MiN, Members & Partners: News, Blogs & Resources

MiN, Members & Partners: News, Blogs & Resources

2025

March

• Microinsurance Network | Landscape of Microinsurance 2024: Download now in English! French, Spanish & Arabic versions will be available soon 
• Microinsurance Network & UNDP IRFF Press Release: Microinsurance coverage reaches 344 million people in 2023, 88% protection gap persists
• Microinsurance Network | e-MFP guest blog by Asier Achutegui & Matthew Genazzini An Evolving Landscape: Microinsurance, Resilience, and the European Microfinance Award 2025
• 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’  
• Microinsurance Network – Strategic Partner of 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
• European Microfinance Award 2025: Guidance sessions (organised by e-MFP to go over the Award process and answer any questions) | English session: 25 March, 10:00 CET | Spanish session: 25 March, 16:00 CET | French session: 26 March, 16:00 CET
• European Microfinance Week 2025: Sponsorship opportunities
• AM Best's Market Segment Report: Benchmarking MENA Insurers Reveals Positive Trends Despite Regional Challenges
• CGAP blog: A Clearer View: Using S-GDD for Better Financial Outcomes
• EFU Life Assurance Limited AA++ (IFS) reaffirmed by VIS Credit Rating Company, reflecting  its commitment to financial strength and reliability
• Handbook of Insurance. Volume 2. Microinsurance: Promoting Resilience and Welfare in the Informal Sector | Download here
• Microinsurance Master Accelerator Programme Colombia (in Spanish) | 18-19 August, 2025 | Apply here /// Programa acelerador de Microinsurance Master (en español) | 18-19 de agosto de 2025 | Aplica aquí
• UNDP & Generali report “Parametric Insurance to Build Financial Resilience” | Download here
• WRMS & WFP Partner to Pilot 1st Parametric Insurance in Iraq

February

• Microinsurance Network | Executive Director Matthew Genazzini addresses the National InsureImpact Conference Pakistan (ICP) 2025 | Watch the video
• Microinsurance Network | Mathew Genazzini joins the Insurance Development Forum (IDF) Operating Committee
• Microinsurance Network | Inaugural Health Best Practice Group meeting on 6 March 2025 | Are you a member? Reach out to us to learn more and join! 
• AB Entheos | Human-wildlife conflict insurance: Early lessons from Kenya’s tech-based pilot
• ADA | Going for green energy: Initial results from the EVER project in Senegal
• Cebuana Lhuillier Insurance Brokers launch Philippines’ first Takaful
• Crediseguro and Interseguros launch CONFÍO – the first 100% digital cancer insurance in Bolivia (Leer en español)
• Fundación PROFIN, International Development Research Centre | Estudiotécnico por Erika Pacheco Alarcón: Análisis de la aplicabilidad de los seguros paramétricos para la producción de quinua del altiplano sur
• IBISA recognised as one of the top 10 Green Insurance companies
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) | Farms. Food. Future. – Episode 77:  Biodiversity beyond borders | Listen here
• International Training Center of the ILO course: Making finance work for refugees, displaced, and host communities | 7-11 April 2025 | Turin, Italy | Available in English, French & Arabic | Apply now
• Insurance Development Forum | Implementation update: Launch of US$9.25M climate risk insurance to protect vulnerable communities from the impacts of drought in Syria 
• Insurance Federation of Egypt (IFE)| Interview with Mr. Alaa El Zoheiry, Chairman of the IFE on Business Life Magazine on key developments in the insurance industry and the IFE’s role in driving innovation and growth
• Microinsurance Master Accelerator Programme Colombia (in Spanish) | 18-19 August, 2025 | Apply here /// Programa acelerador de Microinsurance Master (en español) | 18-19 de agosto de 2025 | Aplica aquí
• UNDP | Iraq: First chapter of a comeback story
• WRMS Head Sarathy Srinivas: Climate risk insurance is about protecting livelihoods
• WRMS recognised as one of Grow Asia’s Top 10 Innovators for driving impactful solutions in climate-smart agriculture through digital innovation
• WRMS selected for cross-border expansion in Africa under the South South Agriculture Alliance (SSAGA), supported by the Gates Foundation
• WRMS wins “Best InsurTech Company of the Year” award at the India Insurtech Association’s Annual Event 2024

January

• ADA’s SSNUP Stakeholder survey: Improving the investment readiness of farmer cooperatives in Cambodia
• African Risk Capacity Ltd.: “Shifting the paradigm: A call for anticipatory action on climate-induced displacement”
• Aon: Climate and catastrophe insight report
• Britam becomes the first insurance company in Kenya to be certified as a Top Employer
• Cenfri: “Open finance: Learning from early adopters”
• CGAP: Financial well-being – a concept that has come of age
• CIC Group’s CEO Patrick Nyaga: “How cooperatives can reinforce their empowerment role”
• Democrance: "STOP selling insurance, help your customers BUY insurance" campaign | Watch exclusive video content
• DHAN Foundation: The transformative journey of Vengalamudaiyal from Appanenthal village
• EFU Life and Smartchoice partner to expand digital access to health protection in Pakistan
• Gallagher named as the 2025 Campus Forward Award Winner
• Munich Re Foundation, Global Resilience Partnership and Shockwave Foundation invite agricultural innovators in East Africa to apply for the Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) challenge (phase III) | Apply by 31 January 2025
• Munich Re Foundation’s project "Strong roots, strong women“ – Community based risk management in Vietnam 

2024

December

• Blue Marble to launch a new program in collaboration with Nescafé in Ivory Coast in January 2025
• EFU Life Becomes Exclusive Partner for Waada’s Life, Health, and Personal Accident Takaful Solutions
• Global Shield at COP29: Supporting Climate-Vulnerable Countries
• Guardian Life Insurance & BRAC sign an agreement to ensure financial security of the migrant workers in Bangladesh
• IBISA and VisionFund launch pioneering parametric climate insurance “ClimaCash+”
• ICII 2024 highlights on “Banking Frontiers” (p. 20-21)
• IFAD launches RemitSCOPE: A free global data platform to capture and facilitate remittances for rural development
• IFAD: Marketing works magic for rural entrepreneurs 
• ILO | Transforming lives in Lebanon: Enabling communities through financial literacy
• LeapFrog Investments raises $1.15bn in Fourth Fundraising Cycle
• Munich Re Foundation, Shockwave Foundation & Global Resilience Partnership: 11 Initiatives leading the way in sustainable and nature-positive agriculture
• Munich Re Foundation, Shockwave Foundation & Global Resilience Partnership: Application open for the Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) challenge (Apply by  31 January 2025)
• The World Bank: Economic inclusion programs reach only 10% of world’s poorest

November

• MiN & Cenfri | Toolkit: Implementing a data-driven approach to MSME insurance (by MiN’s MSMEs Best Practice Group) 
• MiN Annual Report 2023
• MiN General Assembly 2024 | Register now & join us on 4 December from 14:00 to 16:00 CET (members only)
• MiN: Mathew Genazzini: Microinsurance Network eyes growth across African continent in 2025
• MiN: Global platform to boost microinsurance in Africa (feat. insights from Matthew Genazzini and Karimi Nthiga (Microinsurance Network) 
• Access to Insurance Initiative (A2ii) & Centre of Excellence on Gender-smart Solutions: Scholarship for the 2025 Leadership and Diversity Program for Regulators (taught by Women’s World Banking and Faculty from Oxford University’s Saïd Business School)
• ADA promotes the development of inclusive finance in Tunisia
• Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is celebrating 20 years of working with China to combat climate change and protect biodiversity
• APA Insurance Proudly Sponsors Kenya's Inaugural Meaningful Business 100 Global Tour 2024
• CGAP: Alternative Pathways for Young Women’s Dreams: How FI Policy Can Help
• CGAP: Key Considerations for Open Finance | Download publication
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) & the Sustainable Agricultural Supply Chains Initiative | Call for proposals: Third round of the Due Diligence Fund (DDF) | Apply by 20 December 2024
• DHAN Foundation: Lavanya's Journey to Success in Vanjinagaram
• e-MFP: Rural Finance Initiative Limited (RUFI) wins the 2024 European Microfinance Award for Empowering Refugees Through Financial Inclusion
• EFU Life and GenMo Join Forces to Empower Financial Wellness
• Global Shield against Climate Risks: “Global Shield Ambition” launch sets new strategic direction to enhance financial resilience for climate-vulnerable countries
• GOXI Microinsurance named “Microinsurance Company of the Year” at the 2024 Almond Insurance Industry Awards
• Insurance Development Forum, Ghana Ministry of Finance & UNDP’s Insurance and Risk Finance Facility with support from BMZ through the InsuResilience Solutions Fund: Implementation update on Innovative Risk Transfer Solution for Urban Flooding in Accra
• International Conference on Inclusive Insurance 2024 (ICII 2024) Summary
• ICII 2024 Field trip, hosted by Shikhar Insurance - Exploring the success of inclusive insurance in Nepal's Gagalphedi region

October

• MiN Blog | Promoting Financial Inclusion through Microinsurance in Ecuador: A Regulatory Milestone and an Innovation Challenge (by Nicolás Morales) | Available in English & Spanish
• MiN General Assembly 2024 | Register now & join us on 4 December from 14:00 to 16:00 CET (members only)
• Access to Finance Rwanda | FinScope 2024 Youth Thematic Report
• Access to Insurance Initiative (A2ii) Annual Report 2023
• ACRE Africa Launches Financial Literacy Training for Smallholder Farmers in Zambia
• ADA takes up the challenge’ series: We want to enable vulnerable populations to become more resilient to climate change but also to participate in the ecological transition
• Britam | BDOS: The Digital Solution to Transform Claims Processing
• Cenfri | Open finance in Africa: The why and the how for context-appropriate implementation
• CGAP’s Take: How Can Inclusive Finance Tackle Food Security?
• Democrance’s CEO Michele Grosso: The Innovators Leading Insurance’s Digital Transformation
• e-MFP Green Inclusive and Climate Smart Finance Action Group, Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI), Cerise+SPTF, CGAP & Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) | Podcast “Bridging the gap: Understanding frameworks and evolving concepts in green inclusive finance”
• Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation & United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Getting Financial Service Providers “Refugee-Ready”: Four Lessons From Uganda
• ILO | Call for Expressions of Interest: Individual technical support to financial institutions in the Philippines for integrating just transition principles and considerations in sustainability strategies and core operations | Submit your expression of interest by 7 November 2024
• Pioneer Insurance highlights vital role of microinsurance in agriculture sector
• UNDP & Generali report | Parametric Insurance to Build Financial Resilience | Download now
• Winners of the first “Finantienda Segura” innovation challenge: Seguros Colmena and Seguros Bolívar | Ganadores del primer reto de innovación “Finantienda Segura”: Seguros Colmena y Seguros Bolívar 

September

• ACRE Africa | The potential for index-based crop insurance to stabilize smallholder farmers' gross margins in Northern Ghana
• African Risk Capacity Limited | Closing the insurance gap and continuous improvement are critical in addressing Africa’s increasing climate impacts
• Cenfri in partnership with the Ministry of ICT and Innovation and the Mastercard Foundation | The Rwanda Economy Digitalisation Programme
• CGAP | Responsible Digital Finance Ecosystem (RDFE): A Conceptual Framework
• Democrance CEO and MiN Board Member, Michele Grosso, has been selected as a finalist in the “Young Leader of the Year” category at the 11th Middle East Insurance Industry Awards
• EFU Life launches Aasaan Product Range
• e-MFP and GOGLA Forge Strategic Partnership to Drive Financial Inclusion and Off-Grid Solar Expansion
• E-MFP | The ‘Network’ Perspective: Financial Inclusion for Refugees and Host Communities in Uganda
• Global Shield against Climate Risks | The Republic of the Marshall Islands Kicks Off First Global Shield In-country Dialogue
• Scholarship opportunity for the “Certificate in Law and Regulation of Inclusive Finance” course at University of Luxembourg, Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance - Apply by 1 October 2024 | More information about the scholarships 
• IDF Summit 2024 Interview: Dr Eyob Tekalign Tolina, Ministry of Finance, Ethiopia
• IDF Summit 2024 Interview: Juan Pablo Bustamante, FINAGRO Colombia
• ILO’s Impact Insurance Academy | 30 September - 4 October 2024 | Application deadline - 20 September 2024
• ITC ILO | Financial education: training of trainers, coaching and ILO certification | 21 October–22 November 2024 | Apply by 1 October 2024
• The World Bank | Why inclusive finance must be central to the climate response

August

• The role of technology in the growth of microinsurance (by MiN's Asier Achutegui)
• MiN blog: Insurance as a Driver of Social Change: Reflections from the ILO Course (by Alejandra Chavarria Moreno) | Available in English & Spanish
• A2ii: 4th Inclusive Insurance Innovation Lab (iii-lab)
• ADA: Lessons learnt from promoting sustainable and responsible finance in Cambodia
• African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd): Integrated Annual Report 2023
• Britam's BetaLab: Reimagining the Future of Insurance
• CGAP: Journey to Kigali: Four Lessons on Peer Learning for Gender Data
• E-MFP: Supporting FDPs’ Access to Loan Capital: Bridging Gaps and Building Trust
• Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation: Increased support for VisionFund International
• IBISA: Taking the entrepreneurship leap. A conversation with Maria Mateo Iborra, co-Founder and CEO, IBISA (The We Are InsurTech Women Podcast)
• Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan: Insured Pakistan: Pools Dynamics
• UNCDF: DELPAZ: Empowering Women
• VisionFund International: Empowering savings groups in Eswatini
• United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI): Taxonomía de Finanzas Sostenibles de Costa Rica

July

• A2ii: A Capacity Building Case Study – Bolivia’s Journey to Inclusive Insurance
• ACRE Africa & FtMA Kenya: Enhancing Agricultural Productivity through Yield Estimation Initiatives in Partnership with the Farm-to-Market Alliance
• ADA: Online training in risk management for microfinance institutions | 26 September – 3 October 2024 | Apply by 16 August 2024
• Airtel Money partners with Radiant Yacu to introduce ‘Ingoboka Cash’
• APA Insurance Limited: Runda Youth Sports Association Girls 17 Team Head to Gothia Cup 2024 with APA Apollo Foundation’s Support
• Asociación Salvadoreña de Empresas de Seguros podcast “Hablemos de seguros” (“Let’s talk insurance”) | Watch the latest episode: ¿Por qué es importante contar con un seguro de vida y consejos para adquirir uno? (Why is it important to have life insurance and tips for buying one)
• CGAP: What is Vision-Driven Financial Regulation?
• CIC Group wins multiple awards at this year’s prestigious Think Business Insurance Awards
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH: How to promote digitalisation within rural youth employment programmes
• Global Shield against Climate Risks Press Release: Strengthening Senegal’s Financial Resilience to Climate Change
• Grupo INS adquiere novedosa plataforma digital para supervisar cultivos / Grupo INS acquires innovative digital platform to monitor crops
• International Actuarial Association Interview Series with Irene Merk (SCOR) on the challenges and chances with regard to sustainability
• FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP, WHO: State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report
• inDrive partners with MIC Global and launches insurance for passengers and drivers
• LeapFrog Investments invests US$30 for Auxilo Finserve, enabling students to pursue education in India or overseas
• Pioneer continues to light the path for Filipinos as it marks platinum year
• Swiss Re’s World insurance report
• UNCDF series: Why is Financial Management Important?
• UNDP Funding Windows Annual Report 2023
• VisionFund International: Boosting Financial Access Amidst the Climate Crisis
• World Food Programme | Engineering Solutions for Resilience: Maria Mutagubya journey

June

• Insurers must do more to close the protection gap: Read Lorenzo Chan's insights on Sustainable Insurer 
• Harnessing Microinsurance to Close the Protection Gap: A Call to Action for Global Resilience. By Lorenzo Chan
• A2ii supports the General Superintendency of Insurance of Costa Rica (SUGESE) as part of the Global Shield against Climate Risks
• Access to Finance Rwanda: Rwanda Finscope 2024 Report
• ACRE Africa: Munda Make Over Series 2 - Ep 22: Drought tolerant maize, Insurance, Weather and Gender
• ADA: Online training in risk management for microfinance institutions: connecting the Luxembourg Financial Centre to the microfinance sector | From 26 September – 3 October 2024 | Application deadline: 31 July 2024
• ADA’s SSNUP project completion: Financial inclusion for smallholders in the horticultural value chain in Kenya
• AON: Climate Analytics Unlock Capital to Protect People and Property
• CARD Pioneer Book celebrates Nanays in PH Microinsurance Journey
• CIC Insurance: To thrive, digital transformation must take precedence in the insurance industry
• CIC Insurance Group gets nod for three new subsidiaries in growth drive
• IBISA raises $3 million to scale parametric insurance solutions, strengthening climate resilience across Asia and Africa
• ILO’s Impact Insurance Academy | 30 September - 4 October 2024 | Enroll by 6 August 2024
• inDrive teams up with MIC Global for driver accident and medical coverage
• National Bank of Rwanda Podcast: Rwanda’s Path to Embracing Digital Currency | Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts 
• OPEC Fund deepens partnership with IFAD to strengthen food security and climate action
• PRESS RELEASE: Insurance Development Forum and French Development Agency Launch – IDRIMA – a Groundbreaking Integrated Disaster Risk Management Alliance
• Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation: Drought and hunger in Southern Africa – Switzerland provides emergency relief
• UNDP: Advancing Insurance and Risk Financing to Bridge the Financial Divide in Ghana
• World Bank Issues $175M Catastrophe Bond for Mexico's Pacific Hurricanes
• World Food Programme: Annual Review 2023

May

• Microinsurance Network | Landscape of Microinsurance 2023: Download in English, Spanish & Arabic
• Microinsurance Network | PRESS RELEASE: Latest Landscape Study Underscores Urgency To Close The Microinsurance Gap
• ILO’s Impact Insurance Academy | 30 September – 4 October 2024 | Enroll by 30 September 2024 and benefit from a scholarship provided by the MiN (deadline – 26 June 2024)
• A2ii: 4th Inclusive Insurance Innovation Lab (iii-lab)
• ACRE Africa: Empowering Smallholder Farmers through Agricultural Insurance: A Key to Climate Resilience in Africa | Watch the video
• ADA: Une étude sur les dispositifs publics de refinancement destinés aux institutions de microfinance
• AXA and UPU collaborate for inclusive insurance through postal networks
• Cenfri: An assessment of customer due diligence and identity regulatory frameworks
• CGAP: Which Kind of Microfinance Institutions Can Serve Women Best?
• Dreamlopments: The impact of the health microinsurance M-FUND on the utilization of health services among migrant workers and their dependents in Thailand: A case-control study
• Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation: First Investment In Uzbekistan
• IBISA officially launches its services in the Bangladesh market
• IFC ILO Women’s Insurance Community of Practice 2024/2025 | Interested? Complete a short form for more information
• Insurance Development Forum’s Annual Report: 2023 In Review – Prevent, Protect, Provoke
• Insurance Development Forum’s Implementation Update: Advancing Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) to Empower Vulnerable Communities
• LeapFrog: How can AI help us to understand emerging consumers? | Watch interview with LeapFrog Investments Partner Stewart Langdon
• MIC Global partners with New India Assurance to launch MiIdentity, India’s first digital identity monitoring and insurance solution
• MiCRO: Howden acquires MiCRO to build resilience in underinsured communities
• National Bank of Rwanda & Access to Finance Rwanda: Research paper on Rwanda Central Bank Digital Currency 
• Pioneer Insurance: Queen Máxima of the Netherlands visits the Philippines, greeted by Lorenzo Chan, Chair of MiN, and President and CEO of Pioneer Life Inc., along with Dr. Jaime Aristotle B. Alip of CARD MRI
• UNDP’s integrated offer for Small Island Developing States: Looking Back and Forward
• UNEP FI: Capacitaciones PRB Academy | UNEP FI y sus socios continúan ofreciendo el respetado Análisis de Riesgo Ambiental y Social (ESRA) en inglés, francés, español y chino. Si está interesado, por favor envíe un correo electrónico a guilherme.chequerluzmenezes@un.org
• UNEP FI: Climate Mitigation Journey

April

• Microinsurance Network | Landscape 2024: Call for in-country consultants in South Africa, Thailand and Vietnam
• ADA: Towards inclusive, sustainable and innovative finance: an interview with Laura Foschi, ADA
• APA Insurance Limited: Celebrating Earth Day – Promoting Sand Dams for Climate Resilience
• Blue Marble Launches Climate Adaptation Project with support from USAID
• CARD Pioneer earns microinsurance benchmark
• Cebuana Lhuillier Bank brings community empowerment and financial excellence to Davao
• Cenfri: Establishing data sharing protocol within government agencies
• IBISA Introduces Heat Stress Solution For The Dairy Sector
• IFAD: 4 ways IFAD is using AI to transform rural development
• ILO: Spanish-offered online course "Seguros para el desarrollo" ("Insurance for Development") | 27 May – 28 June 2024 | Enroll by 29 April 2024 and benefit from a scholarship provided by the MiN
• Insurance Development Forum Announces Plans to Facilitate Investments in Resilient Infrastructure in Developing/Emerging Markets
• Navigating the Gig Economy: The Essencial Role of MicroNsure
• The Social Impact Journal Podcast by Rural Inclusion | Episode 32 - The Rise of Mobile Money with Rishi Raithatha

March

• Microinsurance Network | Landscape 2024: Call for in-country consultants
• A2ii launch FeMa Meter – a tool for promoting gender equality within the insurance sector
• ACRE Africa: Yes, agriculture insurance works! | Watch the video
• African Risk Capacity Group | Seeds of Resilience: Zambia's Journey from Drought to Recovery | Watch the video
• APA Insurance Secures Major Wins at the Association of Kenya Insurers Awards
• CGAP: Leveraging Transactional Data for Micro and Small Enterprise Lending
• EFU Life And Telenor Pakistan Sign The Strategic Alliance Agreement
• E-MFP, InFiNe.lu & Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Luxembourg: European Microfinance Award 2024. Advancing financial inclusion for refugees & forcibly displaced people | Call for applications (apply by 15 April 2024)
• Feed the Future MRR Innovation Lab: Hands-on Academic Research Partnerships
• The Social Impact Journal Podcast by Rural Inclusion | Episode 34 - The Rural Inclusion Journey with Joseph Lukwago
• IFAD: Alvaro Lario: “Without family farming, we would not have eaten today.” An interview with the President of IFAD
• Inside IBISA: Dorien Asampana Shares Her Journey as Head of Operations and the Impact of Climate Insurance in Agriculture
• Insurance Development Forum: Enhancing Risk Modelling and Disaster Finance through Data Empowerment
• LeapFrog recognised as Impact Firm of the Year (Financial Inclusion) in New Private Markets Impact Awards
• MicroNsure: Insurtech Innovations Revolutionising Micro-insurance
• Swiss Re publishes Sustainability Report 2023
• VisionFund: Gender Equality enables Impact

February

• ABOCOSER celebrates their 10-year anniversary | Watch the event recap
• Ada’s Smallholder Safety Net Upscaling Programme (SSNUP): Empowering women in agri-food systems with impact investing | Read the workshop results
• AXA: Results in 2023 and a comprehensive review of the Driving Progress 2023 Strategic Plan
• Britam and County government of Tana River sign a deal to increase the number of households covered under the Index-Based Flood Insurance policy in the county
• Cenfri and Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI) in partnership with the Africa Fintech Network (AFN) are developing Africa’s first regional Fintech Platform | Learn more about the project & contribute to a better understanding of the needs of the African fintech ecosystem by completing a survey 
• CGAP: How Can Insurance Help Build a Green, Resilient & Inclusive Future?
• CNSeg: Insuring the Climate Transition in Brazil | Download the report
• Democrance: Ebook “The Future of Insurance Distribution” 
• Global Shield against Climate Risks: Call for Expression of Interest to apply for Global Shield support
• IFAD Member States approve ambitious $2 bn plan to reduce hunger and poverty for 100 million rural people
• InFiNe: A report on Knowledge Sharing Event with ICFA “Emerging Impact Fund Managers”
• MIC Global and Weather Risk Management Global partner to deliver parametric flood resilience cover to merchants and gig workers in India
• The Social Impact Journal Podcast by Rural Inclusion | Episode 31 - The Feed The Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk & Resilience with Sophie Javers
• UNCDF Policy Accelerator Toolkit: Apply these to the three phases of policymaking — policy gap analysis, policy design and policy implementation — while working toward inclusive Digital Financial Services
• VisionFund | State of the Practice: Savings Group Linkages 2024 Report
• World Bank’s Feasibility Study: Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance (DRFI) Solutions for Family Farmers in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras

January

• MiN in the Press | Inclusive Insurance: Much Has Progressed, Much More to Be Done
• AB Entheos & Britam featured in the article “How insurtechs are ripping up the insurance playbook”
• AB Entheos feature “Compensation and insurance” on IUCN SSC guidelines on human-wildlife confl­ict and coexistence | Download the full publication and access AB Entheos feature in Chapter 31
• Aon Announces A Crop Insurance Collaboration With The African Development Bank And Amini
• APA Insurance: Ashok Shah interview with KTN News on the evolving landscape of Kenya's insurance sector in 2024 | Watch part 1 | Watch part 2 
• Cebuana Lhuillier Insurance Brokers’ Jean Henri Lhuillier: The man whose mission is financial inclusion
• Dreamlopments: A Thai business owner was willing to pay monthly contributions to apply M-FUND for his employees and their families
• EFU Life covers more than 5 million lives in 2023 through their digital, micro, mass market & inclusive insurance initiatives
• Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation invests in a new country, Tanzania
• ILO's Impact Insurance Facility: Good things come in threes — The third edition of the Impact Insurance Academy
• Implementation Update: Insurance Development Forum Disaster Risk Reduction Task Force
• International Actuarial Association: COP 28 - The Key Takeaways and Insights for the Global Actuarial Profession
• Joint IFAD and IDB project in Brazil will improve the lives of 210,000 rural people in the semiarid Piauí State
• MicroNsure: Nurturing Talent: Employee Benefits for MSMEs
• Rural Inclusion partners with UNCDF and Solutions Studio in the Pacific Islands
• The Social Impact Journal podcast with Jack Farren (Rural Inclusion): The role of financial inclusion and inclusive insurance in climate resilience

2023

December

• MiN Briefing paper: Smart Layering to Enable Inclusive Climate Risk Management (produced by the MiN Best Practice Group focused on “Building the resilience of smallholder farmers”) | Download here
• A2ii: Index Insurance Training for all Stakeholders | Access the training online
• Agence Française de Développement (AFD): Développement : Les 8 temps forts de l'année 2023
• Allianz: Dow Jones Sustainability Index recognises Allianz as a Sustainable Insurer and underpins transition efforts – “It’s an incentive to continue our work!”
• AXA publication “It's a Woman's World | Download here
• Britam recognised as the 2nd Runner Up in the Insurance Category at this year's Financial Reporting (FiRe) Awards
• CGAP: How Can Regulators Enable Last-Mile Agent Networks?
• Democrance awarded as one of the top 100 emerging companies driving the competitiveness of the UAE's future economy sectors
• Etherisc and VerityCare announce Strategic Partnership to revolutionise Healthcare Insurance
• LeapFrog, Temasek, EIB join forces to deliver $500m pledge for green solutions
• MIC Global: Loss of Income Protection for Micro Entrepreneurs: From Risk to Resilience with Micro Insurance
• Syngenta Foundation: Taking a broad approach to protecting farm livelihoods
• UNDP: A Resilient Future for All: Advancing Disability Inclusion in Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery for Building Resilience and Leaving No One Behind

November

• A2ii and UNCDF launch index insurance trainings for supervisors and other stakeholders
• Ada, Jokkolabs & U-IMCEC Senegal supporting young entrepreneurs through flexible financing and strengthening their professional skills | Watch the testimony of Ndeye Fatou Senghor, young entrepreneur in Senegal
• AM Best: What the AI revolution means for insurance prospects, policyholders and regulators
• APA Insurance: Ashok Shah, CEO/MD at APA Insurance wins the the CXO Influencer of the Year Award
• Asociación Salvadoreña de Empresas de Seguros (ASES) podcast: “What is the culture of prevention and what is its importance?” (available in Spanish only) | El podcast de la Asociación Salvadoreña de Seguros (ASES): “Qué es la cultura de prevención y cuál es su importancia?” (escucha en español)
• AXA & Swiss Re Swiss Re launch a collaboration to help build resilience to systemic risks
• Blue Marble: Building climate resilience in frontline communities
• Bradesco Seguros videocast: The importance of resilience (watch in Portuguese) | Videocast Bradesco Seguros: A importância da resiliência (ouça em Português)
• Britam Clients to Access Outpatient Services in Pharmacy Outlets
• CGAP Annual Report 2023
• Dreamlopment’s M-FUND Storytelling: “My son survived because of M-FUND”
• Gallagher Perú’s Country Head Pietro Solari: “On a consolidated basis, we have been able to grow close to 40% this year” (read in Spanish) | Pietro Solari, Country Head de Gallagher Perú: “A manera consolidada, hemos podido crecer cerca de 40% este año” (leer en español
• Kashf Foundation & InfraZamin Pakistan successfully launch South Asia’s & Pakistan’s First-ever, AAA Rated, Gender Bond
• Syngenta Foundation: Policy can improve what’s on your plate
• Waadaa.Insure join hands with Swisscontact's Sarathi Project to Improve RMG Workers Healthcare
• World Food Programme: Strengthening Financial Protection to address Climate Impacts

October

• AFD: Working towards food security in West Africa: 5 AFD Group projects  
• Cenfri: Remittances, a vital contributor to the SDGs  
• CGAP: Success in Open Finance Requires Trust – Lessons from Brazil 
• CGAP:What Does Financial Inclusion Mean for Young Women’s Well-being? 
• Generali outlines protection gap plan with UNDP 
• IFAD: Investing in rural private sector in Nigeria with Babban Gona 
• ILO, WHO, P4H and SPARKS Network Workshop:Universal social protection needed for prevention, preparedness and response to the next pandemic 
• Insurance Development Forum Implementation Update: Pioneering an Inclusive Insurance Roadmap in Senegal 
• InsurTech Business Series: Unlocking the Future of Health Insurance (feat. Ikpeme Neto, WellaHealth)| Podcast 
• MIC Global Partners: Protecting Gig Workers from Income Loss 
• Microinsurance Master: Rome Wasn't Built in a Day: The Inconvenient Truth About Microinsurance 
• Women’s World Banking: Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion Advocacy Hub | Closing the Access to Skills Gap: Resource Roundup 
• World Bank’s IFC Backs Indian Insurtech Startup Onsurity in $24 Million Funding 

September

• MiN: Inclusive insurance in Argentina | Download or purchase our latest country report (free for members) | Descargar o comprar la versión española
• MiN: Inclusive insurance in Ghana | Download or purchase our latest country report (free for members)
• MiN: Inclusive Insurance: Growth and Innovation Update
• IDF, UNDP Insurance and Risk Financing Facility, the World Bank Group’s Global Index Insurance Facility & the MiN’s partnership with the Kenyan insurance sector and regulator: Implementation Update
• Britam Introduces Innovative Child-only Medical Cover
• CGAP: Engaging Financial Services Providers in the Context of G2P Choice
• EFU Life & Kashf Foundation Unite For Women Empowerment And Financial Resilience: Introducing “Khushal Mustakbil Plan”
• Etherisc: Viable climate risk insurance for the vulnerable
• Guardian Life: Great Place to Work® Institute, India Honors Guardian India with Two Distinctions
• IBISA Podcast: EP4 The burden of risk in agri sustainability
• France, Norway and Spain make landmark financial commitments to IFAD 
• MIC Global Partners with Turaco to Strengthen Affordable Insurance in Ghana
• MicroNsure: How Parametric Insurance Provides rapid-aid in Crisis
• Munich Re Foundation & GRP: Meet the shortlisted candidates of the RAIN Challenge for Non-profits
• Rio Uruguay Seguros: El Programa Seguros por la Equidad llegó a Salta de la mano de RUS y Estacubierto.com
• Syngenta Foundation: Bharat Kisan Manch Accelerates Farmers & Rural Entrepreneurs Digitisation, Launched in Collaboration with Mastercard and AEGF
• UNDP launches innovative e-Learning Programme on Sustainable Finance
• Women’s World Banking: An Open Letter: Digital Financial Capability is Critical to Unlocking the Power of Women’s Financial Inclusion, But We Must All Do Our Part

August

• MiN, ILO's Impact Insurance Facility & Generation Foundation: New project on improving the viability and value of inclusive insurance
• MiN in the press: IDF, MiN host 1st country workshop to advance inclusive insurance in the Philippines
• A2ii: 4th Inclusive Insurance Innovation Lab (iii-lab) | Apply by 17 September 2023
• Ada’s SSNUP: Stakeholder surveys follow up key projects
• Britam and Airtel Money Partner to Offer Affordable Insurance Solution for the Micro-Segment
• CGAP: Working paper “Climate Risk and Financial Inclusion: A Regulatory Perspective”
• Green Delta Insurance scores a hattrick in the Commonwealth Business Excellence Awards 2023
• IFAD & GEF report: Investments in poor small-scale farmers generate significant benefits for climate and environment
• Kashf Foundation: Roshaneh Zafar receives Pakistan Development Leader award for her work in social equality and women's empowerment
• MIC Global: How to Build a Micro Insurance Company: The Four Pillars for Success
• MicroNsure: House holder insurance for kutcha houses
• SCBF Annual Report 2022
• The World Bank’s report “Digital-in-Health: Unlocking the Value for Everyone”
• Women’s World Banking’s Making Finance Work for Women Podcast: The Role of Mobile Network Operators in Digital Financial Inclusion

July

• MiN’s Best Practice Group for Climate Change and Food Security (currently Building the resilience of smallholder farmers BPG) | Briefing paper: Climate change and index insurance. How can the insurance industry respond to the challenge?
• Nicolas Morales’ (MiN) interview with más Seguros on Microinsurance Network’s objectives, its role in Latin America & prospects of the microinsurance market in the LATAM region
• A2ii-IAIS-UNCDF Public Dialogue Report - Index Insurance: Unlocking Opportunities and Addressing Challenges
• A2ii Supervisory Special: Supervisory approaches to data for bridging the gender protection gap | Watch the recording (insurance supervisors only)
• AB Consultants is rebranding to AB Entheos Ltd. 
• Ada: Annual report 2022
• Ada: SSNUP annual report 2022
• ACLI wins a Gold Award at the ASAE Power of Associations Awards
• African Risk Capacity: Fitch Ratings upgrades ARC’s Insurer Financial Strength to 'A-'
• Agence Française de Développement: Initiative Kiwa, aimed at strengthening the resilience of ecosystems, economies and communities in the Pacific states and territories | Download the publication (FR) 
• Blue Marble launch their new product “Buen Clima” in Colombia, protecting 5,900 farmers
• e-MFP: Financial Inclusion Compass 2023 | Complete the survey by 7 August 2023
• e-MFP: Market-Based Approaches and Fiscal Measures Can Best Address Food Security & Nutrition
• GIZ: Climate Resilience – What can we learn from Pastoral Systems in Africa’s Drylands?
• ILO Impact Insurance Facility’s blog: My mother and integrated risk management: transforming lives requires an all-round approach
• Inmedical, MIC Global, Democrance, MicroNsure, Radiant, Guardian Life Insurance Limited, Inclusivity Solutions, Milvik BIMA and Blue Marble among the top 40 Inclusive Insurance Companies Utilising Insurtech Innovations

June

• MiN: Landscape of Microinsurance 2022 is now also available in Arabic! 
• A2ii: Closing the protection gap – pandemic risks - Session Report from the ASSAL-IAIS Regional Training Seminar 
• Britam, KCB and NBK Bank Target SMEs in Health Insurance Distribution Deal
• CGAP: On Gig Platforms, Women Workers Face Triple Barriers to Inclusion 
• CNseg presents the ongoing Insurance Market Development Plan at Universidade Nova, in Lisbon (em português)
• GIZ: Health and Gender: how we all benefit from digital innovations 
• Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation awarded the Best International Inclusive Finance Organisation 2023
• Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation: Rapport Integré 2022 (English version available soon)
• ILO: Spanish-offered online course "Seguros para el desarrollo" ("Insurance for Development") | 17 July – 18 August 2023 | Enroll by 4 July 2023 
• Insurance Development Forum: The Road to COP28: Actions Speak Louder than Words
• Rural Inclusion CIC: Using technology to empower communities in Africa and beyond through financial inclusion 
• WFP: New cash policy to prioritize digital humanitarian cash transfers with an emphasis on women 

May

• MiN: Landscape of Microinsurance 2022
• MiN: Inclusive insurance in Guatemala | download or purchase our latest country report (free for members)
• MiN’s Katharine Pulvermacher on the power of technology to unlock global inclusivity
• AXA: The role of insurers in the drive for health equity
• Britam partners with Swiss Re & Oxfam to launch index-based flood insurance solution
• Cenfri: Customer due diligence and identity regulatory frameworks: innovation opportunities for enhanced remittance access
• CGAP: Strengthening Rural Women’s Climate Resilience: Opportunities for Financial and Agricultural Service Providers
• EFU Life Assurance Ltd. emerge as runner-ups at the 2023 SummerHack – Global Financial Services Ideathon
• ILO issues wage protection guidance for migrant workers
• ILO: Spanish-offered online course "Seguros para el desarrollo" ("Insurance for Development") | 17 July – 18 August 2023 | Enroll by 20 June 2023 and benefit from one of the two scholarships provided by the MiN
• Kashf Foundation’s Roshaneh Zafar: Combating Restrictive Gender Norms in Pakistan
• LeapFrog: Expert view - Generating impact with ‘healthtech’
• UNDP: Country Diagnostic on Inclusive Insurance and Risk Finance for Thailand
• UNDP: The Inclusive Insurance Navigator
• World Bank: Brazil Country Climate and Development Report

April

• MiN: Landscape of Microinsurance 2022
• MiN: Inclusive insurance in Egypt | download or purchase our latest country report (free for members)
• MiN: Inclusive insurance in the Philippines | download or purchase our latest country report (free for members)
• ADA: Deteriorating liquidity and funding conditions for microfinance institutions in Myanmar
• CGAP: Five Opportunities for Funding Transparency in Financial Inclusion
• e-MFP: 41 organisations from 25 countries apply to round 1 of european microfinance award 2023 on ‘inclusive finance for food security & nutrition’
• ILO Social Finance Brief: Seguros Bolivar (Versión en español)
• ILO: Spanish-offered online course "Seguros para el desarrollo" ("Insurance for Development") | 17 July – 18 August 2023 | Enrollment deadline: 20 June 2023
• Kashf Foundation’s Roshaneh Zafar: When women earn an income, they can change the world
• Microinsurance Master 2023 accelerator is accepting applications (the accelerator kicks off from 3 July 2023)
• Rural Inclusion CIC: Documentary of the pilot project of Ostrii with Opportunity International
• InsuResilience Global Partnership: Centre of Excellence on Gender-smart Solutions’ case studies of 2023
• UNDP Insurance and Risk Finance Facility: Insurance Innovation Challenge – call for applications open! | Deadline to apply: 28 April 2023
• Weather Risk Management Services introduces SecuRisk to bridge the $160 billion global underinsurance gap
• World Food Programme: 2022 Climate Risk Insurance Annual Report

March

• MiN: Michele Grosso joins our Board of Directors 
• A2ii Scholarships for the Microinsurance Master accelerator programme for insurance supervisors
• African Risk Capacity Limited and Milliman launch postgraduate scholarship programme for African students studying climate change risk
• 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
• IBISA: Gini index of precipitation – new solution for drought detection?
• IDF – 2022 In Review: A Year of Influence and Implementation
• ILO and Britam: Product design approaches for inclusive property insurance
• ILO Social Finance Brief: Dvara KGFS
• ILO Social Finance Brief: Suramericana Argentina
• InsuResilience Solutions Fund Annual Report 2022
• LeapFrog companies reach 200m women, as firm commits to IFC gender equality programme
• MicroInsurance Centre at Milliman: Making Climate Risk Microinsurance Work – an analysis of five cases | Download research report
• Microinsurance Master: Rome Wasn't Built in a Day: The Inconvenient Truth About Microinsurance
• SCBF: Savings Linked Insurance for resilience in Ghana and Malawi
• UNCDF partners with Howden to build climate resilience for vulnerable communities in Fiji
• UNDP Insurance and Risk Finance Facility: Insurance Innovation Challenge – call for applications open! | Deadline to apply: 28 April 2023

February

• MiN: Inclusive insurance in Peru | download or purchase our latest country report (free for members) | Descargar o comprar la versión española
• A2ii & Women’s World Banking: Scholarship for the Leadership and Diversity Program for Regulators | Apply by 28 February 2023
• A2ii: Innovating for financial inclusion - the role of insurance supervisors
• A2ii: Envisioning Responsible Finance in the Context of Climate Change – the Role of Insurance Supervision
• Ada: Training in agricultural and rural finance (FAR) (Introductory e-learning session from 27 March to 21 April 2023 | Face-to-face session from 9 to 14 October 2023 in Lomé, Togo)
• ADA: Overview of Smallholder Safety Net Upscaling Programme (SSNUP)  2022
• APA Insurance: CEO Ashok Shah on Once Upon a Leader in Africa Podcast
• BRS: Viva el cooperativismo – a powerful and efficient way of helping one another!
• Etherisc: next exciting chapter: Acre Africa crop insurance is now on Celo blockchain
• LeapFrog continues impact industry leadership with best-in-class verification
• MiCRO & MIC at Milliman: Making climate risk microinsurance work  
• Rural Inclusion: The Social Impact Journal – Podcast episode: Using Emerging Techologies for Good
• UNCDF: Early Positive Impact of Parametric Insurance Shows the Way Forward
• WFP: Social protection and Microinsurance: Series of Case Studies on Bangladesh, Fiji, Ethiopia, Madagascar and Zambia
• WFP: 2023 - Climate Risk Insurance: A key tool for building resilience in Haiti

January

• Microinsurance Network calls for action in Luxembourg and Global North 
• MiN: Watch Katharine Pulvermacher’s interview with Africa Takaful Magazine  
• MiN: Inclusive insurance in India | download or purchase our latest country report (free for members) 
• A2ii & Women’s World Banking: Scholarship for the Leadership and Diversity Program for Regulators | Apply by 31 January 2023 
• APA Insurance: CEO Ashok Shah profiled 
• AXA: Making Healthcare Accessible and Sustainable 
• Britam: How insurers can mitigate risks related to climate change impact 
• CGAP: Can Disruptive Innovation Favor Financial Inclusion in Côte d’Ivoire? 
• Etherisc Developing the World’s First On-chain Carbon Offsets Insurance Product in Collaboration with Chainlink, Floodlight and Coorest 
• IAIS: 2023-2024 Roadmap 
• ILO: Insurance for Development — Product development: inclusive health insurance 
• Inclusivity Solutions scaling with AWS startups 
• MIC at Milliman: Making climate risk microinsurance work 
• MicroNsure wins National Startup Award 2022 under Fintech (Insurance) category 
• Pioneer & IFC: Typhoon Insurance Shelters Filipino Farmers 
• SCBF: Savings-linked insurance for resilience in Ghana and Malawi 
• UNCDF – Masitabua: Transparency, Literacy Key to Success of Index Insurance in the Pacific