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The European Microfinance Award 2025: Building resilience through inclusive insurance
The European Microfinance Award (EMA) 2025 spotlights inclusive insurance as a crucial yet often overlooked pillar of financial inclusion. With the Microinsurance Network joining as a strategic partner, this year’s Award highlights the transformative power of insurance in building resilience for vulnerable communities. Why was insurance chosen as the theme? What impact did winning the EMA 2019 have on our member APA Insurance, and what should future applicants focus on? Find out in our feature article!
What impact have the cuts to USAID had on the microinsurance landscape
Recent cuts to USAID’s budget have disrupted funding for several microinsurance initiatives worldwide, putting key climate resilience and agricultural insurance projects at risk. With major players like OKO, Pula, and ARC affected, the shift in US development policy is forcing insurers to rethink their strategies – seeking private-sector partnerships, alternative funding, or even mergers. What does this mean for the future of microinsurance?
MiN, Members & Partners: Upcoming Events
- International Conference on Inclusive Insurance 2025 (ICII 2025) | 13-17 October 2025 | Quito, Ecuador | Call for proposals (Deadline: 10 May 2025) /// Call for rapporteur applications (Deadline: 30 June 2025) /// Opportunity to organise a field trip
- ILO-MiN webinar series Learning from the Leaders. Webinar 2: Improving distribution models and partnerships in inclusive insurance | 30 April 2025 from 15:00-16:15 CEST | Register here
- Insurance Federation of Egypt, Munich Re Foundation, FinProbity Solutions, Microinsurance Network | 4th Microinsurance Conference &10th Africa Regional Conference | 7-9 May 2025 | Luxor, Egypt | Register by 31 March 2025 to benefit from a reduced fee
- Microinsurance Network | Africa Regional Member Meeting | 6 May 2025 | Egypt (exact time and venue to be announced soon)
- Belgian Raiffeisen Foundation (BRS) | Microfinance Lunch Break | Brussels, Belgium | 26 March 2025 at 12:00 PM CET | Register here
MiN, Members & Partners: News, Blogs & Resources
- Microinsurance Network | Landscape of Microinsurance 2024: Download now in English! French, Spanish & Arabic versions will be available soon
- Microinsurance Network & e-MFP | Asier Achutegui, Matthew Genazzini & Sam Mendelson: Why Insurance Matters: Announcing the European Microfinance Award 2025 on ‘Building Resilience Through Inclusive Insurance’
- European Microfinance Award 2025: Applications are now open | Apply by 10 April 2025 & win a grand prize of €100,000
- Handbook of Insurance. Volume 2. Microinsurance: Promoting Resilience and Welfare in the Informal Sector | Download here
- WRMS & WFP Partner to Pilot 1st Parametric Insurance in Iraq
Jobs, Internships & RFPs
- ACLI | Multiple job openings | Apply here
- AFC Insurance Company | Credit Controller | Harare, Zimbabwe | Apply by 24 March 2025
- AXA | Performance Management & Business Intelligence Senior Analyst | Puteaux, Île-de-France, France | Apply here
Elsewhere in the sector…
- All India Disaster Mitigation Institute: Virtual Roundtable on "Parametric Insurance Solutions for All" | 31 March 2025 from 16:00-17:00 IST | Register here
- Birdview Microinsurance Launches Insurance for Kenyan Migrants
- CashKO hits new milestone, issuing 3 million policies in 2024
- How Chhaya is Building an End-to-End Digital Microinsurance Platform in Bangladesh
- Rafiki Microfinance Bank partners with Turaco Microinsurance to expand access to affordable insurance