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• 4th International Microinsurance Conference 2008 - 5-7 November 2008, Cartagena, Colombia

Previous News

• Workshop (in French) on Le renforcement des capacités des gestionnaires des mutuelles de santé pour une meilleure protection sociale - Niger - 30 July - 1 August 2008
• 2nd Asian Conference on Microinsurance: Regulating Insurance for the Masses - JW Marriot Hotel, Mumbai, India - 23 - 24 July 2008
• AIG invests in MicroCred Nanchong China - Forbes.com - 26 August 2008
• Tata AIG opens 11 offices in Kerala - Business Standard.com - 19 August 2008
• China Life unveils microinsurance pilot programme - Trading Markets.com - 14 August 2008
• Max New York Life Insurance partners CNRI for Max 'Vijay' - Business Standard - 12 August 2008
• The Egyptian Insurance Supervisory Authority (EISA) is preparing to permit NGOs to offer microinsurance. - Daily News Egypt - 5 August 2008
• New Allianz Corporate Responsibility Magazine available - Edition 3 - July 2008
• “Late securitization” and microinsurance? - RGE Monitor - 2 August 2008
• CCA Special Dispatch on Microinsurance - CCA Vol. 2, No. 2 - 28 July 2008
• AACH interview about Chile's insurance sector - Business News Americas - 29 July 2008
• Gradatim India launches microinsurance IT platform - IT India Blog - 25 July 2008
• Aviva targets bigger play in microinsurance - DNA - 17 July 2008
• The China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) provides microinsurance for life and health risks in rural areas - Beijing Review - 15 July 2008
• Brazil Takes a Seat at the Global Insurance Table - Trading Markets - 14 July 2008
• Pro MHI Africa - New research project launched
• Ghanaian Susu collectors received microinsurance - Ghana News Agency - 7 July 2008
• Microinsurance policies to enter Egyptian market for first time - Daily News Egypt - 6 July 2008
• Microinsurance and OSH: Helping to cope with workplace risks - ILO Feature article - 2 July 2008
• Nigeria insurance sector need for global update includes microinsurance - Business Day - 1 July 2008
• Tata AIG Life plans low-key products to tap rural market - The Financial Express - 1 July 2008
• HSBC-Canara-Oriental Bank of Commerce launch in India - Hindustan Times - 16 June 2008
• Mercy Corps to launch microinsurance in Indonesia and the Philippines - insuranceNet.com - 16 June 2008
• Rwanda: Insurance to Boost Agricultural Sector - allAfrica.com - 15 June 2008
• Special Session on Microcredit and Microinsurance during IDRC Davos 2008 Conference - 28 August 2008, Davos, Switzerland
• MicroNote on microinsurance and markets affected by HIV-AIDS - microLINKS
• Violence victims slap CIC Kenia with Sh100m claims - Business Daily Africa - 5 June 2008
• IDS Research Center on Microfinance will also focus on microinsurance and micro-health - The Hindu - 5 June 2008
• Susep Regulator interview about insurance in Brazil - Busines News Americas - 3 June 2008
• HealthSprint plans tie-up with microinsurers in Bangalore - Economic Times India - 2 June 2008
• Co-operative Insurance Company (CIC) expands microinsurance in Kenya - BusinesDaily Africa - 26 May 2008
• South Africa reforms microinsurance regulation - All Africa.com - 20 May 2008
• IRDA panel moots changes in distribution set-up in India - Busines Standard - 14 May 2008
• Microinsurance Conference 2007 Report available - Munich Re Foundation - 29 April 2008
• SKS Microfinance will offer microinsurance with Bajaj Allianz Life - Microcapital Story - 17 April 2008
• Pro Mujer Peru makes low cost insurance available to women entrepreneurs - Pro Mujer Press Release - 9 April 2008
• Silver behind the clouds - Microinsurance in India - The Financial Express - 8 April 2008
• Zurich launches microinsurance research in China - Zurich News Release - 8 April 2008
• Microinsurance Session in conference Global Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Actuarial Profession - 4-7 May 2008, Boston, USA
• The future of microinsurance regulation in South Africa - iti News - 8 April 2008
• South Africa plans to regulate low-income insurance providers - Bloomberg - 7 April 2008
• Allianz entering the life insurance and microinsurance market in Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka Daily Mirror - 28 March 2008
• China's insurance regulators moves to boost rural microinsurance - People's Daily Online - 27 March 2008
• LIC`s Jeevan Madhur microinsurance to cover sex workers too - India Info Online - 27 March 2008
• China develops microinsurance in rural areas - China Knowledge - 27 March 2008
• South Korea credit delinguents rescue plan includes microinsurance - The Korea Times - 27 March 2008
• ADB and Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction Provide USD 1 Million Grant to the Philippines for Microinsurance - Microcapital - 25 March 2008
• First Microinsurance Agency (FMIA) opens in Pakistan - Pakistan Daily Times - 20 March 2008
• CARE International and Allianz offer health microinsurance in Southern India - Microcapital - 17 March 2008
• Aviva and BASIX launch Sangh Samruddhi, a group term plan - Moneycontrol.com - 14 March 2008
• NIC to launch two new insurance policies in India - newindpress.com - 11 March 2008
• Amendments to Sri Lanka insurance regulation to boost microinsurance - The Island Online - 11 March 2008
• Private insurer Max New York Insurance gets involved in microinsurance - Business Standard - 6 March 2008
• New report on Emerging Rural Insurance Market in India - Report Linker - 28 January 2008
• Microinsurance Training in French (ILO, PlanetFinance and Zurich) - 5-7 March 2008, Casablanca, Morocco
• Financial Mainstreaming of Microinsurance and Savings Training Course - 3-5 March 2008, Cebu City, Philippines
• SKS Microfinance in India rolls out Health Insurance with ICICI Lombard General Insurance - Money Control India - 21 February 2008
• Opportunity International received USD24.2 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand its insurance products - Opportunity International Press Release - 6 February 2008
• Microfinance initiatives in India take health insurance to the poor - livemint.com - 4 February 2008
• First Islamic microinsurance products in Indonesia - Allianz Press Release - 31 January 2008
• Kenia's microinsurer CIC pays claims resulting from recent polictical violence - Business Daily Africa - 28 January 2008
• Barnert Global's Microinsurance Island in Second Life - Second Life Pulse - 23 January 2008
• Positions vacant for Microinsurance Innovation Facility - Deadline FRIDAY 8 February 2008!!!
• Allianz Extends Indonesia Microinsurance Programm - TMC.net - 31 January 2008
• Cheaper cover for farmers in China - China Daily - 17 January 2008
• China promotes microinsurance in rural areas - CRI - 16 January 2008
• BDAmericas published Note on Microinsurance - Business News Americas - January 2008
• First Reinsurance School in India - MIA Website - 26 January 2008
• Research and Markets has announced the addition of “Emerging Rural Insurance Market in India” - Business Wire - 25 January 2008
• USAID After Hours Seminar Microfinance and Health Services - 30 January 2008, Washington DC, USA
• Microinsurance Insights latest release focuses on Microinsurance - Intellecap Press Release- 17 January 2008
• Sino-French Life Insurance Co also offers microinsurance - Forbes.com - 16 January 2008
• Microinsurance in Indonesia - Video from Allianz Indonesia
• IFC pools risks for health care in Kenia - Business Daily Africa - 16 January 2008
• Regional Workshop on Microinsurance - 16-17 January 2008, Beijing, China
• IFC to help microfinance and microinsurance firms use IT in rural areas - India Economic Times - 20 December 2007
• News Archive 2007
• News Archive 2006

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