Microinsurance: Monitoring a Maturing MarketJanuary 31, 2013Microinsurance may cover as many as 1 billion people by 2020, according to the Microinsurance Network, but questions remain as to the potential profitability of the business in a given geography.
In CAT-Prone Haiti, Microinsurance Gains SteamJanuary 30, 2013When Hurricane
Sandy struck Haiti late last year, the home Guerda Pierre shares
with her three children and mother in Cabaret, north of
Port-au-Prince, was flooded - and so was the merchandise she
sold to make a living.
New Microinsurance Facility Focuses on Catastrophe RiskMarch 31, 2011An international consortium including Swiss Re, Guy Carpenter and Mercy Corps has created what it calls a scalable, innovative model to combat the financial impact of natural disasters for Haitians.
Technology is Key to Huge Microinsurance Growth OpportunityMarch 03, 2011Major global insurance carriers seek to move beyond saturated traditional markets to emerging economies but need to adapt IT and telecommunications capabilities to take advantage of the high-volume, low-value microinsurance market.
