Community Credit Cooperative(CC, Saemaul Geumgo) CC had its beginning with five credit cooperatives, established in Gyeongsangnam-do in 1963. CC, as a financial cooperative, inherits the spirit of mutual help, which is also a main source of Gye, Hyangyak, Dure and has been playing not only economic functions of credit and insurance service but also social […]
Coomeva
Coomeva es la unión de profesionales más importante de Colombia, que se asocian para acceder solidariamente a servicios de bienestar para ellos y sus familias. La misión de Coomeva es contribuir al desarrollo integral del asociado y su familia, al fortalecimiento del Sector Cooperativo y a la construcción de capital social en Colombia. El 4 […]
‘Wish Saemaul Geumgo Cooperative Movement to become seeds of hope in Myanmar’
“Myanmarese competent participants took education on Saemaul Geumgo Movement” Nine former and current officials from Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation of Myanmar visited Saemaul Geumgo and took training workshop to promote Saemaul Geumgo Movement in Myanmar. Saemaul Geumgo development model has two pillars. One is sustainable financial development stressing savings and the other is […]
Is Your Insurance Sustainable?
Sustainable design, sustainable agriculture, sustainable energy: all fairly familiar concepts these days. But what about sustainable insurance? The Co-operators Group, a Canadian-owned insurance and financial services organization, is at the forefront of bringing the principles of sustainability to financial products. “There is so much dialogue about sustainability around the globe,” explains Kathy Bardswick, the President […]
The Co-operators Group
The Co-operators Group Limited is a third-tier cooperative whose member-owners include cooperative organizations and credit union centrals around Canada. It provides insurance and financial services in three core areas (property and casualty insurance, life insurance and institutional investments) and has more than $35.1 billion in assets under administration and 4,632 employees. The Co-operators protects over […]
Turkey’s First Insurance Cooperative
Although insurance cooperatives have long been active in many countries around the world, they are a new phenomenon in Turkey, only recently given legal permission to exist. Koru Sigorta (Koru Insurance Cooperative), established in 2011, is the first and, so far the only, insurance cooperative in Turkey, and is growing rapidly. Cooperatives do have a […]
TIP Friendly Society
TIP Friendly Society (TIP) is an organization that caters to the insurance needs of persons employed in the field of education in Jamaica; with the objective being to improve the economic, social and health status of members, staff and the wider community, by providing thrift and credit facilities, sickness, accident and death benefits.
How to TIP friendly into cooperatives
Not long ago, Chuck Gould, ICA Director-General, told a co-operative symposium in Jamaica: “We need a more balanced and a more sustainable economic model and the co-operative model is a sustainable part of that solution. One member of that very audience has been doing much to prove that the co-operative model is the way forward […]
Innovating to help the community
Since its incorporation in 1963, Cooperativa de Seguros Múltiples has been recognized for its commitment to strengthening the Puerto Rican cooperative movement and for its continuous contribution to the countrys social development. Its success is due in part to developing products which meet the needs of the market, and it is now extending its work […]