Manchester, 13.10.2017 – The UK mutual insurance sector continued to outperform the rest of the UK insurance market in 2016, according to the latest financial research from the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF). The Market InSights: UK 2016 report will be officially launched next week at ICMIF’s Biennial Conference in London, attended by […]

Manchester, UK, Wednesday 20 September 2017: The global mutual and cooperative insurance community, represented by the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF), and the European mutual and cooperatives sector, represented by the Association of Mutual Insurers and Insurance Cooperatives in Europe (AMICE), welcomes the application paper issued yesterday by the International Association of Insurance […]

Manchester, UK, Monday 17 July 2017: A first-of-its-kind report on mutual and cooperative microinsurance in India entitled The missing chapter of microinsurance in India: a diagnostic of mutuals has today been published by the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) and Insurance Institute of India (III). This country diagnostic study was conducted as part […]

Manchester, UK, Friday 30 June 2017: In 2017 the International Day of Cooperatives will be celebrated on Saturday 1 July with the theme “Cooperatives ensure no one is left behind”. Shaun Tarbuck, Chief Executive of the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF – the insurance sectoral body of the ICA) says: “Around the world […]

Manchester, UK, Tuesday 13 June 2017: Mutual and cooperative insurers wrote a record EUR 406 billion (USD 453.8 billion) in premiums in 2015 and claimed more than 31% of the total insurance market in Europe, according to a report published today by the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF). The Market InSights: Europe 2015 […]

Manchester, UK, Thursday 25 May 2017: Shaun Tarbuck, Chief Executive of the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) yesterday addressed the Risk Transfer and Insurance for Resilience Working Session at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (Global Platform) in Cancun, Mexico. Both the Sendai Agreement and the 2030 Agenda, he said, demanded greater […]

Manchester, UK, Tuesday 15 March 2017: Recent research carried out by the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) on gender diversity at board, CEO and senior management level demonstrates that cooperative and mutual insurers – and particularly ICMIF member organisations – are leading the way in diversity. More and more women are leading mutual […]