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Case brief: ALM SEGUROS
Case brief: ALM SEGUROS. This presentation introduces ALM Seguros as one of the pioneering microinsurance companies in Brazil. The company focused on delivering accessible life and funeral insurance to underserved communities, building trust through affordable premiums and simplified claims. The case illustrates how early entrants in the Brazilian market paved the way for inclusive insurance by aligning product design with local needs and regulatory frameworks.
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2021
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Case Brief: Field Accident Insurance - PROFIN Foundation
Field accident insurance – PROFIN Foundation. This case highlights a specialized microinsurance product developed in Bolivia to cover medical expenses resulting from injuries during official soccer, basketball, and volleyball matches. Distributed through sports associations, the product is tailored to the needs of amateur athletes and addresses a previously uninsured risk segment. It showcases how inclusive insurance can be adapted to community-based distribution and activity-specific protection.
Fecha de emisión
2020
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DeRisking coffee in Vietnam: Piloting a Coffee Climate Protection Insurance scheme to enhance the capacity of smallholders and agribusinesses in coping with climate variability and change
Vietnam's Central Highlands – the world's largest Robusta coffee region – remains one of the country's poorest areas and is highly vulnerable to climate shocks. To build farmers' resilience, a Coffee Climate Protection Insurance (CCPI) pilot is providing smallholder coffee farmers with index-based insurance against drought, excessive rainfall, and extreme temperature, coupled with climate-informed agro-advisory services.
Fecha de emisión
2022
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Empowering Women, Building Trust: A Case Study of a Women-Centric Insurance Solution in Nigeria
Describes FCMBeta Health, a women-focused micro health insurance product in Nigeria, bundled with micro-loans, offering hospital cash and maternity coverage. Over 90,000 enrolled by 2025.
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2025
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IFC Inclusive Business Case Study: MicroEnsure
MicroEnsure bundled insurance with mobile loans and airtime in 15 countries. By 2016, this model had scaled to reach over 40 million clients and included 200+ insurance products. It illustrates a high-impact approach to mobile-enabled microinsurance delivery with large-scale outreach.
Fecha de emisión
2016
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Insurance Automation by Lead Foundation in Egypt
Insurance automation initiative led by Lead Foundation in Egypt, exploring how digital systems can enhance access to inclusive life insurance. The case outlines the broader poverty and economic context, key capacity-building interventions, implementation strategy, and an honest reflection on both the successes and challenges faced. It also discusses project outcomes and lessons learned, offering a blueprint for tech-enabled insurance in underserved regions.
Fecha de emisión
2019
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Lead Family Insurance by Lead Foundation in Egypt
Insurance Automation by Lead Foundation in Egypt. This case outlines the economic and poverty context in which the intervention took place, including the project's approach to capacity building and automation. It highlights both the results achieved and not achieved, and captures key lessons learnt in delivering health and credit life insurance to underserved populations.
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2020
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Making climate risk microinsurance work. Case Study: Kenya Agriculture Insurance Program (KAIP) with APA, Kenya
Information on the Kenya Agriculture Insurance Program developed in partnership with APA Insurance. The overview includes pricing structures, government subsidy mechanisms, challenges in implementation, delivery models, and overall performance metrics. The case outlines key lessons learned from executing a national climate risk microinsurance scheme in a Sub-Saharan African context and provides insight into scaling agricultural resilience through public-private collaboration.
Fecha de emisión
2021
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Making Microinsurance Work, Scale2Save Learning Paper
Making Microinsurance Work: This learning paper by Scale2Save explores the challenges affecting the uptake of microinsurance across emerging markets. Drawing from real-world case studies in Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria, it identifies key barriers and presents practical strategies to boost adoption. The report highlights innovative distribution approaches, customer education tactics, and partnership frameworks that drive scale and sustainability for inclusive insurance services.
Fecha de emisión
2021
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MiCRO / SBS / Bancamía – Boosting Resilience for Microentrepreneurs
In 2019, MiCRO and SBS Seguros, in partnership with Bancamía, launched "My Protected Investment", a microinsurance product for SMEs that combines index-based and traditional coverage. Three years after Colombia's first parametric insurance launch, the initiative had already reached almost 120,000 low-income beneficiaries, providing protection against hazards such as excess rain, drought, and earthquakes, while expanding access to underserved urban and rural clients.
Fecha de emisión
2023
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Pioneer Microinsurance: Building a Business around Positive Customer Experience Pays Off
Pioneer Microinsurance in the Philippines built a strong customer-centric culture by leveraging client data and insights and embedding customer-focused behaviors across the organization. This approach improved the customer experience, strengthened client value, and drove significant business growth, including higher policy renewals and expanded outreach.
Fecha de emisión
2018
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Social Finance Brief: Pacífico Seguros
Social Finance Brief on Pacífico Seguros in Peru, outlining their experience in delivering non-life (property) insurance solutions. The brief explores product innovation, operational models, and lessons learned through collaboration with ILO Impact Insurance and MiM, focused on strengthening financial resilience through non-agricultural property coverage.
Fecha de emisión
2022
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The Growth of Inclusive Insurance in Zambia
Details how Zambia created an inclusive insurance ecosystem through coordinated efforts and industry-wide stakeholder engagement. Zambia's Technical Advisory Group (TAG) led a structured process to align stakeholders, catalyze innovation, and grow the microinsurance market.
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2016
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WFP Nicaragua – Insurance and Social Protection: A Key Tool to Increase Resilience and Food Security in Nicaragua
WFP Nicaragua implemented a risk-layered insurance approach through the R4 Rural Resilience Initiative and sovereign CCRIF coverage.
Fecha de emisión
2023
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World Food Programme's Sahel Climate Catastrophe Layer
The document describes the Sahel Climate Catastrophe Layer (SCCL) by the World Food Programme (WFP), a parametric insurance covering vulnerable populations against extreme droughts in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. The initiative enables rapid, pre-financed disaster response, complements national risk financing tools, and strengthens regional climate resilience.
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2025
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