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PPS members share N$132 million profit

Adri Vermeulen, Chief Executive Officer of PPS Namibian

PPS Namibia, the largest mutual and cooperative insurer in operation, this week announced that its total share allocation towards its members for the financial year 2014 amounted to more than N$132 million.

Adri Vermeulen, Chief Executive of PPS Namibia, says members have benefited hugely from their ability to share in the profits of the company in recent years. “Over the last 10 years, PPS Namibia has allocated more than N$690 million to its members, making it by far the largest and most successful mutual company in Namibia.” According to Vermeulen, PPS Namibia managed to increase its total assets to N$879.4 million to reflect a 17.2% up-tick.
“Our members have a unique value proposition by belonging to PPS, as they receive all the profits of the company. Upon retirement, they qualify for a lump sum pay-out of all the accumulated profits,” says Vermeulen.
Since the onset of the financial crisis, global mutual and cooperative insurers have grown their premium income by 28% between 2007 and 2013, whilst the total insurance market only increased by 11% during the same period. According to Shaun Tarbuck, Chief Executive Officer at the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF), greater levels of trust and customer satisfaction associated with mutual and cooperative insurers has given them a competitive advantage against shareholder-owned insurers. “Our analytical research says that the mutual and cooperative sector has been the fastest-growing part of the global insurance industry since 2007. We are at the cutting edge of the insurance industry and certainly the recent growth in market share of the sector suggests that the public is beginning to recognise this as well.”
In addition to the profit allocation, Vermeulen says gross premium revenue rose 8,0% to N$109.7 million, while total gross benefits paid to members, including life, dread disease and disability claims amounted to N$47.9 million in 2014, an increase of 34,6% on the previous year. “We are extremely pleased with the performance of PPS Namibia during the last year. These results demonstrate the strength of members belonging to a mutual financial services company. As the PPS Namibia business continues to grow, our members benefit by receiving all of the profits of the company.”

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