Selecting the Right Micro Health Insurance Model: Potential for Creating Public-Private Linkages
Online discusion, 14 September 2010, 13h30 GMT
The Abt Associates-led Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS) Project\'s Network for Africa (N4A) invites you to join a second discussion on the lessons learned to date on implementing micro-insurance: Selecting the Right Micro Health Insurance Model: Potential for Creating Public-Private Linkages.
This discussion will focus on the characteristics of the various models of micro-insurance, and potential opportunities or challenges to creating public-private partnerships.
If you would like to have more information or submit questions to panelists ahead of time, please email: Ashleigh_Hodge@abtassoc.com
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Strengthening a nascent insurance sector in Palestine
The Expanded and Sustained Access to Financial Services programme (ESAF) supports USAID in its efforts to build a more inclusive financial sector that increases the sustainable access to financial services for Palestinian households and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
Increased donor investment in the West Bank more recently has led to a slight recovery, but an estimated 70% of the Palestinian population is still living at or below the national poverty line of US $2.3 per day. The Palestinian private sector has shown an impressive ability to adapt to the situation however, and continues to operate, though at a greatly reduced capacity.
“Together towards safety” was the slogan of the First Palestinian Insurance Conference, held last June. USAID has published an ESAF Field note on insurance development in Palestine.
More information on the programme and to download the note, go to Microlinks
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ADB provides USD750,000 for microinsurance in China and Mongolia
Microfinance Focus, 1 September 2010
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a two-year USD750,000 grant from the ADB-administered Regional Cooperation and Integration Fund to examine market supply and demand for microinsurance in People’s Republic of China and Mongolia. The grant will address policy, regulatory and institutional barriers in the region’s Microinsurance sector.
ADB will work with the Access to Insurance Initiative (A2II), a global programme launched in 2009 with the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) and the Microinsurance Network (Regulation, Supervision and Policy Working Group).
This Initiative seeks to link development agencies and industry supervisors to promote expanded insurance services to the poor worldwide.
A Memorandum of Agreement has been signed under which the German development agency and secretariat of the initiative, GTZ, will provide co-financing of about USD178,000 and will engage in and support work agreed with ADB and A2II. The ADB, A2II, and GTZ teams will work with the Chinese Insurance Regulatory Commission and Mongolia Financial Regulatory Commission.
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IDB and REDCAMIF sign microinsurance development deal for Central America
El Nuevo Diario, 27 August 2010
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and REDCAMIF, a microfinance network for Central America are to implement a business model for the development of microinsurance in the region. The agreement signed is backed by a $2.4 million investment to develop the business model. The investment is secured by the IDB (70%) and the Luxembourg Government (30%).
El Nuevo Diario, Nicaragua, reports comments from IDB's Nicaraguan representative, Mirna Lievano de Márquez: "In Central America there are few insurance services aimed at micro-enterprises, hence the need to promote this area in view of the great work done by families working hard to support our economy".
English text source: CentralAmericaData
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 and <a href='http://www.redcamif.org/' target='_blank'>REDCAMIF</a>, a microfinance network for Central America are to implement a business model for the development of microinsurance in the region. The agreement signed is backed by a $2.4 million investment to develop the business model. The investment is secured by the IDB (70%) and the <a href='http://www.mae.lu/' target='_blank'>Luxembourg Government</a> (30%).</p>
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<p>El Nuevo Diario, Nicaragua, reports comments from IDB's Nicaraguan representative, Mirna Lievano de Márquez: 'In Central America there are few insurance services aimed at micro-enterprises, hence the need to promote this area in view of the great work done by families working hard to support our economy'.<br /><br />English text source: <a href='http://en.centralamericadata.com/en/article/business_commerce/Microinsurance_Policies_for_Central_America' target='_blank'>CentralAmericaData</a></p>
<p>Read <a href='http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/economia/82052' target='_blank'>full </a>article in Spanish</p>){kind=link}