SURCO was established as a joint effort between important Uruguayan cooperatives, supported and advised by prestigious insurance cooperatives in America and Europe. It had its beginnings in life insurance and officially began operating on 9 September 1992. SURCO inherited from its founders a commitment to the national market, shaped by more than 50 years of […]
IYC Contest Takes Flight at The Co-operators
The Co-operators Group Ltd launched a national contest for all staff to build awareness for the International Year of Co-operatives. The main objective of this interactive contest is to increase staff understanding of the co-operative business model and demonstrate how these points of differentiation are advantageous in the competitive marketplace. Contenders including staff, advisors and […]
The Co-operators Brand Campaign Focuses on Co-operative Principles
Throughout the past decade The Co-operators Group Limited’s television commercials have highlighted various core brand attributes of the organization such as caring, trustworthy, honest, friendly, community-minded, etc. In Its in Our Name they highlight the fact that The Co-operators is a co-operative using that as a foundation for what differentiates The Co-operators from its competitors […]
The Co-operators Group Ltd
The Co-operators is a leading Canadian-owned, multi-product insurance and financial services organization with more than $40.3 billion in assets under administration. Within our three core areas of operation Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance, Life insurance, and institutional investments we employ 5,017 staff members. We are supported by 512 exclusive agents with 688 retail […]
CARD MBA’s microinsurance model takes hold across Asia
I guess we are very lucky in the Philippines because our government the Insurance Commission – has been very supportive in the kind of work that we do, says Aris Alip. They believe that empowering the poor through owning microinsurance companies is the best manifestation of poverty eradication. Alip is the managing director of […]
CARD Mutual Benefit Association
The Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD) was established in 1986 as a non-profit, non-political foundation. On April 1988 it started its operations with a training and livelihood assistance program for landless coconut workers. In January 1989, CARD pilot-tested a modified Grameen Bank scheme in four villages of San Pablo City, Laguna. The results […]
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