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
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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.
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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
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Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic
stakeholder control at 10.
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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
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Extraction
?
Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured
extraction judgment.
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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
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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.
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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
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Solidarity with the
Unemployed
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Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment,
and non-competes.
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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
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Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and
public obligations.
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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
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Market Conduct
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Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
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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
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Product Integrity
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Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
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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
|
Scale Integrity
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Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
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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
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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
Claims and Sources
Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.
* 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.
- Co-operative Insurance CompaniesGeneral web source · 58%
- Co-operative Insurance Companies insurance productsGeneral web source · 58%
- Addison County Chamber: Co-operative Insurance CompaniesGeneral web source · 58%
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.
- Co-operative Insurance CompaniesGeneral web source · 58%
- Co-operative Insurance Companies insurance productsGeneral web source · 58%
- Addison County Chamber: Co-operative Insurance CompaniesGeneral web source · 58%
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.
- Co-operative Insurance CompaniesGeneral web source · 58%
- Co-operative Insurance Companies insurance productsGeneral web source · 58%
- Addison County Chamber: Co-operative Insurance CompaniesGeneral web source · 58%
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.
- Co-operative Insurance CompaniesGeneral web source · 58%
- Co-operative Insurance Companies insurance productsGeneral web source · 58%
- Addison County Chamber: Co-operative Insurance CompaniesGeneral web source · 58%
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