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Making Insurance Work for the Poor: 6th International Microinsurance Conference 2010

Proceedings from 6th International Microinsurance Conference: Making the Insurance Work for the Poor
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The objective of the conference was to share and learn from experiences in microinsurance across continents and to discuss current practices in the industry. Topics addressed in the seminars, academic sessions and discussions included:

  • Policies for regulation and supervision;
  • Performance principles and indicators;
  • Options for achieving scale and profitability;
  • Developing national microinsurance strategies;
  • Demand issues;
  • Good practices in microinsurance;
  • Microinsurance for agriculture;
  • Responses from the private sector in Philippines;
  • Disaster, health and life insurances;
  • New distribution channels;
  • Insurance literacy;
  • Process mapping for increased efficiency;
  • Social performance indicators and impact on the poor;
  • Contract design and claims handling;
  • Monitoring global trends.

The report presents lessons learned from each session. It includes an outlook for microinsurance in Brazil, the host country for the 7th International Microinsurance Conference 2011.

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By Qureshi, Z., Reinhard, D. (Ed.)
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