Geneva (Switzerland)/Manchester (United Kingdom) – Wednesday 8 March 2023: On International Women’s Day, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through its Insurance & Risk Finance Facility (IRFF) and the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) Foundation today launched the Call for Applications for the Insurance Innovation Challenge (IIC) Fund to promote innovative mutual insurance […]
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Manchester (UK), 16 January 2023: ICMIF members have USD 759 bn of assets under management in investments which are aligned to sustainable investment frameworks, according to the ICMIF Members Sustainable Investment Report 2022 launched by the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) today. The report’s data shows how the Federation’s members are collectively investing […]
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Manchester (UK) Wednesday 7 December 2022: New research from the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) found that in 2020, 27.8% of directors serving on ICMIF members’ boards were women, this is ahead of the financial industry average of 23.3% in 2020* and the insurance industry average of 26% in 2019**. This is a […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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