position in this survey since 2011. Sustainable Brand Indexâ„¢ is Europe’s largest independent brand study on sustainability, including over 1,500 […]

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NFU Mutual supports customers using private vehicles to deliver humanitarian aid for Ukraine and donates GBP 150,000 to DEC appeal

Today, ICMIF member NFU Mutual (UK) has announced a GBP 150,000 donation to support communities affected by the crisis in Ukraine. The emergency donation will be made through the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust, an independent charity set up to support charitable initiatives. The Trust will be making its donation to the UK Disasters Emergency Committee’s […]

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Ukraine war: R+V supports volunteers and refugees with non-contributory insurance cover and also donates EUR 800,000 to help victims

Desperate people are fleeing the war in Ukraine every day, and more and more are finding shelter in Germany. In response to this, German ICMIF member R+V Versicherung is supporting the volunteers who are working to help refugees and the refugees themselves with non-contributory insurance cover. The willingness to help amongst people in Germany is […]

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Swiss Re partners with NTUC Income on a first-in-market longevity arrangement to shield against future variation in Income’s annuity book

ICMIF Supporting Member Swiss Re has partnered with Singapore-based ICMIF member NTUC Income (Income) on the first longevity arrangement of its kind in Singapore. This partnership will help shield Income from future variations in its annuity book, by sharing with Swiss Re any future payments to annuitants who live beyond their age expectancy. The long-term […]

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Royal London continues to share profits with customers

ICMIF member Royal London (UK) announced last week that its customers will continue to share in the success of the mutual through an increase in its ProfitShare allocation. As part of the announcement of its annual results for 2021, Royal London said its ProfitShare allocation to 1.8 million eligible customers would increase by 15.8% to […]

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