MicroEnsure, 29 July 2010, Writer Richard Leftley
If you measure the success of a movement by the amount people
talk about it then I think we should all give ourselves a pat on
the back, clearly micro insurance has succeeded judging by the
weekly microinsurance conferences in every corner of the...
Read moreMicroEnsure, 29 July 2010, Writer Joseph Schaefer
There is no demand for insurance. Insurance is
sold not bought. Distribution is king.
These maxims describe the nature of the retail insurance
business worldwide; whether in fully mature markets such as Europe,
United States and Japan...
Read moreMicroEnsure, 26 July 2010, Writer Martin Fuller
In my last article for this newsletter in July 2009 I talked
about the planned IT solution implementation that was to be an
integral part of our use of technology as an enabler to help serve
the poor more effectively and efficiently. Now as I...
Read moreMicroEnsure, 26 July 2010
Like most organizations that provide insurance to the
poor, MicroEnsure started working in partnership with microfinance
organizations (MFI's). Today we have partnerships with over 60
MFI's in Africa and Asia and between them these MFI's have...
Read moreMicroEnsure, 26 July 2010
When MicroEnsure was opening its new insurance brokerage
in Kenya it conducted research with the borrowers of a number of
microfinance companies. The borrowers expressed concern about the
risk of losing their businesses and possessions during the...
Read moreMicroEnsure, 4 June 2010, Writer David Dorey
Leading insurance intermediary for the poor, MicroEnsure has
finished runner-up in a prestigious international industry award
with 156 entrants from 110 institutions across 44 countries.
MicroEnsure came second in the 2010 Financial Times...
Read moreMicroEnsure has been shortlisted for the 2010 Financial
Times Sustainable Banking Awards in the category Banking at the
Base of the Pyramid.
MicroEnsure has been nominated for implementing a successful
health insurance scheme in India in...
Read moreMicroEnsure, 6 August 2009
A milestone for
microinsurance was passed when it was featured in the draft
negotiating text for the climate summit that will establish
strategies for climate change adaptation following the Kyoto
Protocol
An
increase in...
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