“Role Reversal Revisited,” by Damian von Stauffenberg and Daniel Rozas, published by MicroRate, 2011, 22 pages, available at http://microrate.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Role-Reversal-Revisited-…
This paper reviews the roles of development finance institutions (DFIs) and private lenders in funding microfinance institutions (MFIs). Continue Reading »
“The Answer is ‘Yes’—Cost and Willingness to Pay in India;” by Akhand Tiwari, Akhilesh Singh, Ann-Byrd Platt, Graham A N Wright, Minakshi Ramji and Sachin Bansal; published by MicroSave; 2011; 16 pages; available at http://ami.microsave.org/sites/default/files/research_papers/CWP_Summary… Continue Reading »
The Microcredit Summit Campaign, a US-based advocacy organization, has partnered with Freedom from Hunger, a US-based development NGO, to provide health insurance to approximately 3.7 million people worldwide. Continue Reading »
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has agreed to provide advisory support to Indian for-profit technology and services provider Financial Information Networks and Operation (FINO) in its goal to bring financial products such as microinsurance, remittance and deposit services to 100 million clients in India over the next three years. Continue Reading »
MobileActive, a global network of people using mobile technology for social impact, recently reported on Pesinet, a French nonprofit that uses mobile technology to provide regular health checkups and insurance to young children in Mali. Continue Reading »
Brazilian insurance company Mongeral Aegon reportedly has partnered with microfinance institution Finsol to begin selling microinsurance policies in January 2012 [1]. Continue Reading »
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Philippine central bank, has issued licenses to two rural banks, Bangko Mabuhay and Mallig Plains Rural Bank Incorporated, allowing them to provide microinsurance services [1]. Continue Reading »
Prevoir Kampuchea Micro-life Insurance Public Limited Company (PKMI), a subsidiary of French insurer Groupe Prevoir, has been launched in Cambodia after receiving an operating license from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Continue Reading »
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), an autonomous body whose purpose is to develop the corporate sector in the country, will reportedly launch a microinsurance regulatory framework by June 2012. Continue Reading »
Four microinsurance fellowship positions based in Africa have been made available through the Microinsurance Innovation Facility of the United Nations’ International Labour Organization (ILO). Continue Reading »
By Sabrina Régent, Sophie Chauliac and Benoit Rigollet; published by PlaNet Finance and PlaNet Guarantee; 2011; 119 pages; available at:
http://admin.planetfinancegroup.org/upload/medias/fr/pfgroup-market_study_microinsurance_2011.pdf Continue Reading »
In an article on the website of MicroEnsure, a subsidiary of US-based microfinance network Opportunity International, Kate Waiganjo, MicroEnsure’s Country Manager in Kenya, discusses the issue of mandatory loan insurance. Continue Reading »
Event Name: The Business Viability of Microinsurance
Event Date: November 24, 2011, 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm Central European Time (GMT +1 hour)
Event Location: Online Continue Reading »
Roughly 1,400 farmers recently received USD 9,230 each after drought caused crop failure in Kenya, as part of the microinsurance program Kilimo Salama. Continue Reading »
Event Name: 2012 Research Conference on Microinsurance
Event Date: April 11 – April 13, 2012
Event Location: Enschede, the Netherlands Continue Reading »
Event Name: Second Annual Microinsurance Conference: Strategies for exploiting the potential of insurance offerings to low-income consumers in Africa
Event Date: February 20 – February 22, 2012
Event Location: The Hyatt Regency, Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa Continue Reading »
Beema Samiti, the insurance regulatory authority of Nepal, recently has been mandated by the country’s finance ministry to identify 10 rural districts in which microinsurance programs will be implemented [1]. Continue Reading »
BPI Globe BanKO, the mobile microfinance affiliate of the Bank of Philippines Islands (BPI), reportedly announced that it is launching three microinsurance products in collaboration with two other affiliates of BPI, BPI-Philam Life Assurance Corporation (BPI-Philam) and BPI/Mitsui Sumimoto Insurance Corporation (BPI/MS) [1]. Continue Reading »
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