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Features
Why are microinsurance claims ratios so low?
Unjustified low claims ratios may threaten to undermine trust and hinder market development. But what is behind this trend, just exactly where is the money going - and how can the microinsurance sector ensure clients get better value?
If you want to put yourself in your customers’ shoes, take your own shoes off first
Getting under the skin and inside the minds of your customers is a prerequisite to offering insurance products which fulfil their needs. We take a look at different approaches to gathering demand-side data.
Insurance is only a piece of the climate change and food security jigsaw
More and more small-scale farmers are turning to index-based insurance to compensate them when extreme weather hits. But experts warn that insurance should be part of a greater holistic solution to risk management.
MiN & Members: Events
- MiN: June Member Meeting 2021 – Staying the distance | 7-10 June 2021 | Register now (members only)
- IDF Summit 2021 | 7-8 June 2021 | Register now
- ICII 2021 – Digital Edition: Save the Date - 25-29 October 2021
- MiN: Kenya Country Workshop | Download event material (members and invitees only)
- MiN: Mexico Country Workshop | Download event material (members and invitees only)
- a2ii: CEET – Inclusive Insurance Training Programme with a focus on climate change and technology | 21 June – 1 July | apply by 4 June 2021
- SDC: Sustainable health financing through inclusive health insurance – public and private approaches | 10 June 2021 from 10am-12pm CEST | Register now
- a2ii-IAIS Public Dialogue: Insurance and the SDGs | watch full recording
- European Microfinance Platform: The First Wealth is Health | watch full webinar
- ADA: Save the date - African Microfinance Week 2021 | 18-22 October 2021
Premium: Country briefing notes
This month, check out insights from Nepal! 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 & resources
- MiN: Landscape Study 2020 released in Arabic
- a2ii: Call for applications – 3rd Inclusive Insurance Innovation Lab – the climate lab | apply by 28 May 2021
- Allianz completes acquisition of majority stake in Jubilee General Insurance, Kenya
- Cenfri & GIZ: Holistic interventions for MSME resilience
- GIZ: Women’s Financial Inclusion Toolkit – Paving the way for women’s economic empowerment
- The ILO and IFC launch Community of Practice among insurers to reduce the protection gap for women
- ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility: Case brief – ALM Seguros (Brazil)
- InsuResilience Global Partnership: UNCDF joins IGP to achieve stronger outcomes on disaster risk financing and insurance solutions
- Actuaries under the sportlight – interview with Queenie Chow of the MicroInsurance Centre at Milliman
- InsurTech Business Series Podcast: Scaling microinsurance in Africa – models that work, with Richard Leftley, Micro Insurance Company
- Pakistan Microfinance Network releases MicroWATCH quarterly update – Issue 59
- Pioneer cited as leader as microinsurance now covers 50 million in the Philippines
- UNEP-PSI: Association of British Insurers joins UN’s Principles for Sustainable Inusrnace Initiative, builds momentum towards COP26 in Glasgow
- Women’s World Banking: Fintech Innovation Challenge | apply by 11 June 2021
Other publications/resources
- GSMA: Inclusive digital agriculture – making value chains work for farmers with disabilities
- Scale2Save learning paper: Making microinsurance work
- Briter & Catalyst Fund: The State of Fintech in Emerging Markets
- IPA: Safety Nets and the Pandemic – The State of Social Benefit Payments during COVID-19 in Bangladesh
- Board of Innovation: The Comprehensive Guide to Impact Partnerships
Elsewhere in the sector...
- aYo: How microinsurance can help bridge Africa’s insurance gap
- European Microfinance Platform: Financial Inclusion Compass 2021 survey | open until 31 May 2021
- Booming microinsurance gives millions of Africans first-time access
- Early humanitarian action can save lives, money. But it comes with uncertainty
- 5th European Climate Change Adaptation Conference | 25 May – 22 June 2021 | Register now
- Africa InsurTech Rising: The Bridge – A summer international innovation programme | apply by 4 June 2021
- Mercy Corps AgriFin’s Annual Learning Event 2021: access all recordings and resources
- Swiss Re Institute: Entrepreneurs for Resilience Award 2021 | watch full recording