ICMIF webinars are organised exclusively for the benefit of ICMIF members, looking at current strategic issues and the latest trends impacting the cooperative/mutual insurance sector. They bring thought leadership and showcase best practice from ICMIF member organisations and prominent industry experts.
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Upcoming webinars
Upcoming: 8 July, 15:00-16:00 BST This webinar will explore how ICMIF members Co-operators, Gore Mutual and Wawanesa are addressing Canada’s wildfire vulnerabilities, and the complexities of providing affordable insurance, particularly for homes in high-hazard wildfire areas. Although these examples are drawn from Canada, the insights derived from them are applicable to a wide range of […]
Upcoming: 21 July, 15:00-16:00 BST The rapid deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) has outpaced the insurance market’s ability to address the unique risks it introduces. As organisations integrate generative and non-generative AI into customer interactions, decision-making and core operations, they may inadvertently expose themselves to a class of AI-native liabilities that traditional insurance policies may […]
Past webinars
In October 2019, ICMIF member Achmea (Netherlands) launched the Achmea Innovation Fund, a €100 million investment fund that will provide growth capital to promising businesses that support their cooperative identity and mission to contribute to a healthier, safer and future-proof society. The fund focuses on promising, fast-growing start-ups and scale-ups, often based on emerging technologies […]
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a focus for cooperative and mutual insurers. Many ICMIF members have already aligned their business strategies and integrated thinking with the SDGs. This webinar aims to help ICMIF members in Asia and Oceania (and globally) benchmark how they are embedding the SDGs. The webinar begins by looking at […]
In the lead up to the ICMIF Meeting of Reinsurance Officials (MORO), ICMIF Supporting Member Peak Re provides insights into reinsurers’ approach to pricing of property risk. According to a recent ‘Risk and Capital Management Strategy’ survey conducted jointly by ICMIF and Peak Re, reinsurance costs are a notable focus for many mutual insurers. This […]
A 2019 report, Mutual microinsurance and the Sustainable Development Goals: an impact assessment following Typhoon Haiyan, by The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), explored how mutual microinsurance, enabled by adequate regulation, can contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by increasing the protection and resilience of low-income communities. The report […]
In 2020, P&V (Belgium) launched a new on-demand and subscription-based bicycle insurance product, Vélo, the first of its kind in the Belgian market. Referred to by many as the “Netflix for insurance”, this unique offering combines some of the successful characteristics of the leading subscription-based streaming platform with the cooperative DNA of P&V. This webinar […]
Wawanesa’s award winning, Strategic Systems Renewal (SSR), was an enterprise-wide digital strategy transforming the way their P&C companies serve its customers and broker partners. This 10-year journey covered the entire insurance value chain with Guidewire’s InsuranceSuite at its core. Despite hurdles and challenges to implementation along the way, the completion of SSR has positioned Wawanesa […]
Investment in insurtech reached new heights in 2020. ‘Tech-first’ insurers continue to unlock new opportunities across the entire value chain and are growing at rates that make them increasingly difficult to ignore. And insurers, of all stripes and sizes, continue to pursue their digital transformation agendas with varying degrees of success. These are just a […]
The efficient use of resources is one of six target areas that underpins Folksam’s integrated sustainability efforts, with measurable objectives directly linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goal for responsible consumption and production (SDG 12): one of the six SDGs that Folksam focuses on. By promoting the development of circular economy and minimising the consumption […]
In November 2019, the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) began a multi-year collaboration to help address the urgent challenge of reducing disaster risks. Specifically, the collaboration aims to identify what is needed in practical terms to enable a shift within the insurance industry […]
In 2020, Danish ICMIF member LB Group launched a number of new features and innovations in its motor insurance offering. These included an on-demand insurance policy covering all types of car share schemes and rentals; discounted insurance cover for climate-friendly cars; and a new telematics driving app that aims to prevent traffic accidents. LB’s purpose […]