Last month the United Nations (UN) Secretary General, António Guterres, presented a new report Cooperatives in social development to the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly which highlights the opportunities for achieving sustainable development through cooperatives. The report has been published in response to a resolution by the General Assembly in December 2019. […]
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The SEWA Cooperative Federation, Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India, has been recognised by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as one of India’s last-mile Covid-19 responders. The list includes local organisations and social entrepreneurs which have, according to the WEF, demonstrated that swift action in four priority areas can enhance reach and scale in the […]
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ICMIF member OneFamily (UK), is to provide financial support and volunteer its commercial expertise to the charity Elderly Accommodation Counsel (EAC) to enable the organisation to assist more older people and to sustain its work into the future. EAC is a national charity in the UK that aims to help older people and their families […]
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Canadian ICMIF member The Co-operators Group has this week unveiled its dynamic new brand identity via a national advertising, social, public relations and retail activation campaign with the aim of signalling change and in order to promote its personalised investment advice and services. Created in partnership with Huge, the new identity reflects a complete brand […]
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Aéma Groupe completes the acquisition of Aviva France to become the fifth largest insurer in France
According to French ICMIF member Aéma Groupe, its acquisition of Aviva France last week meets the original ambition of Macif and Aésio Mutuelle, the founders of the Groupe, to become a leading mutualist group for the 11 million French people it protects. The acquisition, which is considerable in terms of its economic size and strategic […]
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Australian ICMIF member Lawcover is accelerating its digital transformation by leveraging the Duck Creek Suite OnDemand to improve the service it provides to the New South Wales, ACT, and Northern Territory legal communities in Australia. In September it was announced that Lawcover, a provider of professional indemnity insurance to law firms in New South Wales, […]
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ICMIF member The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company and its employees are marking the company’s 125th anniversary by providing CA$700,000 to local community organisations in Canada and the United States. These charitable funds come in addition to the CA$3.5 million Wawanesa has already committed to its community partners for 2021. “As a mutual insurer we strive […]
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In September 2021, ICMIF members NongHyup Life Insurance (NH Life) and NongHyup Property & Casualty Insurance (NH Property & Casualty) from the Republic of Korea both announced they had has signed the United Nations Environment Programme’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative (PSI), which support the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and […]
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ICMIF member the African Risk Capacity (ARC, South Africa) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote integration of gender equality in disaster risk management (DRM). Under the MoU, signed by the heads of both institutions, the parties will […]
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Today, Tuesday 28 September 2021, ICMIF came together with the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA), the Global Social Economy Forum (GSEF), SSE International Forum (SSEIF) and the Association Internationale de la Mutualité (AIM) for an launch event of the International Coalition for the Social and Solidarity Economy (ICSSE). The International Coalition of the Social Solidarity Economy […]
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