Bank Strategies in Catastrophic Settings: Empirical Evidence and Policy Suggestions

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The poor in developing countries are the most exposed to natural catastrophes and microfinance organisations may potentially ease their economic recovery. Yet, no evidence on MFI strategies after natural disasters exists.

This paper aims to fill this gap by building a dataset which merges bank records of loans, issued before and after the 2004 Tsunami by a Sri Lankan MFI recapitalised by Western donors, with detailed survey data on the corresponding borrowers.

Credit Life Actuarial Pricing Model Toolkit

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This hypothetical pricing model has been produced by the UK Actuarial Profession Microinsurance Working Party as a learning aid in the development of pricing techniques. The module consists of a number of sheets, each of which address certain aspects of actuarial calculations for life microinsurance. The toolkit consists of hypothetical pricing calculations that can assist users of the toolkit in understanding key pricing principles. It is therefore not indended as a complete pricing model.

Health Insurance Handbook. How To Make It Work

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The Microinsurance Trilogy N°28 - 7th International Microinsurance Conference, The case for people led risk protection, Microinsurance Network strategic plan 2012-2017.

Newsletter

The Microinsurance Trilogy N°27 - Donors can accelerate the improvement of client value, MiCRO: A case of donor’s spearheading innovation.

Newsletter

The Microinsurance Trilogy N°26 - Social Performance in Microinsurance, Testing the Social Performance Indicators, Donors and Microinsurance.

Newsletter

7th International Microinsurance Conference Report - Making insurance work for the poor

Report

This report is the summary of the conference that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 8 –10 November 2011, in which 450 experts and practitioners from 50 countries attended to discuss how microinsurance will reach the next level.

International Microinsurance Conference - Learning Sessions Ghana report

Report

This report captures the key lessons and messages as well as outcomes from the conference, which took place in Accra, Ghana, from 22 to 23 May 2012.

Report – 8th International Microinsurance Conference 2012

Report

This publication is the summary of the 8th International Microinsurance Conference that took place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on 6 –8 November 2013.

Donors and Microinsurance

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This study examines the involvement of donor organisations in microinsurance by analysing their motivations, strategic directions and determining factors.

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