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Why insurers must put women clients at the centre of product design and development

Women residing in emerging markets worldwide represent a huge untapped market for microinsurance providers - but only if products are designed and developed with gender sensitivity.

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Gender-sensitive climate risk insurance

Women are disproportionately impacted by extreme climate-related weather events, yet their needs are often ignored by climate risk insurance products.

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MiN Best Practice Groups (BPGs)
Members of the Network are welcome to join our BPGs on the following topics:
  • The Landscape Study and Data
  • Climate Change and Food Security
  • Insurance for MSMEs
  • Health and Financial Inclusion
  • InsurTech & Digitalisation ~ NEW!
Introductory calls are currently taking place, so if you are interested in joining one or more of these groups, please contact us

Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to be part of something special!
MiN & Members: Events
Save the date - JMM 2020: Leveraging technology to reach the uninsured - the Network's annual member strategy meeting| 15-17 June in Luxembourg
Save the date - Regional workshop Philippines: Building resilience through Climate Risk Insurance for MSMEs| MiN, GIZ RFPI Asia, MEFIN, Pioneer | 24-25 March 2020
Microinsurance Master 2020 programme now accepting enrolments | begins March 2020 -apply today!
Save the date - ILO's Impact Insurance Academy 2020 | 29 June - 3 July 2020 in Turin, Italy
Save the date, 16th ICII, 10-12 November 2020, Kingston, Jamaica
A2ii Actuarial trainings programme
Publications/Blogs/Resources
The Economist Intelligence Unit: Global Microscope 2019 - The enabling environment for financial inclusion
The Economist: The future of insurance is happening without insurance firms
MicroSave: What needs to change to achieve meaningful financial inclusion for women
UNDP: Human Development Report 2019, this year focused on inequalities
World Economic Forum Global Risk Report 2020
Allianz Risk Barometer 2020
Five Insurtech predictions for 2020
IDF paper: How technology can help bridge the protection gap
ILO's Impact Insurance Facility: Case Brief - SUNU Assurance Vie
Lighting the way: How the PAYGo Solar Industry is expanding to other life-changing products
Brochure: Strengthening resilience to climate change - innovative solutions from EMA 2019 awards
AXA: How parametric solutions can help captives manage natural catastrophes risk
Podcast: Richard Leftley, CEO of MicroEnsure discusses MI
AM Best interview Michael McCord, MD at MicroInsurance Centre at Milliman, on profitability in MI
MiN, Members: News/Jobs
Rwanda: Radiant recompenses farmers after flood ruins rice plantations
Ghana: MicroEnsure and Access Bank launch new insurance embedded savings product for women
OKO is now live in Mali from any mobile phone
Ethiopia and IFAD to increase access to finance in rural areas threatened by climate change
IBISA and InTech partner to transform agricultural insurance through technology
MiN is hiring a Knowledge Manager
WFP & Oxfam are looking for a service provider to develop flood index in Bangladesh
WFP is hiring a Regional Consultant - Risk Transfer Specialist
3rd Call for proposals of the ISF open till February 7
Elsewhere in the sector...
Strengthening women's livelihoods and resilience to disasters and climate change in Vietnam
Pakistan SEC issues regulatory sandbox guidelines
Philippines: Mutual institutions rally to support those affected by Taal volcano
Myanmar: LuxDev has signed an agreement to help provide 15,000 people in rural areas with access to ICT
ZhongAn unveils international strategy to export cutting-edge InsurTech offerings in Asia
Grant Kenyans access to medical insurance
India: Regulator forms group to study insurance loss prevention
Report: 31 million Nigerians show interest in MI
ADB is recruiting senior staff for Office of Risk Management
Last change to nominate European Risk Management Awards 2020 by 24 of February
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