ICMIF press releases

ICMIF announces Chief Executive Officer succession plan as Shaun Tarbuck announces retirement

Manchester (UK) – Tuesday 11 July 2023: The International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) today announced that Shaun Tarbuck will retire from his current role as Chief Executive Officer in November 2024 after 28 years of service to the global Federation. It was also announced that Liz Green, Executive Vice-President, becomes CEO Designate with […]

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New Global Mutual Market Share research from ICMIF highlights the strength and resilience of the mutual and cooperative sector

Manchester (UK) – Monday 5 June 2023: In 2021, over 4,400 mutual insurers collectively wrote USD 1.42 trillion in insurance premiums, the highest level of premium volume ever recorded by the mutual sector, according to the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation’s latest Global Mutual Market Share report. ICMIF has today published the new Global […]

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EMC Insurance Companies to welcome over 80 (re)insurance leaders to the ICMIF Meeting of Reinsurance Officials this week

Manchester (UK) – Monday 5 June 2023: This week, over 80 leaders from the global mutual and cooperative insurance sector will meet in Des Moines, Iowa (USA) for the 2023 International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) Meeting of Reinsurance Officials (MORO). ICMIF is the global association for cooperative and mutual insurers. As a membership […]

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UNDP, ICMIF Foundation issue Call for Applications to insurers for innovative insurance schemes, boosting financial resilience in developing countries, especially for women

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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ICMIF member assets aligned to sustainable investment frameworks increase by 32% in 2022 to reach USD 759 billion

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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ICMIF members are ahead of the industry in gender diversity in board and CEO positions

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 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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