WANT TO KNOW WHAT MICROINSURANCE IS?
- Visit the MicroInsurance Focus Frequently Asked Questions for answers to the most common questions about microinsurance
- Read an introduction to microinsurance in Microinsurance Notes 1: What is Microinsurance?
- Understand the need for low-income households to manage risks with MicroInsurance Centre Briefing Note 2: How Poor People Manage Risk
WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT INSURANCE TERMINOLOGY?
- Visit the Glossaries page which provides a set of links to key glossaries defining microinsurance terms, common insurance vocabulary and explanations
WANT TO KNOW ABOUT MICROINSURANCE PRODUCTS, WHO PROVIDES THEM AND HOW?
- The section Microinsurance Products presents the range of products offered by
- Service Providers of microinsurance in different countries and contexts
- Learn the basics of product design and provision with Making Insurance Work for Microfinance Institutions. A Technical Guide to Developing and Delivering Microinsurance
WANT TO KNOW ABOUT MICROINSURANCE TOPICS?
- Visit the section Resources and Tools and learn about the following topics to better understand, design, and manage microinsurance:
| Demand | Is Microinsurance a Priority for the Poor? Understanding the Demand for Risk-Managing Financial Services. This brief survey shows the complexity of factors that influence the demand for insurance and other risk-managing financial services. |
| Design | An Overview of Insurance Product Development within the Opportunity International Network. The factors that should be considered when designing microinsurance. Making products as simple as possible. |
| Provision | Protecting the Poor: A Microinsurance Compendium. This comprehensive book demonstrates that a clear picture of microinsurance is beginning to emerge with its challenges as well as with new solutions. |
| Regulation and Supervision | Regulation and Supervision of Microinsurance. Conceptual and technical issues of microinsurance regulation. |
| Reinsurance | Reinsurance Manual (ICMIF). Background and design of a reinsurance programme, accounting and administrative procedures. |
| Commercialization | Microinsurance Notes 2: How Microinsurance is delivered?. Delivery channels for microinsurance: partnerships, intermediaries and other delivery channels. |
| Performance | Performance Indicators for Microinsurance Practitioners which presents a first approach, driven by experts and practitioners, to microinsurance performance assessment. |
| Disaster Management | Disaster Insurance for the Poor? A Review of Microinsurance for Natural Disaster Risks in Developing Countries. Disaster insurance and its role in risk reduction and existent disaster management programmes. |
| Sector Development | Preliminary Donor Guidelines for Supporting Microinsurance. Discussing the strategies and monitoring structures available to microinsurance donors and the characteristics of success for such programmes. |
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
- The section Resources and Tools also provides Tools and Reference Links
- For more hands-on information and practical experiences visit Practitioner's Corner