Workshop report from microfinance and rural finance expert François Doligez, IRAM (Applied Research for new approaches for development). The following article is an edited version of his report of the workshop Microinsurance and Reducing Vulnerability in Rural Areas in Latin America for the French microfinance newsletter BIM (Bulletin d’Information du Mardi). >>>
Interview with Craig Churchill, microinsurance expert, ILO and Chairman of the CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance about the potential growth of microinsurance in Latin America. This interview was published by Business News Americas on October 5, 2007. >>>
Interview with William Bojórquez Córdoba, General Manager of SERVIPERU, a microinsurance cooperative in Peru about their Family Life Insurance policy and the role of individual insurance vs. group insurance from a client's perspective. >>>
Vimo Sewa is an integrated insurance programme aiming to provide social protection for SEWA members to cover their life cycle needs and the various risks they face in their lives, through an insurance organisation in which they themselves are users, owners and managers of all services. Mirai Chatterjee, Coordinator, explains the programme's packages and the difficulties when implementing them.
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Tripati Mishra, Programme Director of The People’s Rural Education Movement (PREM) in India, talks about the challenges of providing health insurance in areas with bad health-care infrastructure and the importance of community involvement. >>>
Dale Lampe, who was formerly the Organisational Project Officer at The Small Enterprise Foundation (SEF) in South Africa, talks about the importance of MIS for efficient microinsurance. During his almost four years there he was responsible for research and development related to operational efficiency and efficacy, new product research and design, including insurance, impact management and client service and satisfaction. >>>
Mukteshwari Kaushik Bosco, Secretary General of Healing Fields Foundation, talks about the challenges of providing health insurance to low-income households. The Healing Fields Foundation is a not for profit organisation that partners with health insurance companies to develop affordable and accessible health insurance to people in India. HFF is also actively involved in the promotion of health awareness and well being programmes along with other NGOs. >>>