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Strategic partnerships are key to successful distribution in a post-Covid world

Whether it’s digital or face-to-face, choosing the right distribution partners and channels is vital for reaching underserved populations facing increased risks from the COVID-19 pandemic. Our latest Latin America Expert Forum explored some of the options.

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Role of actuaries in scaling up microinsurance in developing markets
The recent Actuarial Research Virtual Conference - featuring several MiN members - heard how actuaries can play a key role in offering successful, sustainable microinsurance products in low-income markets.
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MiN & Members: Events
Register now: International Conference on Inclusive Insurance - Digital Edition | 2-6 November 2020
Expert Forum: Business case for microinsurance in Covid-19 times | Watch recording (members only)
MiN Webinar: La rentabilidad social y económica de los seguros inclusivos en tiempos de COVID-19 | Watch recording
JMM 2020 | Regional deep dive session recordings now available | Watch recordings (members only)
ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility: “Insurance for Development” online course | 28 September-30 October 2020 | MiN offering 5 scholarships to institutional members – apply by 1 September
Women's World Banking: "Making Finance Work for Women" (virtual event) | 20-21 October 2020  | Buy tickets
Elsewhere in the sector...
VisionFund International seeking Insurance Business Development Manager | Apply by 3 September
Ethiopia: new microinsurance regulation measure issued
Understanding your client: Munich Re’s experiment with microinsurance in Indonesia
India: Women can become powerful advocates for insurance within local communities
aYo reaches 8.6m insured in Africa through mobile microinsurance
Brazil: Regulator implements regulatory sandbox model
WhatsApp in India plans to provide masses with insurance
Papua New Guinea: leveraging a church network to bring life insurance to remote communities
Mercy Corps announces new CEO
Webinar Series: Digital upskilling for financial health and meaningful engagement
Can Lenders Also Sell Insurance and Investment Products?
Arbol and Chainlink enables businesses and farmers to hedge weather risk 
FAQs on Indian Mutuals
Member profile:
Microinsurance Catastrophe Risk Organisation (MiCRO)
MiCRO CEO Carlos Boelsterli shares on the impacts of COVID-19 and climate change on vulnerable populations in Latin America and the Caribbean - and on the organisation’s efforts to close the protection gap.
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MiN & Members: News & Blogs
WFP & Green Delta: Casual labourers in Bangladesh to benefit from newly launched flood insurance scheme
MicroInsurance Centre at Milliman: The third wave of microinsurance
Richard Leftley on the merger of MicroEnsure and STP Group
MSC: 12 recommendations to help FIs weather the Covid-19 crisis
Inclusivity Solutions selected by Lloyd’s for InsurTech cohort focused on COVID-19 risks
Varese Brokers launches Latin America’s first online MI marketplace
Back to Basics? Evolution of Distribution Models in Microinsurance
World Bank Group: The new poor are different: Who they are and why it matters
Publications & Resources
MiN: Briefing Paper “Responses to COVID-19: the Scope for Hope”| Available in English, French and Spanish
MiN Annual Report 2019
ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility: Case Brief - Fasecolda
Cenfri: Policy options in a post-Covid-19 Africa
A2ii: Pandemic Risk Webinar Series Parts 1 & 2 - Protection Gap & Public-Private Initiatives
InsurTech Business Series Podcast: Enabling Affordable Healthcare in Nigeria with Insurance with MiN member Dr. Ikpeme Neto, Founder of Wellahealth
IFC publishes series on “The Case for Insuring Women for a Better Tomorrow”
IFC: COVID-19 and the Insurance Industry – Why a Gender-sensitive Response Matters
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