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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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African Risk Capacity provides innovative parametric insurance policy to protect thousands in Zimbabwe from drought risk

A global network of humanitarian agencies has today announced the purchase of an innovative insurance policy in partnership with ICMIF member African Risk Capacity (ARC) and the Government of Zimbabwe. The policy is to protect more than 800,000 people in Zimbabwe from drought risk during the 2021/2022 agricultural season. The USD 2.5 million policy purchased […]

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Sancor Seguros’ business incubator CITES Impulsa recognised in the 2021 Conscience Awards

In December 2021, Sancor Seguros’ business incubator CITES Impulsa was recognised in the 10th edition of the Premios Conciencia 2021 award ceremony. The Premios Conciencia (Conscience Awards) recognise companies for their actions to generate a positive change in the wellbeing of people and the environment; to achieve a more inclusive and sustainable society. The companies […]

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Ecclesiastical publishes new guidance to help brokers talk through key risks with education clients

New research commissioned by ICMIF member and specialist insurer Ecclesiastical (UK) has revealed schools in the UK are responding to the climate crisis by investing in sustainable technologies and improving the efficiency of existing school buildings. Ecclesiastical has published new guidance to help brokers speak to their education clients about how to manage key risks […]

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GF Forsikring gives millions back to its members

This month, the 330,000+ members of Danish ICMIF member GF Forsikring are learning what the profit sharing by the mutual insurer will actually mean for them in 2022. This year, all members will receive a share of the profit, which is significantly higher than last year. GF Forsikring has announced that once the accounts have […]

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Achmea opts for a climate-neutral strategy and joins the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance

ICMIF member Achmea (Netherlands) announced in December 2021 that it was joining the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), underlining the insurer’s climate ambitions. Achmea is committed to climate-neutral business operations by 2030 and a climate-neutral investment portfolio by 2040. In addition to this, the cooperative insurer is aiming for a climate-neutral insurance portfolio by 2050 at […]

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