IFAD hosts SAFIN annual plenary and workshop on TA for smallholders and agri-SMEs

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

The second annual plenary meeting of the Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network (SAFIN) was held at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on 11-12 October, along with a workshop on "Business models for the delivery of technical assitance complementing finance for smallholders and agri-SMEs".

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14th Consultative Forum on “InsurTech – rising to the regulatory challenge”, 24 October, Argentina – connect and join us remotely

Thursday, October 18, 2018

Written by the Access to Insurance Initiative and the MiN

Next week in Argentina, the 14th Consultative Forum will bring together insurance companies, digital providers, policymakers and regulators to discuss how new technologies and players are changing the insurance landscape, which supervisory approaches are needed in order to stimulate innovation and what protection consumers need.

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Member profile: Denis Garand & Associates

Thursday, October 11, 2018

Denis Garand is the president of Denis Garand & Associates and has served on the MiN Board of Directors since 2014 and has been the Treasurer since 2015. He has been a microinsurance pioneer since 2001 and was involved in the MiN - and its forerunner the CGAP working group on microinsurance - since the very beginning.

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We are hiring: Assistant Director opening at the MiN

Wednesday, October 10, 2018
The Microinsurance Network (MiN) is looking for a dynamic self-starter to join our organisation as an Assistant Director. The role will involve working side by side with the Executive Director (ED), helping with all daily operational, managerial and administrative tasks as needed.
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Fasecolda hosts interactive microinsurance training workshop

Monday, October 8, 2018
Sixty inclusive insurance specialists and leaders from 18 Colombian insurers joined a workshop on inclusive insurance organised by the Colombian insurance association Fasecolda last week. Fellow MiN members Pioneer Insurance and Microinsurance Master were invited to present. Pioneer shared lessons from their journey that has seen them achieve up to 18 million microinsurance enrolments, while Microinsurance Master shared how to adopt key insights from its leadership training programme.
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MiN members to speak on profitable microinsurance solutions at Latin America conference

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

The Microinsurance Network (MiN) will be well represented at the upcoming 2018 LIMRA LOMA Latin America Conference, which will take place in New York on 31 October and 1 November.

Vice-Chair Andrea Keenan of AM Best and former Chair and long-standing member Michael J. McCord of the MicroInsurance Centre at Milliman will both feature on the panel "Profitable Microinsurance Solutions", where they will provide insights and case studies on how different markets are currently advancing microinsurance initiatives in both a sustainable and profitable manner.

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New ILO fellowship opportunity in Indonesia

Thursday, September 27, 2018
The ILO's Social Finance Programme is welcoming applications from qualified candidates for a fellowship opportunity in Indonesia. The application deadline is October 21, 2018.
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MiN to participate on panel of fully virtual event

Friday, September 21, 2018

The Digital Insurer is organising a fully global and digital event during the month of November - with five dedicated agendas to cater to specific regions.

The session on Africa, to be held on 23 November will feature MiN Executive Director, Katharine Pulvermacher, who will speak during the panel on "Digital Microinsurance - Reaching new insurance consumers", along with MiN member Richard Leftley, CEO of MicroEnsure.

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