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Case Study: Through Rain or Drought, Crop Insurance Provides a Protective Umbrella for Us
ACRE Africa's crop index insurance enabled Kenyan smallholder farmers to recover from climate shocks. This pioneering weather-index product helped sustain productivity and manage agricultural risks by offering timely protection against drought and other climate-related threats.
Date Issued
2016
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Challenges of Rural Insurance in the Context of Climate Change: the Case of Soybeans
Product for low-income urban dwellers in flood-prone areas of São Paulo, offering quick post-disaster payouts.
Date Issued
2023
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GREEN DELTA, BANGLADESH – The case for insuring women for a better tomorrow
The case for insuring women for a better tomorrow. Green Delta Insurance Company (GDIC), a private non-life insurer in Bangladesh, partnered with IFC and others to design targeted insurance solutions for women. This note explores why women represent a key growth segment, how GDIC tailored its approach for Bangladeshi women, and the lessons learned from implementing this gender-inclusive strategy in the local market.
Date Issued
2020
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Innovative Index-Based Agriculture Insurance: Where hope meets possibility
A pilot index-based insurance product for rice farmers to mitigate flood-related risks and promote financial resilience.

Making Access to Insurance Happen for People with Disabilities and Small Businesses and Micro-entrepreneurs
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.

Making climate risk microinsurance work. Case Study: Green Delta Insurance Company (GDIC), Bangladesh
Making climate risk microinsurance work: Green Delta Insurance Company in Bangladesh. This case study explores the origin, design, and delivery of Green Delta's agricultural microinsurance program. It reviews pricing mechanisms, subsidy structures, operational challenges, delivery models, and real-world performance results. The analysis offers key lessons for building climate resilience through private-public partnerships in emerging markets.

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.
Date Issued
2021
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Making Climate Risk Microinsurance Work. Case Study: MiCRO & Aseguradora Rural (AR), Guatemala
Partnership between MiCRO and Aseguradora Rural to deliver parametric climate microinsurance to smallholder farmers and microentrepreneurs in Guatemala through bundled loans.
Date Issued
2022
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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.

Nepal: Introducing index-based insurance for flood-prone communities
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.

Segurísimo, developing inclusive insurance in Colombia
SEGURÍSIMO is a low-cost, easy-to-claim modular insurance product designed to serve vulnerable and traditionally excluded populations in rural areas. It offers coverage for both the policyholder and the beneficiary, emphasizing accessibility and inclusivity. The product's modular design allows flexibility in tailoring benefits, and its streamlined claims process helps reduce barriers to access. This case reflects an impactful initiative in Colombia aimed at enhancing social protection for underserved groups.
Date Issued
2022
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Skyline Partners: Protecting Jamaican Credit Unions from Tropical Cyclones with FatTrack™ Parametric Insurance: Timely Payouts During Hurricane Beryl
The document presents a case study on Skyline Partners' FatTrack™ parametric insurance solution, designed to protect Jamaican Co-operative Credit Unions (JCCUL) from financial risks associated with major hurricanes. Utilizing independently reported wind field data, the solution offers precise and timely payouts, as demonstrated during Hurricane Beryl.
Date Issued
2025
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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.

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.
Date Issued
2023
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WFP Southern Africa
WFP's R4 initiative insures 8,000+ households in Zimbabwe and Mozambique against drought, floods, and cyclones using area-yield and weather index insurance, in partnership with local insurers.