ICMIF press releases

UK mutual and cooperative insurers significantly outperformed their peers in the total UK insurance market in 2021

UK mutual and cooperative insurers significantly outperformed their counterparts in the total UK insurance market in 2021, according to the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation’s latest UK Market InSights, a joint report by ICMIF and the Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM). The sector saw annual growth of 17.1% in FY 2021, compared to total […]

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Rob Wesseling of Co-operators appointed new Chair of ICMIF

Rome, Italy, Wednesday 26 October 2022: The International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) today announced that Rob Wesseling, President and CEO, Co-operators (Canada) will be the Federation’s new Chair for a four-year term. The announcement was made during the Federation’s General Meeting on Wednesday 26 October which took place during the ICMIF Centenary Conference […]

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New Innovation Challenge Fund to boost financial resilience of low-income populations in developing countries

UNDP and the ICMIF Foundation are launching a new mechanism to promote innovative mutual insurance schemes to better protect the most vulnerable in developing countries Rome (Italy) Tuesday 25 October 2022: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) Foundation today launched the Insurance Innovation Challenge Fund. The […]

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Record number of conference delegates head to Rome to celebrate ICMIF’s centenary

Rome (Italy) Monday 24 October 2022: This week, over 400 leaders from the global mutual and cooperative insurance sector will meet in Rome (Italy) for the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) Centenary Conference. Founded in Rome in 1922, ICMIF is the global association for cooperative and mutual insurers. As a membership organisation, the […]

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ICMIF’s team goes from strength to strength

Manchester (UK) Thursday 7 July 2022: Following the addition of 15 new member organisations in 2021, ICMIF is delighted to announce the further strengthening of its team with three internal promotions and two new appointments this summer, all of which will further increase ICMIF’s ability to service the needs of its growing global membership. Internal […]

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Mutual insurers in Europe outperform the overall European market with record share of total market premiums

Manchester (UK) Thursday 9 June 2022: The share of the total European insurance market held by mutual and cooperative insurers has increased to a record high of 33.4%, according to the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation’s latest Mutual Market Share report, marking a 9.2 percentage-point increase from the first available market share figure (24.2%) […]

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Stronger than ever, ICMIF celebrates 100 years of promoting and protecting purpose-led insurers

Manchester (UK) Thursday 7 April 2022: As the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) begins its centenary celebrations on Monday 25 April to mark the Federation’s inception in Rome on the same date back in 1922, Hilde Vernaillen the current President and CEO of one of its founding members, the P&V Group (Belgium) reflects […]

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Seventy per cent of ICMIF members exceeded their local market’s annual growth in the last financial year

Manchester (UK) Thursday 7 April 2022: Seventy per cent of ICMIF members exceeded their local market’s annual growth over the last financial year, according to the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation’s latest edition of the ICMIF Members: Key Statistics report. These results follow positive findings from our recent ICMIF Members Sustainable Investment Report 2021, […]

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New ICMIF report confirms USD 576 bn of its members assets are aligned to sustainable investment frameworks

Manchester (UK) Thursday 31 March 2022: ICMIF members have USD 576 bn of assets under management in investments aligned to sustainable investment frameworks, according to the ICMIF Members Sustainable Investment Report 2021 launched by the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) today. The report’s data shows how the Federation’s members are collectively investing USD […]

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Mutual and cooperative insurers demonstrate targeted climate change impact at the 76th President of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly

Manchester (UK) Tuesday 26 October 2021: The Chair of the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) will reveal later today during a high-level UN panel discussion as part of the 76th President of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, how the Federation’s members are collectively investing some USD 570 billion in responsible investments, such […]

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