Newsletters

Mutually Inclusive, December 2020

In this issue:

• Communication from the AFM C-Suite
• What does it mean to be authentic?
• Can’t hear you – you’re on mute!
• Beyond Diversity and Inclusion: serving the underserved
• AFM’s new Associate Member: Altus Consulting
• News from our members
• Events and training
• Christmas Cheer

Mutually Inclusive

A new name, reinforcing traditional principles

In this issue:

• Communication from the AFM C-Suite
• AFM Connect – a round-up and first look at feedback
• The AFM AGM approves the AFM Board, 2020-2021
• Doing what’s right
• Mutuality when it’s needed most
• AFM’s new Associate Member, Grant Thornton
• Board composition: enhancing the value of Mutuality
• News from our members
• AFM in the press
• Events and training

Mutually Yours, August 2020

Included in this issue:

• Communication from the AFM C-Suite
• Key Statistics 2019/20
• AFM Connect & AGM
• How with-profits funds help investors weather stormy markets
• The impact of Mutuality in times of need
• Covid through the eyes of a CEO (and the future of IP)
• Building capability for tomorrow’s world
• More news from our Members
• Is the office an analogue product in a digital world?
• Events and training

Mutually Yours, June 2020

Included in this month’s issue:

• Communication from the AFM C-Suite
• Organisational Resilience part 2: Repair and re-purpose
• Lessons from history: Coping in crisis
• Presenteeism: a hidden cost to employers
• News from our Members
• Shining the spotlight on Mutuals and Coronavirus
• We’re not in Kansas anymore
• Events & Training

Mutually Yours, April 2020

Included in this month’s issue:

• Communication from the AFM C-Suite
• Organisational Resilience: Part 1
• AGMs in lockdown
• Coronavirus: looking to the long term
• Operational Resilience: respond, recover and learn
• Managing survival instincts during market volatility
• AFM’s new Associate Member: River and Mercantile Solutions
• News from our Members
• Collective co-operation
• Events and Training

Mutually Yours, February 2020

Included in this month’s issue:

• Communication from the AFM C-Suite
• The big ethical challenges facing insurers in 2020
• How AFM ramped up engagement in 2019
• GDPR compliance – where are we now?
• AFM welcomes new Member, OneFamily
• AFM’s new Associate Member, Aberdeen Standard Investments
• News from our Members
• Striving for sustainability – AFM’s new Sustainability Charter
• Events & Training

Mutually Yours, December 2019

Included in this month’s issue:

• Communication from the AFM C-Suite
• Building a more financially self-reliant society
• Ownership Matters
• Investor Research: Insurers and Investment Risk
• What keeps insurance executives awake at night?
• Achieving an inclusive working environment for disabled people
• News from our Members
• Spark! Data IT survey results
• Events & Training

Mutually Yours, October 2019

Included in this month’s edition:

• Communication from AFM’s new Chair
• AFM’s Annual Conference – a brief round up, including a first look at feedback
• The AFM AGM approves the AFM Board, 2019-2020
• AFM welcome new Member, MDU
• Environmental, Social and Governance Risk Investing: An insurance perspective
• SMCR: Practical steps to ensure your senior manager’s application is approved by the regulator
• AFM’s new Associate Member, Russell Investments
• Surviving Economic Abuse – a checklist for insurers
• News from our Members
• Events & Training

Mutually Yours, August 2019

Included in this month’s edition:

• The Ownership Revolution
• The latest Sector stats
• Conference Countdown
• 7 Succession Planning Questions around Regulatory Interest, Expectations and Good Governance
• What’s the value of… The AFM Investment and Reporting Committee?
• Finding Value: How smaller insurers can compete
• The Big Exchange
• AFM welcomes two new Associate Members: Majesco and TLT Solicitors
• News from our Members
• Events & Training

Mutually Yours, June 2019

Included in this month’s edition:

• And we’re off! The race is on to register for this year’s Conference & AGM
• Mutuals contribute £133.5bn annually to the UK economy
• Income Protection claims paid are at a record level, but paying claims isn’t enough
• Sustainable Investing Question – is my fund doing harm or good?
• AFM welcomes its 50th Member: Education Mutual
• Credit Unions – mutually owned, cooperatively run

Mutually Yours, April 2019

Included this month’s edition:

• Broadening support for NEDs
• More claims than ever paid by AFM’s protection members
• Hacked off – Cyber Attacks and Cyber Risks
• Perils, Pitfall and Moments that Matter IWF Press Release and digital guide
• What about stress? Audio
• News from our members and other news, including: ICMIF 10 year Global Mutual Market Share Report

Mutually Yours, February 2019

In this month’s edition:

• View from the AFM C-Suite
• AFM’s new Corporate Governance Code
• Mutual developments and regulation across Europe
• Succession planning best practice for Financial Services
• The Loyal Company – its relevance reinforced
• Solvency II – a paradigm shift for mutual insurers
• AFM’s new Associate Member
• News from our Members
• Events