Commission I: Promotion
Promotion promotes the mutual/cooperative business model and strengthens the brand. It also organises the Congress which takes place every two years.
Overview
AMICE’s governance structure consists of statutory organs, thematic Working Groups, discussion forums and focused Task Forces.
Board
The Board, comprised of up to 20 members, meets at least twice a year. It is responsible for managing the activities of the Association and ensuring that the activities are in line with the purpose of the Association and the resolutions passed by the General Meeting.
BOARD MEMBERS
Virginia Antonini
Group Head of Sustainability, Press Office and Corporate Communication, Reale Mutua (IT)
Spiros Barkouzos
CEO, Syneteristiki (EL)
Stephane Cossé
Director of Public Affairs, Covéa (FR)
Tom De Troch
CEO, Fédérale Assurance (BE)
Klaus Endres
Board Member with responsibility for property and casualty insurance and passive reinsurance, R+V Versicherung (DE)
Cornélia Federkeil
Secretary General, AAM (FR)
Klaus-Jürgen Heitmann
CEO, HUK-Coburg (DE)
John Kearns
CEO, IPB Insurance CLG (IE)
Allan Luplau
CEO, Sygeforsikringen “Danmark” (DK)
Robert Otto
Member of Executive Board, Achmea (NL)
Galit Saar
Head of Group Regulatory Affairs/Senior Advisor, Länsforsäkringar AB (SE)
Ana Vicente
Director General, Mutua dos Pescadores (PT)
Belinda Walther Weger
Head of Public Affairs, Swiss Mobiliar (CH)
Executive Committee
The Board has an Executive Committee, composed of seven of its members, which prepares the Board meetings and supports the Secretary General.
Nomination Committee
The Nomination Committee is composed of the President of the Association and a maximum of six representatives of the full members from different countries. It ensures the formal and transparent procedure for appointing Board members, including balanced representation.
General Meeting
The Association’s supreme governing body is the General Meeting composed of all members. It meets at least once a year.
The General Meeting, upon proposal of the Nomination Committee, elects the President, the Vice-Presidents, the Treasurer and the other Board members.
The President of the Association is the Chair of the Board and of the General Meeting. Like all Board members, he/she is appointed for a period of three years, renewable twice for the same period of time. The President is assisted by one or two Vice-Presidents and a Treasurer.
Commissions
AMICE’s work with its members is structured into three Commissions:
Each Commission has a series of working groups, project groups, task forces and forums in which AMICE members meet with the Secretariat to develop positions and activities.
By coming together, the AMICE community receives updates on relevant European Union legislative developments and contributes to the collective mutual sector response, through AMICE, to these developments.
Members have a crucial and active role in driving AMICE’s Commissions, helping the mutual/cooperative sector to speak with a single collective voice.
Commissions also help the flow of developments and information from the national level to EU level and give members the opportunity to meet peers and exchange expertise and best practice.
Commission II: Advocacy
Advocacy acts to ensure fair treatment of mutual/cooperatives insurers within the development of European policy and regulation, across many policy areas.
Commission III: Assistance
Assistance assists members, particularly small and medium-sized insurance undertakings, to be successful through knowledge and cooperation.
Working Groups
Promotion: Communications Working Group.
Advocacy: Regulatory Affairs Working Group; Pensions Working Group: Prudential Regulation Working Group; Accounting Working Group.
Assistance: Sustainability Working Group.
AMICE provides a platform for mutual and cooperative insurers of all sizes to combine resources, expertise and the exchange of experiences from across the European Union.
AMICE supports its membership with a variety of services including events, analysis, publications and online platforms. It also manages a Twitter and Linked-in feed.
Task Forces/Forums
Promotion: Associations Meeting.
Advocacy: Recovery and Resolution Task Force; Motor Task Force; VAT Task Force.
Assistance: Health Forum; Reinsurance Forum.