Protecting the Poor: A Microinsurance Compendium Volume II

This book looks at recent developments and achievements in microinsurance and considers where the industry stands now. It comes five years after the publication of the first volume of Protecting the Poor: A Microinsurance Compendium. The book takes note of the changes that have taken place in the intervening years, such as the launch of ILOs Microinsurance Innovation Facility and the Access to Insurance Initiative. The book highlights the progress made in fulfilling the promise of microinsurance to contribute to breaking the cycle of poverty and vulnerability. It discusses:

• Major developments in the sector;
• Relationship between insurance and social protection;
• Impact of microinsurance;
• Challenge of providing microinsurance in the context of climate change;
• Health, life, agricultural, and livestock insurance;
• Topics specific to the low income market such as the psychology of microinsurance, consumer education, and client value;
• Microinsurance design for specific target groups, such as women and migrants;
• Profitability of microinsurance for the insurance industry and the experience of commercial insurers in the low-income market;
• Microinsurance in India;
• Infrastructure necessary for microinsurance to succeed.