ICMIF member Professional Provident Society (PPS) is a South African mutual financial services company focused solely on products that are specifically tailored to meet the needs of graduate professionals. PPS has expanded its Profit-Share benefits to personal insurance products offered by PPS Short-term Insurance to members with qualifying products. This benefit, which is unique to […]
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ICMIF member LähiTapiola is the first Finnish company to sign 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 the Paris Climate Agreement and provide an international framework for the development of responsible business. The principles emphasise the role of […]
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ICMIF member Royal London (UK) has launched a new Social Impact Report, which details the mutual insurer’s approach to social impact, as well as its themes, commitments, and how these align to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As a member-owned and independent business, putting members and customers first is in Royal London’s DNA: […]
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The consequences of the ongoing coronavirus crisis continue to impact the French economy and many are forecasting that they will continue to do so into 2021, and therefore the purchasing power of the French people will be reduced. To support its members in this difficult period, ICMIF member MAIF has announced it will freeze its […]
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ICMIF member Länsförsäkringar was the only insurance company to be listed as one of Sweden’s 100 most attractive employers for young professionals. The Swedish mutual insurer was ranked 35th overall in the Young Professional Attraction Index 2020 survey, which maps what appeals and attracts young people in their choice of employer. Länsförsäkringar was also ranked […]
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Earlier this month, ICMIF member RAC (Australia) launched a new purpose, vision and mission, part of a wider transformation which will shape its future as an organisation, and guide its common goal for the greater good of over one million members. Since its foundation in 1905, the needs of its members and the Western Australian community have guided RAC WA (or the Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia). As a […]
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Japanese ICMIF members, Kokumin Kyosai Co-op and JCIF (Japan CO-OP Insurance Consumers’ Co-operative Federation), have donated 13,200 blue tarpaulins to the National Governors’ Association in Japan on 17 August 2020. Large-scale typhoons frequently strike the Japanese Archipelago every year, especially during September and October. Those typhoons cause great damage to the materials used for household […]
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New Zealand will be the first country in the world to require the financial sector to report on climate risks, the Minister for Climate Change James Shaw announced earlier this month. The announcement said that these changes build on the huge progress the New Zealand Government has made to tackle the climate crisis. “Today is […]
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Belgian ICMIF member the P&V Group has provided a budget of EUR 1 million to support 66 associations in Belgium which help young people and to reduce the educational gap. The budget has enabled 1,300 socially vulnerable young people to receive a new computer and guidance to strengthen their digital skills. The budget will be […]
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As a response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant economic impact, ICMIF member Income (Singapore) has extended the application period for its various coronavirus support schemes to next year (2021) to so that customers who have fallen on hard times can continue to stay insured. Income says it understands that the lives and […]
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