Co-operative Insurance Companies

member-owned regional mutual insurer

Co-operative Insurance Companies

Industry Insurance

A member-owned Vermont and New Hampshire property-and-casualty insurer selling farm, home, auto, business, and umbrella insurance through local agents. Co-operative Insurance Companies scores well because ownership is comparatively aligned and governance has stronger accountability than peers, and no current penalty outweighs that structure.

Why this matters: Co-operative Insurance is an A-grade insurance anchor because member ownership, regional accountability, loss prevention, and ordinary household coverage make risk protection less extractive than shareholder insurance.

Letter grade A Good Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1

Final Score 51* A - Good

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

Base Material51
Bonus+0
Cap66No structure cap
After Cap51
Penalties0
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Evaluation Overview

A - Good

The score turns mainly on Ownership; no penalty currently dominates the evaluation.

Strengths

  • Ownership8/10
  • Governance7/10
  • Extraction7/10

Penalties

  • No penalties applied in this version.

Evidence state

  • ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
  • ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
  • Linked claims4
  • Direct axis claims4
  • Coverage4/9

Scoring Axes

Axis Score Why this score
Ownership
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Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.
8 / 10

Co-operative Insurance Companies is described as member-owned and member-committed, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment compared with shareholder insurance carriers.

Linked evidence
  • Co-operative Insurance Companies is described as member-owned and member-committed, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment compared with shareholder insurance carriers. [1]
Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic stakeholder control at 10.
7 / 10

Co-operative Insurance Companies is described as member-owned and member-committed, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment compared with shareholder insurance carriers.

Linked evidence
  • context Co-operative Insurance Companies is described as member-owned and member-committed, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment compared with shareholder insurance carriers. [1]
Extraction
?
Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.
7 / 10

Co-operative Insurance Companies is described as member-owned and member-committed, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment compared with shareholder insurance carriers.

Linked evidence
  • context Co-operative Insurance Companies is described as member-owned and member-committed, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment compared with shareholder insurance carriers. [1]
  • context The company’s regional mutual structure and local-agent model align its insurance conduct more closely with policyholders than a remote shareholder insurer, though policyholders still do not appear to exercise full cooperative workplace control. [2]
Labor Sovereignty
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Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at 7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling, retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of worker voice, or extreme turnover.
5 / 7

Co-operative Insurance Companies is described as member-owned and member-committed, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment compared with shareholder insurance carriers.

Linked evidence
  • context Co-operative Insurance Companies is described as member-owned and member-committed, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment compared with shareholder insurance carriers. [1]
Solidarity with the Unemployed
?
Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.
5 / 7

Co-operative Insurance emphasizes local agents, loss prevention, and fast and fair claims service, is relevant to Loss-Bearing Fidelity and Market Conduct credit because the insurer invests…

Linked evidence
  • context Co-operative Insurance emphasizes local agents, loss prevention, and fast and fair claims service, is relevant to Loss-Bearing Fidelity and Market Conduct credit because the insurer invests in preventing and resolving losses rather than merely collecting premiums. [3]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.
6 / 7

Co-operative Insurance emphasizes local agents, loss prevention, and fast and fair claims service, is relevant to Loss-Bearing Fidelity and Market Conduct credit because the insurer invests…

Linked evidence
  • Co-operative Insurance emphasizes local agents, loss prevention, and fast and fair claims service, is relevant to Loss-Bearing Fidelity and Market Conduct credit because the insurer invests in preventing and resolving losses rather than merely collecting premiums. [3]
Market Conduct
?
Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
5 / 5

The company’s regional mutual structure and local-agent model align its insurance conduct more closely with policyholders than a remote shareholder insurer, though policyholders still do not appear to exercise full cooperative workplace control.

Linked evidence
  • The company’s regional mutual structure and local-agent model align its insurance conduct more closely with policyholders than a remote shareholder insurer, though policyholders still do not appear to exercise full cooperative workplace control. [2]
Product Integrity
?
Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
4 / 5

Co-operative Insurance sells ordinary farm, home, auto, business, umbrella, and related insurance products in Vermont and New Hampshire, making the product category directly relevant to household risk protection.

Linked evidence
  • Co-operative Insurance sells ordinary farm, home, auto, business, umbrella, and related insurance products in Vermont and New Hampshire, making the product category directly relevant to household risk protection. [4]
Scale Integrity
?
Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
4 / 5

Co-operative Insurance Companies is described as member-owned and member-committed, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment compared with shareholder insurance carriers.

Linked evidence
  • context Co-operative Insurance Companies is described as member-owned and member-committed, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment compared with shareholder insurance carriers. [1]
  • context Co-operative Insurance sells ordinary farm, home, auto, business, umbrella, and related insurance products in Vermont and New Hampshire, making the product category directly relevant to household risk protection. [4]

Penalties

No penalties applied in this version.

Bonus Credits

No bonus credits applied in this version.

Confidence Basis

Confidence Basis

Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.

Medium 68/100

4 verified linked claims 4 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 4/9 components covered

This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.

Claim confidence 18/20

4 verified linked claims

Source quality 10/18

Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability

Direct axis-specific claims 6/18

4 direct claims across 9 active components

Dispute load 12/12

0 disputed claims on this entity

Recency 10/10

Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026

Reviewer status 7/12

Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding

Component coverage 4/10

4/9 evidence-bearing components have direct support

Evidence State

Evidence State

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending
VerificationUnverified
ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
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Claims and Sources

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* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
1Co-operative Insurance Companies is described as member-owned and member-committed, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment compared with shareholder insurance carriers.

Ownership Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

2The company’s regional mutual structure and local-agent model align its insurance conduct more closely with policyholders than a remote shareholder insurer, though policyholders still do not appear to exercise full cooperative workplace control.

Market Conduct Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

3Co-operative Insurance emphasizes local agents, loss prevention, and fast and fair claims service, is relevant to Loss-Bearing Fidelity and Market Conduct credit because the insurer invests in preventing and resolving losses rather than merely collecting premiums.

Loss Bearing Fidelity Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

4Co-operative Insurance sells ordinary farm, home, auto, business, umbrella, and related insurance products in Vermont and New Hampshire, making the product category directly relevant to household risk protection.

Product Integrity Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

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