Event Name: Interactive Launch of the Microinsurance Compendium, Volume II
Event Date: July 3, 2012, 16:00 – 18:30
Event Location: International Labour Organization Library, Geneva, Switzerland, and Online
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Cost: Free
Summary of Event: This launch of Volume II of the Microinsurance Compendium targets insurance and finance sector representatives as well as policymakers, regulators and academics. The sessions with the authors of the Compendium will explore trends in the microinsurance sector. Specifically, the authors and other representatives of the microinsurance field will discuss: client value, health insurance, agriculture and disaster risk insurance. Portions of the event will be available online, including a “question and answer” session with the authors.
Background on Organizer: Established by the UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2008, the Microinsurance Innovation Facility supports the extension of insurance to low-income people in developing countries through research.
Event Website: http://www.microinsurancefacility.org/en/interactive-launch-microinsuran…
For additional information, you may contact The Microinsurance Innovation Facility by phone at +41 22 799 6786 or by email at microinsurance[at]ilo.org
Submit Your Event: http://microfinanceassociation.ning.com/events
By Courtney Snelling, Research Associate
Additional Resources:
MicroCapital.org Story, April 30, 2012, “MICROFINANCE BRIEF: Microinsurance Innovation Facility: Market Reaches 500m People, 60% in India”, https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-microinsurance-innovation…
MicroCapital.org story, November 9, 2011, “MICROFINANCE EVENT: The Business Viability of Microinsurance, Webinar, November 24, 2011, Organized by the Microinsurance Innovation Facility of the United Nations’ International Labor Organization”, https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-the-business-viability-of
MicroCapital.org story, October 7, 2010, “SPECIAL FEATURE: Munich Re Foundation, Microinsurance Network Interview Howard Bolnick, Chair of International Actuarial Association Working Group on Microinsurance”, https://www.microcapital.org/special-feature-munich-re-foundation-microin
MicroCapital.org story, February 11, 2008, “PAPER WRAP-UP: Microinsurance in Focus Note Nr. 2: ‘Product Design and Insurance Risk Management’, by the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)”, https://www.microcapital.org/paper-wrap-up-microinsurance-in-focus-note-n…
MicroCapital.org story, February 6, 2008, “PAPER WRAP-UP: Microinsurance in Focus Note Nr. 1: ‘Marketing: Promoting Insurance to the Poor’, by the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)”, https://www.microcapital.org/paper-wrap-up-microinsurance-in-focus-note-n…
MicroCapital Universe Profile: Microinsurance Innovation Facility, https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=Mic…
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