verb
- converting a mutual organization (such as an insurance company or building society) into a joint-stock company with shareholders
Usage: finance; business; present participle of demutualize
Examples
- The insurance company is demutualizing to raise capital for expansion.
- Demutualizing the building society will allow it to access public markets.
- Several mutual insurers are demutualizing in response to competitive pressures.
- The process of demutualizing requires approval from member-policyholders.
- After demutualizing, the organization became a publicly traded corporation.