Microinsurance insight
Microinsurance podcasts
WINsights Podcast: Discussion with Michael McCord
Crop insurance in Pakistan
While traditional loan insurance products exist, they often miss the mark—protecting only the lender, not the farmer.
The invention of microinsurance
In a special episode of the “Working Through Risk” podcast, our managing director, Michael J. McCord shares how a life-changing experience in Uganda led to the birth of what would become the globally recognized MicroInsurance Centre.
Climate & agricultural risk insight
Making climate risk microinsurance work
The MicroInsurance Centre at Milliman collaborated with five different programs to develop case studies about their journeys to building a viable climate risk insurance solution.
Climate disasters are inevitable: We need to do more than just wait to clean up the damage
Engaging smallholder farmer communities to develop index-based insurance
This knowledge brief explores the benefits of and rationale for community engagement in index insurance initiatives, with examples from a pilot project in rural Ethiopia.
Customer-centric design insight
Rapid prototyping for inclusive insurance: Testing customer challenges and gaining early insights on feasibility
It is crucial that donors and partners supporting inclusive insurance projects understand the importance of prototyping and plan for it at a high level in project design and implementation processes. This brief highlights the processes and practicalities of the rapid prototyping method.
The human touch
We explain the concept of human-centred design and how it has been used in the public and private insurance sectors.
Client Math Toolkit
This toolkit is a guide to implementing a "Client Math" study that helps answer these questions. It is suitable for researchers, insurers, microfinance institutions, and other delivery channels interested in developing a more thorough understanding of the value an existing microinsurance product has to clients.
Gender inclusive microinsurance and risk management
Women-centered microinsurance: Tailoring solutions to address unique needs
Making agricultural and climate risk insurance gender inclusive: How to improve access to insurance for rural women
IFAD’s technical assistance programme INSURED (Insurance for rural resilience and economic development) has been building knowledge about how to strengthen women producers’ access to climate risk insurance.
Talking about climate risk insurance with women in Ethiopia: How to improve value, access, and delivery
We took part in a joint research initiative aiming to develop guidance on how to improve the delivery and increase the value of agricultural and climate risk insurance to women clients.
Additional microinsurance insights
Celebrating 25 years of microinsurance
Michael McCord had a vision: to reach 3 billion low-income people around the world with access to good microinsurance products.
