Cooperative de Seguros Múltiples is one of the main property and contingency insurance providers in Puerto Rico. It has more than 150 authorized exclusive represenatatives and 11 branches across the entire island. The network of services offers 24 hour a day access via telephone and internet.
Myths, death and insurance
Many Salvadorians believe in myths. When it comes to insuring against death it is a difficult concept for these people because taking out this kind of insurance is seen as wishing someone will die. Nevertheless, for the many individuals from El Salvador who move north to the United States, death and, for some, the repatriation […]
Seguros Futuro, A.C. de R.L.
Seguros Futuros is the only insurance cooperative in El Salvador, operating in life and non-life insurance and developing financial education about microinsurance for its policy-holders.
Where cooperation, insurance and football combine
There are many measures of success. In Latin America, owning ones own football team has to be one of them especially when that football team wins the national league. By this measure, La Equidad Seguros is a success, just as it is by a number of others. With assets of $US135 million, it is one […]
CIC KENYA pays claims relating to post-election violence
Kenyan cooperative insurer, CIC Insurance Group, took a clear stand to pay claims resulting from losses due to political violence, unlike some insurance companies that have attached conditions to honoring such claims. Post-election related claims paid by the company amounted to about Kshs. 100 million (USD 1.2 million), mainly from small businesses owned by members […]
CIC Insurance Group
The CIC Insurance Group comprises CIC General Insurance limited,CIC Life Assurance limited and CIC Asset Management limited. The Company has been in operation for the last 33 years. CIC is owned by about 1,562 Co-operative Societies and around 3,875 individual Co-operators with the Co-operative Bank of Kenya Limited holding a 26% stake. CIC is the […]
Insuring the world’s soya beans
Paraguay is sometimes referred to as Corazón de América, or the Heart of America. While it has before boasted the fastest growing economy in the globe a large proportion of Paraguays population derives its income from agriculture, much of it from subsistence farming. Paraguay is also an important producer of soya beans, being the sixth […]
Aseguradora Tajy S.A. Propiedad Cooperativa
With 14 years in the Paraguayan market Aseguradora Tajy is one of the top companies in the Paraguayan cooperative movement. Aseguradora Tajy operates in life and non-life and is made up of 24 cooperatives.
Out of crisis rises P&V
When the P&V cooperative insurance group decided to double in size through the purchase of the brokers channel of INGs Belgium operations, it didn’t realise the Global Financial Crisis was about to descend upon it. If anything demonstrates the resilience of the cooperative insurance model, that moment was it. It took place on the eve […]
P&V Group
The P & V Group is a cooperative insurance group that was founded in 1907 with the aim of offering as many people as possible fair protection. Over the years, the group has grown steadily. Each brand and distribution channel which forms part of the P & V Group has their own identity. However, they […]