When added to the millions of people in emerging countries who rely on more informal, community-run insurance arrangements, the true scale and impact of this type of insurance becomes apparent.Д¬ooperatives and mutuals were originally founded to bring people together in response to deprivation, exclusion and inequality caused by seismic technological and economic changes in the nineteenth century. More than 900 million people worldwide are served by mutual, cooperative or other forms of member-owned insurers. The simple answer is that cooperative and mutual insurers are playing an increasingly pivotal role in terms of creating a safer, fairer world. What is the role of cooperative and mutual insurers toward building a sustainable world?

Due to the diverse nature of ICMIFвЂ™s global network, members have access to global knowledge from connections with fellow ICMIF members, and due to the lack of competition existing between members operating in different markets, can exchange in an open and honest manner. ICMIFвЂ™s members are predominantly national but look to their international peers within the ICMIF membership to assist in developing and growing their businesses by sharing best practices, strategies and innovations that work for mutuals and cooperatives. Trust and mutual support are the hallmarks of the relationships that exist between ICMIF members they enable meaningful exchanges which range from strategic learning and staff development to benchmarking and joint business ventures. Spread across almost 70 countries, ICMIF member organisations are collaborative by nature and typically outperform their national markets. It is, however, united by the membersвЂ™ mutualist values and an enduring spirit of solidarity. ICMIFвЂ™s network is diverse in terms of size of organisation and the many different business lines offered by our 204 member organisations around the world. ICMIFвЂ™s purpose is to help its member organisations achieve their strategic goals and sustainably grow in their markets by leveraging the knowledge, competencies and experience of ICMIFвЂ™s global network and to represent the sectorвЂ™s interests to key stakeholders. ICMIF Communications Forum The International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) will celebrate its centenary next year and is the worldвЂ™s only global network for the cooperative and mutual insurance sector.

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