Listen to Melina Morrison, BCCM CEO, discussing insurance mutuals on ABC Radio Sydney (Breakfast) with Josh Zepps, Friday, 5 July 2019. Looking at pulling risks and creating a model that is focussed on protecting and benefiting Member creating an alternative risk management system.
2019 sees The Retail Mutual mark its twentieth year of providing an alternative to traditional insurance for independent retailers.
The Retail Mutual began life in 1999 as a small, specialist provider of business cover specifically to retail newsagents. As the sector evolved, so too did the Mutual, expanding first to meet the needs of the wider convenience retail sector before opening its doors in 2017 to the whole spectrum of independent retail shops and service providers on our high streets. Regis Mutual Management has been managing the Mutual since 2007.
On 1 April 2019, Employsure Mutual Limited officially opened its doors to new Members.
Employsure Mutual is a mutual established in Australia by Employsure Pty Ltd for its clients – small and medium sized businesses to whom the company provides comprehensive support and advice for the management of employment relations and workplace health and safety compliance, disputes and related matters.
Nexus have been working with Regis Mutual Management to develop a new mutual offering smart contract cover to secure risk and protect against bugs in smart contract codes. Regis have been working with Nexus to explore mutuality and how it can be used to redesign insurance.
Nexus Mutual uses the power of Ethereum so people can share risk together without the need for an insurance company.