Newsletters

Mutually Inclusive, February 2023

In this edition:

• Calmer waters in 2023?
• In conversation with AFM’s CEO-Designate Andrew Whyte
• LV= makes a welcome return to AFM membership
• Exploring the ethics and economics of AI adoption in UK Insurance
• Mutual legislation takes next steps forward
• Celebrating the role of sales and marketing in meeting the Consumer Duty
• How wind farms can power returns for insurance companies
• Mutual Giving, Mutual News
• AFM Events & Training, with Spotlight on AFM’s Mutual Leadership Development Programme

Mutually Inclusive, December 2022

In this edition:

• Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth
• Can value measurements indicate good outcomes for consumers?
• The Autumn Statement: what it means for mutual insurers
• Why Mutuality matters
• AFM welcomes two new Associate Members, Invesco and Meiji Yasuda Europe
• The importance of refreshing your Board
• Are leaders ready to control the use of Artificial Intelligence in their organisations?
• Bringing people together to solve complex problems
• Mutual Giving, Mutual News
• Events & Training

Mutually Inclusive, October 2022

Included in this edition:

• One Bill you should be looking forward to this Autumn
• Meet the new AFM Board
• Q&A with the new AFM Chair, Stuart Tragheim
• A round-up of the AFM Annual Conference
• AFM welcomes two new Members, Foresters Financial and NACFB
• Custodians of tradition, drivers of change: Board responsibilities within mutual insurance societies
• CEO succession planning: when was the last time you reviewed your strategy?
• The need to act on climate change
• The value of AI in the Life and Pensions sector
• Mutual Giving, Mutual News
• Events

Mutually Inclusive, August 2022

In this edition:

• The economy needs a strong and effective mutual sector
• AFM Key Statistics 2021/22
• How to succeed in emerging Life and Pensions ecosystems
• FCA’s Consumer Duty and the impact on the boardroom
• AFM welcomes new Associate Member, Latcham
• Cognitive bias as a barrier to tackling climate change
• Inspiring better futures for the next generation
• Join us for the AFM Conference 2022
• Mutual Giving, Mutual News
• Events

Mutually Inclusive, June 2022

In this edition:

• Modernising legislation for mutual insurers and friendly societies
• Counting down to the 2022 AFM Conference & AGM
• Boldness, creativity and a mutual mindset – the driving force that’s needed right now
• Analysing Solvency and Financial Condition across AFM members
• The Consumer Duty Podcast: navigating the right path
• AFM welcomes two new Associate Members
• Sheffield Mutual’s approach to tackling climate change
• Mutual Giving, Mutual News
• Events and Training

Mutually Inclusive, April 2022

In this edition:

• All the right notes?
• Anytime working: re-establishing work-life boundaries in the age of hybrid working
• Investment allocation in a ‘managing COVID’ world: key insights from AFM members
• Strengthening the mutual sector, post the attempted demutualisation of LV=
• Mutual Giving, Mutual News
• Events and Training

Mutually Inclusive, February 2022

In this edition:

• On thin ice
• Planning for the new Consumer Duty
• Collaboration across the wider mutual sector
• A deeper dive into Operational Resilience
• Insurance Investment Outlook 2022
• Mutual Giving, Mutual News
• Events and Training

Mutually Inclusive, December 2021

In this edition:

• The Future for Mutuals
• Strength in collaboration
• Ecosystems: why they matter to insurers and the imperative for action
• UK with-profits funds: investment performance and strategy 2021
• Why Digital Transformation is a People Problem
• Mutual Giving, Mutual News
• Events and Training
• Christmas 21

Mutually Inclusive, October 2021

Included in this edition:

• Doing business the mutual way
• A round-up of the 2021 AFM Conference
• Meet the AFM Board
• AFM Key Statistic 2020/21
• The temperature’s rising on Climate Change
• Juggling the E, S and G: how insurers respond to different aspects of sustainable investment
• AFM welcomes a new Associate Member, Zenith Actuarial
• Mutual Giving, Mutual News
• Events and Training

Mutually Inclusive, August 2021

Included in this edition:

• Start with a skateboard
• Focusing on the future
• AFM Annual Conference 2021
• What drives ESG in insurance?
• AFM welcomes two new Associate Members
• Flexibility, Productivity and Wellbeing in the workplace
• Generating community investment as a not-for-profit

Mutually Inclusive, June 2021

Mutually Inclusive, April 2021