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The Landscape of Microinsurance 2024

The Landscape of Microinsurance 2024

The Landscape of Microinsurance 2024 analyzes the growth and evolution of microinsurance, highlighting its critical role in supporting vulnerable populations facing climate shocks, crises, and financial insecurity. It covers 344 million people across 37 countries, examines regulatory frameworks, distribution channels, and subsidies, and emphasizes the need to close the protection gap while fostering long-term market development.

Better Weather Protection for Tanzanian Farmers

One Acre Fund and Global Parametrics piloted an innovative weather-index microinsurance solution using the Water Balance Index for ~70,000 Tanzanian smallholder farmers. The parametric cover enabled timely payouts and improved resilience against drought and excess rain.

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.

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.

Global Parametrics & One Acre Fund Provide Weather Protection for Tanzanian Farmers

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.

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.

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.

InsuResilience Solutions Fund – Development of an Insurance Programme for Public Schools in Peru

Public-private partnership to insure 50,000+ Peruvian public schools against natural disasters with parametric payouts. Led by APESEG and ISF with support from IDF, AXA XL, and Munich Re.

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.

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.

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.

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.