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Best’s Market Segment Report: Mutuals Embrace Innovation to Cement Their European Insurance Market Role

Europe’s mutual sector has demonstrated the sustainability of its model amid an increasingly challenging operating environment, according to a new report from ICMIF Supporting Member AM Best. As regulatory and competitive pressures increase, European mutuals have used a variety of structures in their attempts to gain scale, resulting in the creation of leading groups in […]

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EMC Mobileye offers collision avoidance systems to policyholders

In an effort to deliver effective and innovative loss control solutions to commercial auto insurance customers, American ICMIF member EMC Insurance Companies (EMC) has collaborated with Mobileye, a subsidiary of Intel Corporation, to offer collision avoidance systems with preferred pricing for policyholders. The Mobileye 8 Connect technology uses real-time and a forward-facing camera and artificial […]

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Simplyhealth launches SimplyPlan: a new app for improved customer experience

ICMIF member Simplyhealth, a leading UK health and dental plan provider, has launched a new, free to download app, SimplyPlan, designed to enable members to claim money back on their Simplyhealth plan quickly and easily, all from the palm of their hand. SimplyPlan is available to both consumer and corporate Simplyhealth customers. Making a claim […]

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Achmea can now deal with increasing storm damage claims faster with a new national roof tile network

In the event of a severe storm or hailstorm, Achmea can receive up to 10,000 additional damage reports from policyholders, almost half of which concerns damage to roofs. Because Achmea believes the number of storms and hailstorms will increase due to climate change, the cooperative insurer was the first in the Netherlands to set up […]

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LB Forsikring aims to be Denmark’s preferred insurance company for electric cars

Danish ICMIF member LB Forsikring is working hard to make it easier for its members to choose an electric car with a new electric car insurance cover. The insurance provides a 35% price reduction on small and medium-sized electric cars and completely new and improved terms for electric car owners. For any of LB Forsikring’s […]

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The ICMIF Foundation launches an appeal to support India’s low-income communities affected by COVID-19

“Building back community resilience with ICMIF Foundation partner the DHAN Foundation” India, home to 1.3 billion people is in a crisis never seen before according to daily news reports and information provided by Indian ICMIF member and ICMIF Foundation project partner the DHAN Foundation. The ICMIF Foundation has launched an appeal to ICMIF members to […]

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Sygeforsikringen “danmark” donates DKK 150 million to research projects on health and prevention

Danish ICMIF member Sygeforsikringen “danmark” has recently announced a programme through which it will donate DKK 150 million (USD 24.6 million) of its investment surplus in grants towards projects working in workplace health research, information and prevention. Sygeforsikringen “danmark” says it wants to give back to Denmark and so contribute to the society in which […]

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Ecclesiastical Insurance Group launches the Movement for Good awards 2021

For the third year running, UK-based ICMIF member Ecclesiastical Insurance Group is giving away GBP 1 million to charities with the return of its Movement for Good awards. From today, brokers can nominate a charitable cause close to their hearts for a potential GBP 1,000 award to help make a difference. Last year, Ecclesiastical says, […]

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Finnish high schools receive a large book donation from LocalTapiola to increase young people’s awareness of climate change

Finnish ICMIF member the LocalTapiola Group in partnership with two forestry organisations in Finland – Metsänomistajat (Forest Owners) MTK-säätiö (MTK Foundation) – are donating books on climate change to every Finnish high school during the month of May 2021. The aim of the book donation is to increase young people’s awareness of climate change and […]

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The P&V tower in Brussels lit up in the colours of the rainbow in support of a more inclusive society

In support of Belgian Pride 2021, the exterior of the P&V Group head office building will be lit up with a rainbow throughout this week. This is a way for the P&V Group to recall, as it has for several years now, the importance of equality, the fight against all forms of discrimination and the […]

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