Microinsurance Web Resource Guide

Many resources are available on microinsurance. Explore these sites:

Access to Insurance Initiative - A global programme designed to strengthen the capacity and understanding of insurance supervisors, to facilitate their role in expanding access to insurance markets, and to support the implementation of sound regulatory and supervisory frameworks consistent with international standards.

Asia Microinsurance Network (AMIN) - A regional network of micro-insurance practitioners that focuses on microinsurance schemes and innovations in Asia.

Dossier Thématique Micro-Assurance sur Le Portail Microfinance - The French Microfinance Gateway in collaboration with CGSI offers a comprehensive resource on microinsurance in French.

ILO GIMI - Global Information on Micro Insurance  - Focused on health insurance and social protection.

Info Sure - GTZ initiative on social insurance systems (evaluation, development and learning) 

International Task Force on Commodity Risk Management in Developing Countries - Provides tools and education for risk management in developing countries.

Making Financial Markets Work for the Poor -  Insurance section of the Finmark Trust Web site presents documents on microinsurance, focusing on South Africa and the Africa region.

Microfinance Risk Programme - Aims to assist financial institutions identify  exposure to risks posed by HIV and AIDS and develop strategies to manage those risks. 

Micro Insurance Academy - India-based academy provides training, research, and advisory services to micro health insurance schemes. 

Microhealthinsurance-India - Resource center focused on development of health insurance, especially in India.

Microinsurance Centre - Resource center providing documents, links and information on microinsurance around the world with a focus on the partner-agent model.

Microinsurance Innovation Facility- Housed at the International Labor Organization's Social Finance Programme, this organization launched in 2008 seeks to increase the availability of quality insurance for the developing world's low income families to help guard them against risk and overcome poverty.

Microinsurance Network -  Platform for information sharing and stakeholder coordination with  aim to promote the development and proliferation of insurance products for low-income persons.

Munich Re Foundation - Site includes a section on poverty and microinsurance with focus on disaster prevention and climate risks 

ProVention Consortium - Established by the World Bank, this organization focuses on disaster risk management in developing countries   

Social Finance Programme - ILO website presenting case studies, technical documents on microinsurance and information on ILO activities in microinsurance

STEP Program -  Presents the ILO/STEP Program that focuses on social protection for the poor