Long-standing Network member Dante Portula of GIZ was at the forefront of microinsurance discussions during last month's APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) events held in China. The 2016 Asia Pacific Financial Forum (APFF) Progress Report outlines the achievements and way forward, as well as making recommendations in both the microinsurance and Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (DRFI) work streams.
The agenda of the workshop “Optimising distribution in the low-cost insurance environment”, organised by the Microinsurance Network and moderated by Herman Smit from Cenfri, is now available. The event taking place in Johannesburg on September 28 features a promising line-up of speakers and topics including:
Nearly 50 million people benefiting in the region. At the 12th Annual Meeting of the Latin American Reinsurance Group (LARG) in San Salvador, El Salvador, organised by ICMIF and hosted by Seguros Futuro, which is taking place this week, around 100 industry experts from 13 countries have been exploring aspects of innovation to strengthen competitiveness in the region and touch upon the general landscape of microinsurance in Latin America.
The Microinsurance Network is organising a one day workshop on the theme of distribution in the low-cost insurance environment to take place in Johannesburg on September 28, 2016.
The “State of Microinsurance” magazine highlights significant growth for the microinsurance sector throughout the developing world. To dig deeper into this trend, the Network has partnered with the Asia Insurance Review to conduct a survey of Asian insurers to understand the drivers of microinsurance growth in the region.
The Secretariat of the Microinsurance Network is happy to report that our email system has been restored and staff are now able to receive and respond to emails. However all emails sent to the Secretariat staff between August 9-17 and to the infobox between August 9-23 could not be recovered. We kindly ask that you resend us any emails sent during this time.
The recording of the Expert Forum on "Disaster insurance: How does it promote and protect the poor and their livelihoods?", with topic experts Ulrich Hess, of GIZ, Lourdes del Carpio of La Positiva Seguros y Reaseguros and independent consultant, Weijing Wang, moderator Annalisa Bianchessi, from the Network, and some 60 participants is now available. Listen to the recording to gain insights into disaster insurance schemes and case studies from Peru and China.
The 7th Consultative Forum will take place on the morning Tuesday, 15 November from 08:30 to 12:30 at the Cinammon Grand Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka, with the theme "The role of mutuals, cooperatives and community-based organisations (MCCOs) in inclusive insurance markets".
24 senior staff of insurance regulators, two finance ministry officials and 22 representatives of insurance associations and companies from six Asian countries met in Manila, Philippines from 11-14 July 2016 to discuss proportionality in prudential regulation, licensing, distribution and supervision and the implications on microinsurance development.
The Microinsurance Network, in partnership with GIZ, is organising an Expert Forum on disaster insurance on Tuesday 5th July 2016 – 3pm CEST (9am EST) with the title "Disaster insurance: How does it support and protect the poor and their livelihoods?".
The Microinsurance Network, in partnership with GIZ, is organising an Expert Forum on disaster insurance on Tuesday 5th July 2016 – 3pm CEST (9am EST) with the title "Disaster insurance: How does it support and protect the poor and their livelihoods?".
