We are very pleased to announce we are a Business Buddy for The Hygiene Bank (Tonbridge). This worthwhile charity helps to ensure that those living in poverty and can’t afford the basics can be clean and live a dignified life. This partnership means staff can make a real impact in the community, supporting one of our corporate values of empowerment.
1. Who are the Association of Financial Mutual’s (AFM)?
We are a trade association, representing mutual insurers, friendly societies and not-for-profit healthcare providers.
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.
The mutual and cooperative insurance market has been the fastest-growing part of the global insurance industry in the 10-year period since the global financial crisis, according to the Global Mutual Market Share 10 report launched today by the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF). This is a special 10 year anniversary edition of the report.
Many of our members have asked how Brexit will affect Mutuals. As Brexit continues to give the finance markets challenges and instability, Mutuals remain a trusted and stable alternative for risk management.
Regis Mutual Management was proud to be included in the Parliamentary Review, highlighting best practice in the industry. Read the full here or below.
Established 10 years ago, Regis Mutual Management (Regis) has ushered in a compelling new era for mutuality at a critical time for the UK financial services community and the
economy at large. Set against the context of uncertainty following the 2008 banking crisis, its mutual model gave customers choice for those who were tired with the status quo of rising costs without receiving proper benefits. The company has grown across industry sectors over the last decade, and its international growth has helped contribute to Britain’s business leadership on the world stage. On this matter, CEO Paul Koronka has more to say.
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In July, we were lucky enough to have a visit from Blesma, the Military Charity for Limbless Veterans. And that’s when we met Hari.
It’s not every day you meet someone like Hari. Born in Nepal to a farming family, Hari grew up in a remote area, where he established a sense of determination from a young age. School was a 45-minute, barefoot walk from his village.