Microinsurance provides poor people with coverage for only a few dollars a year. Jean-Jacques Laffont from Allianz AGF in Paris explains why a commercial insurer is interested in low-profit business in Egypt.
Microinsurance has long been now disregarded in Africa. Allianz has teamed up with Planet Finance to provide microinsurance for poor people in a number of African countries. In Egypt, the project is already underway.
Ralf Radermacher of the New Delhi-based Micro Insurance Academy explains why community-based institutions are so important to expanding insurance, and how big insurance companies fit into the picture.
It is difficult to earn money with microinsurance. Michael Anthony explains why a commercial insurer like Allianz still offers insurance to the poor.
Can NGOs and microfinance institutions increase access to insurance for poor people? Michael J. McCord, CEO of the MicroInsurance Centre, thinks commercial banks and insurers can better reach the world's billion potential insurance clients.
The poor need risk protection. With the expansion of microinsurance in the developing world, millions of low-income households are getting access to this essential financial tool for the first time.
A partnership between CARE International and Allianz provides micro-insurance to over 75,000 Indians affected by the devastating 2004 tsunami.
Heinz Dollberg of Allianz' Asia-Pacific Division talks about the challenges and opportunities of micro-insurance projects in India and beyond.
Microinsurance expert Craig Churchill explains what he has learned from looking at dozens of microinsurance projects from around the world.
