Responses to COVID-19: the Scope for Hope

The COVID-19 pandemic hit the world by surprise, and has taken its toll on individuals, businesses, and the wider economy across the entire globe. And while the world economy has been severely disrupted, microinsurance clients have been hit particularly hard by the global crisis. Insurers face tremendous challenges as they work out how to buffer the future of billions of low-income households and small businesses against this new shock. At the same...