The International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) has confirmed that the second keynote speaker for the ICMIF Biennial Conference (12-15 November 2019) is Ian Taylor. Ian has been described as an ”exemplar of innovation in New Zealand”. The entrepreneur was awarded the 2019 New Zealand Innovator of the Year at the annual New Zealander […]
Every other year the ICMIF Asia and Oceania Association (AOA) organizes a Members’ Study Group Visit, one of the Association’s most important events. This time for 2019, the AOA Study Group visited NTUC Income (hereinafter referred to as “Income”), a Singaporean member organization and it was the fourth Members’ Study Group Visit. Excluding attendees from […]
According to ICMIF member Folksam (Sweden), the first round of its recent Tech Talent programme was a success and therefore the organisation is now investing in another round of the year-long introduction and development program. The Tech Talent programme aims to ensure growth and secure competence in building a modern financial company. “The outcome of our first […]
The Canadian financial cooperative Desjardins has this week announced that the fourth edition of the Cooperathon will kick off on 2 October 2019 from Montreal’s Olympic Stadium. The event is designed to bring hundreds of changemakers together to workshop entrepreneurial projects with strong potential for social impact. Kick-off (2 October) Day one of the event is open […]
The insurance sector is considerably less concerned about silent cyber exposures than it was in 2018, according to 2019 Silent Cyber Risk Outlook, the annual global survey published this week by ICMIF member Willis Re, the reinsurance division of Willis Towers Watson. The finding applies to all commercial lines of business and industry groups, says the report. The […]
The global reinsurance market as a whole has exhibited more underwriting control as evidenced by a holding back of capacity at the midyear 2019 renewals; however, questions remain over the sustainability of this newfound discipline, according to a new report from ICMIF Supporting Member AM Best. The new Best’s Market Segment Report, “Global Reinsurance: Fighting the […]
ICMIF member FMG’s financial year has been underlined by several milestones, led by the mutual insurer achieving 50% rural market share of the New Zealand for the first time in its 114-year history. It was also a record year for the number of claims settled and overall client growth says FMG (New Zealand) – with more and […]
Launched in June 2016, the ICMIF 5-5-5 Mutual Microinsurance Strategy (the “5-5-5”) aims to insure 5 million lives in five countries (Colombia, India, Kenya, the Philippines and Sri Lanka) over a period of five years. Latest data from ICMIF shows that since the 5-5-5 commenced, 1.7 million previously uninsured poor and vulnerable people have been provided with […]
Prevención Salud is the prepaid medicine company of ICMIF member Sancor Seguros (Argentina). The organisation was created by Sancor Seguros to as a way to take care of its members and improve their quality of life through the provision of comprehensive prevention services to member-policyholders of the Group. Prevención Salud offers its services throughout Argentina with a wide […]
Earlier this year ICMIF was asked by Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada (CMC) to provide data on the performance of the Canadian cooperative/mutual insurance sector to contribute to a report being published about the Canadian cooperative sector. At the Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada (CMC) National Congress 2019 in June, Scott Banda, Chief Executive officer of Federated Co-operatives Limited […]