Features
Tackling the gender gap to unlock growth opportunities in the insurance sector
International Women’s Day is an opportunity to reflect on the progress made and further actions needed towards gender equality. With COVID-19 setting back the timeline for the closing of the gender gap worldwide, it is crucial that the insurance industry take stock of how to unlock the massive potential market opportunity that serving women provides. But before tackling women’s access to insurance, it is vital to unlock women’s financial independence.
Protecting the vulnerable: developing digital health insurance in Latin America
There remains a sizable untapped growth opportunity for health insurance in Latin America. Inmedical and Tunajali are taking advantage of this through innovative, digital solutions across various countries in the region. Dive into their models and discover why digital health insurance can be a game-changer for the underserved in the region.
MiN, Members & Partners: Upcoming Events
- MiN: June Member Meeting – 13-15 June 2023 | Luxembourg | Early bird registraion period ends 13 April 2023 (members only)
- MiN & partners: Landscape of Microinsurance 2022 report launch webinar
- Microinsurance Master 2023 | Apply now – new cohort starting on 3 July
- Munich Re Foundation: Driving the inclusive insurance agenda – closing the protection gap | 24-26 April 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya
MiN, Members & Partners: Recap past events
- MiN: Expert Forum – Developing digital insurance products that do not exclude low-income women | watch recording (members only)
- A2ii & UNCDF: Index Insurance Best Practices – Public Dialogue | watch recording
- Mercy Corps AgriFin: The Market Opportunity for Digital Climate Smart Agriculture in Kenya, Ethiopia & Nigeria | watch webinar
- Unlocking the Potential of Microinsurance - Lessons Learned and Opportunities Ahead
MiN, Members & Partners: News, Blogs & Resources
- MiN: Michele Grosso joins our Board of Directors
- A2ii Scholarships for the Microinsurance Master accelerator programme for insurance supervisors
- e-MFP: Call for applications now open for 2023 European Microfinance Awards on “Inclusive Finance for Food Security and Nutrition” | Deadline to apply: 12 April 2023
- Etherisc protects another 7,000 Kenyan farmers as part of the Lemonade Crypto Climate Coalition
- InsuResilience Solutions Fund Annual Report 2022
- UNDP Insurance and Risk Finance Facility: Insurance Innovation Challenge – call for applications open! | Deadline to apply: 28 April 2023
Jobs, Internships & RFPs
- AXA Emerging Customers: Senior Strategy, Governance and Performance Manager
- WFP: Risk Financing and Insurance Operations
Elsewhere in the sector…
- Allianz Re and OKO Take Home the Insurtech Insights Europe Ambitious Insurer Award
- Education empowered me to fight for women’s rights in Kenya
- Increasing health insurance coverage in Kisumu County, Kenya: a model for social health insurance
- SDG Impact Finance Initiative: Design Funding Window – call for applications open! | Submit your concept note by 1 May 2023