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An insurance system in which the insured persons become company members, each paying specified amounts into a common fund from which members are entitled to indemnification in case of loss.


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Mutual insurance is a type of insurance where those protected by the insurance (policyholders) also have certain "ownership" rights in the organization. These "ownership" rights typically consist of the ability to elect the management of the organization and to participate in a distribution of any net assets or surplus should the organization cease doing business. Historically, insurance began in the USA through a mutual (or cooperative) structure. Recently, some insurance companies have gone through demutualization and become public companies in an effort, among other things, to improve their ability to acquire capital.

The global trade association for the industry, the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation, claims 206 members in 72 countries, in turn representing 400 insurers.[1]

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List of mutual insurance companies

Germany

Members of "Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Versicherungsvereine auf Gegenseitigkeit e.V"

Japan

Spain

United Kingdom[2]

United States

List of demutualized insurance companies

Japan

  • Daido Life Insurance Company
  • The Kyoei Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd.
  • Mitsui Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
  • Taiyo Life Insurance Company
  • Yamato Life Insurance Company

South Africa

United Kingdom

United States

List of defunct mutual insurance companies

Japan

  • Chiyoda Mutual Life Insurance Company
  • Daihyaku Life Insurance Company
  • Daiichi Mutual Fire & Marine Insurance Company
  • Nissan Mutual Life Insurance Company
  • Toho Mutual Life Insurance company
  • Tokyo Mutual Life Insurance Company

References

  1. ^ ICMIF: Members list. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.
  2. ^ AMI members. Association of Mutual Insurers. Retrieved on August 24, 2008. A longer list of UK mutual insurers.

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