ICMIF member Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (Canada) has introduced a new digital educational platform to help their valued broker partners sell and service Wawanesa’s products and services with their customers. With the official launch on 7 January 2021, the new platform will be available to all Wawanesa broker partners and their team members, and will […]
Read MoreDespite the impact of COVID-19 both on working conditions and exposures – and with discussions of the latter largely deferred until after 1 January treaty renewals – reinsurers have largely arrested the persistent downward trends which characterised recent years. For buyers, terms and conditions have overall been less onerous than initially feared again revealing the […]
Read MoreNew Zealand ICMIF member MAS has been awarded the Consumer NZ People’s Choice Award for its house, car, contents and life insurance – for a fifth consecutive year. The awards are based on Consumer NZ’s customer satisfaction surveys, conducted with their members and supporters. MAS topped the surveys by a large margin, with overall satisfaction […]
Read MoreOn 21 December 1945, the cooperative insurer and ICMIF member Sancor Seguros was formed in the town of Sunchales (Argentina). Now, 75 years later, Sancor Seguros has celebrated its anniversary with two events. A formal ceremony was held on the morning of 21 December 2020, which brought together government authorities, the President and CEO of […]
Read MoreICMIF Supporting Member AM Best has maintained its market segment outlook on the global reinsurance industry at stable for 2021, citing factors that include positive pricing momentum, combined with tighter terms and conditions, offset somewhat by uncertainty with regard to claims reserve development associated with previous years’ property catastrophe events; social inflation; and more recently, […]
Read MoreJapanese ICMIF member Zenkyoren (National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives), which belongs to the JA (Japan Agricultural Cooperatives) Group has announced that the virtual reality (VR) equipment developed by the cooperative insurer to help prevent accidents in agricultural workplaces has been recognised in the Good Design Awards 2020 from the Japan Institute of Design […]
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