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Features
Is microtakaful the game changer we have been waiting for?
With the global Muslim population growing faster than any other, Sharia-compliant financial products could be a major opportunity in Muslim-majority emerging markets. We explain everything you need to know about microtakaful – and explore some encouraging success stories, as outlined in our brand new briefing note.
Order and progress: Brazil’s microinsurance regulatory reform
After years of prescriptive rules, Brazil is looking to introduce a regulatory microinsurance regime aimed at stimulating innovation and growth. Our experts in the region share their views on what could be a decisive moment for the Brazilian inclusive insurance sector in increasing protection for low-income consumers and small businesses.
A gaping hole: patching together resilience in the garment sector
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on the plight of millions of low-income garment workers – most of them women – around the world and underscored more than ever, the need for income protection and health cover. How can inclusive insurers and leading fashion brands seize this opportunity to deliver a more secure future for these workers?
MiN & Members: Events
- ICII 2021: call for proposals now open | Submission deadline: 15 May 2021
- MiN: June Member Meeting 2021 – Staying the distance | 7-10 June 2021 | Register now (members only)
- MiN Expert Forum Customer research interviews: extracting insights to build valuable microinsurance solutions | Access slides and recording (members only)
- Nigerian Microfinance Platform: 6th Annual Symposium of the Nigerian Microfinance Platform | 29 April 2021 | Register now
- 6th Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Conference on Inclusive Insurance – Digital Edition – Mozambique | Watch the recordings
- Practinioner seminar: Digital inclusive insurance solutions | 18-19 May 2021 | Register now
- IFE & SPI HUB: Defenseless Moments - Leadership Webinar | Wednesday, 28 April 10:00-12:00 am CEST
- Microinsurance: the customer-centric approach in Rwanda | Wednesday, 28 April at 15:00 CEST
MiN Country Workshops
- Nepal Country Workshop | download event material (members only)
- Brazil Country Workshop | Download event material (members only)
- Philippines Country Workshop | Download event material (members only)
- Kenya Country Workshop | Save the date (members and invitees only) | 12 May 2021
- Mexico Country Workshop | Save the date (members and invitees only) | 25 May 2021
Premium: Country briefing notes
Check out insights from Peru and Ghana – available in English, French and Spanish! Every month, members will have access to new premium content, so stay tuned for more country briefing notes which accompany our Landscape of Microinsurance Study 2020 and the respective country workshops organised this year.
MiN & Members: News, Blogs & Jobs
- MiN seeking in-country consultants for Landscape Study 2021
- InsurTech Rising podcast: The Microinsurance Curriculum for Emerging Markets with Bert Opdebeeck, Microinsurance Master
- Delivering sustainable microinsurance across Africa – Richard Leftley, Micro Insurance Company
- Can digital approaches enable better access to FS to MSMEs?
- Five to thrive! Embedding health in financial services
- Women are key to financial inclusion
- New tools encourage the momentum for SDG investment
- New and successful inclusive insurance models for the vulnerable in Bolivia (en Español)
- Allianz Africa: Microinsurance and Partnerships Manager
Publications/Resources
- MiN: Takaful briefing note
- Munich Re Foundation: Report: International Conference on Inclusive Insurance 2020
- a2ii: Index insurance – 2020 Status and Regulatory Challenges
- a2ii: Insurance and the SDGs – why it matters and how data can help
- GSMA: State of the Industry Mobile Report 2021
- ODI: Preparing for extreme weather in the Caribbean: what role for forecast-based early action?
- ILO: Microfund for Women, experience in serving refugees and host communities in Jordan
- DRiSL: Scientific due diligence for humanitarian disaster risk financing
Elsewhere in the sector...
- Bill Gates on building resilience for smallholders: climate and the developing world
- As floods rise, government insurance shores up Bangladesh farmers
- IPA: Consumer Protection in Digital Finance Surveys
- Insurance giant warns that climate change could cut world economy by $23 trillion in 2050
- Friendship: New wave threatens recovery
- RGA: COVID-19 and the growing importance of gig workers
- OKO raises $1.2 million to bring innovative insurance to smallholders in Africa
- Pula offers lifeline to African farmers hit by climate change
- AFI: Women are “ideal” change agents in financial inclusion policy
- An argument for investing where the return is social change
- aYo Zambia flourishes through pandemic
- M-Pesa CEO: Insurance among the next big opportunities for fintech in Africa