The Presidents Column: Are We Really Helping The Poor?

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...

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Industry Opinion: Distribution is King

MicroEnsure, 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...

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A1 Goes Live

MicroEnsure, 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...

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Insight: New Ways of Reaching The Poor

MicroEnsure, 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...

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Product Focus: Political Risk Cover

MicroEnsure, 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...

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MicroEnsure Runner-up in Financial Times Award

MicroEnsure, 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...

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MicroEnsure shortlisted for Financial Times Award

MicroEnsure, 19 April 2010, Writer David Dorey

MicroEnsure 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...

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Microinsurance to be on the agenda for the UN-Climate Conference in Copenhagen

MicroEnsure, 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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