Dr Rao appointed Head of Agriculture Risk Management and Insurance, India • Nairobi hosts Africa Training of Trainers workshop • The relationship between microfinance and microinsurance in the Philippines • MicroEnsure opens new office in Kenya • Philippines: Clients delighted with insurance payouts • Richard Leftley comments in The President's Column
India health insurance scales up • Green Bank agreement brings in 45,000 new microinsurance clients • Tanzania: Maize pilot demonstrates benefit of weather index crop insurance • Tanzania: MicroEnsure is first microinsurance organisation to get brokerage license • Ghana: Gates Foundation delegation visits MicroEnsure Ghana • Ghana: Robert Dzogbenuku becomes Country Manager • Industry opinion: Microinsurance to be on the agenda for the UN-Climate Conference in Copenhagen • Information technology: The role of information technology in bringing affordable insurance to the poor • Appointments: Mark Pettifor appointed Business Solutions Manager, Martin Fuller is new Chief Technology Officer • Richard Leftley comments in The President's Column
Weather index crop insurance launched in India • Weather index crop insurance expands in Asia and Africa • MicroEnsure shortlisted for FT Sustainable Banking Awards • 2009 Rural Bankers Association Visayas Credit Management Conference • Appointments: Brad Williams is new Chief Operating Officer • Industry opinion: The anatomy of an insurance product • Richard Leftley comments in The President's Column
Microensure introduces Philippines' first micro housing insurance for the poor • Industry Opinion: Brandon Mathews of Zurich Insurance Company • First Microensure conference held in Kampala • Rapid claims processing helps spread of insurance safety net • Interview with Mr M Udaia Kumar, MD, Share Microfin Limited • Client education: new comic books introduced • Richard Leftley comments in the President's Column