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The Facility aims at sharing information with all key stakeholders, from insurers, investors, suppliers and delivery organizations to researchers, TA providers, donors and civil society organizations in order to facilitate the replication and expansion of effective interventions.
Latest publications
Feature publication
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Protecting the poor: A microinsurance compendium
Edited by Craig Churchill, ILO, 2006
Essential reading for insurance professionals, practitioners and anyone involved with offering insurance to low-income persons, this volume covers the many aspects of microinsurance in detail including product design, marketing, premium collection and governance.
This authoritative compendium brings together the latest thinking of leading
academics, actuaries, and insurance and development professionals in the
microinsurance field. The result is a practical, wide-ranging resource which
provides the most thorough overview of the subject to date.
The book allows readers to benefit from the valuable lessons learned from a
project launched by the CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance to analyse
operations around the world. Essential reading for insurance professionals,
practitioners and anyone involved with offering insurance to low-income persons,
this volume covers the many aspects of microinsurance in detail including
product design, marketing, premium collection and governance.
It also discusses the various institutional arrangements available for delivery such
as the community-based approach, insurance companies owned by networks
of savings and credit cooperatives and microfinance institutions. The roles of
key stakeholders are also explored and the book offers insightful strategies for
achieving the right balance between coverage, costs and price.
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