Blue Marble partnered with Nespresso to provide weather index insurance to coffee farmers. Automatic payouts based on satellite rainfall data. Coverage expanded to multiple countries.

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.

Photo essay by ADFI and Pula showing gender-inclusive insurance design using mobile platforms and bundled climate microinsurance products across Kenya, Nigeria, and Zambia.

One Acre Fund, a nonprofit that supports smallholder farmers, partnered with Global Parametrics to pioneer a new Water Balance Index protecting 70,000 farmers in Tanzania from drought and excessive rainfall. This index-based weather insurance enables fast, affordable payouts, strengthening farmers' resilience to a volatile climate.

WFP piloted an inclusive weather-index insurance scheme for ~4,800 people in El Salvador, targeting women entrepreneurs and people with disabilities. The product enabled fast payouts during climate shocks and removed traditional credit-based enrollment barriers.

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.

Practical Action developed a flood index insurance for Western Nepal smallholder farmers. Features bundled services, cooperative-based sales, and payouts for crop loss after severe floods.