Weavers Way Cooperative Association exists to provide commercial and community services for the greater good of its members and community, to champion the cooperative model and to strengthen the local economy. We currently operate two grocery stores, Urban Farms focused on production and education, within the city limits of Philadelphia, and a non-profit arm that […]
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 […]
Metal Working in the Austrian Alps
Surrounded by jagged snow-capped peaks year-round, the Stubai Valley in the Austrian Alps is known for skiing, hikingand steel manufacturing. Starting in the 14th century, iron ore deposits were mined here, sparking the valleys nascent iron production and manufacturing industry. Now, the valley, which has a population of just 14,000, processes several thousand tons of […]
Rise and Shine youth co-operative
Khotso, pula, nala peace, rain, prosperity is the motto of the mountainous, landlocked Kingdom of Lesotho. Despite having been inhabited by the British, fought over by the Boers, then by its own people, this diamond-rich highland country has been at peace since 1999. With 40 per cent of its population living below the […]
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 […]
Colline Giovani – “Youth Hills”
The Consortium Sol.Co. – Sicilian Social Enterprise Network works to achieve integration, promotion, interaction and quality assurance of social work throughout the territory. In June 2010, through an open tender, the Consortium was awarded a ten-year management contract of a property confiscated from the mafia. The property is now called “Youth Hills” and will be […]
Youngest cooperative in Lower-Austria supports members and the region
Nearly every tourist who visits Lower Austria stops for a pleasant stay in Wachau. The unique cultural landscape around the Danube is characterized by steep vineyards, which are edged from natural stone walls and bordered by apricot trees. Wachaus wine is famous all around the world. The apricot trees excite visitors in the springtime with […]