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Housed at the International Labour Organization's Social Finance Programme, the Microinsurance Innovation Facility seeks to increase the availability of quality insurance for the developing world’s low-income families to help them guard against risk and overcome poverty. The Facility was launched in 2008 with the support of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Innovation grants
Over a 7-year period the ILO´s Facility will provide 40 to 50 innovation grants,
totaling US$18 million through biannual requests for applications. The grants can support insurance
against any type of risk, but priority is given to products where demand exceeds supply, such as agriculture,
health, life and property.
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Innovation Grantees
Through the innovation grants, the Facility is encouraging a variety of organizations to engage with microinsurance in order to experiment with new products or partnerships. Click on this section to get an overview of our grantees, the projects they are implementing, and how these are intended to benefit the working poor.
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What's new
- Health microinsurance schemes and claims models
The Microinsurance Innovation Facility, STEP and the Microinsurance Network have launched a survey to identify the current claims models in health microinsurance schemes. Check the preliminary results gathered by Pascale Leroy who is leading the analysis.
Study on the current microinsurance landscape in Africa
The Facility and the MicroInsurance Centre invite organizations developing microinsurance operations in Africa to take part in a study on the current microinsurance landscape in Africa. We are interested in all insurance products that you provide to low-income people and information will be treated confidentially. Respondents to our short questionnaire not only will be featured in the report, but will also have access to aggregated data on other microinsurance activities in their country. Key findings will be disseminated globally and presented at the 5th annual Microinsurance Conference sponsored by the Munich Re Foundation and the Microinsurance Network, to be held in Dakar in November this year. Please complete this survey by July 7. This study is conducted in close collaboration with the African Insurance Organization (AIO), the Fédération des Sociétés d’Assurances de Droit National Africaines (FANAF), la Concertation, and the ILO's Social Security Department. - Podcast on Microinsurance
ACCION International Principle Director, Monica Brand, interviewed Craig Churchill and
discussed recent innovations being made in terms of microinsurance products, delivery channels, and
supply gaps, as well as the challenges facing the advancement of the sector.
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Feature story
Protecting the special health needs of women -
(pdf 211 KB)
Women´s health is particularly at risk due to the unhealthy environment, long working hours in hazardous conditions,
and lack of income to invest in prevention. The most significant risks that affect women´s health include maternal
mortality and complications surrounding pregnancy and childbirth, sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV/AIDS,
exposure to waterborne diseases, and respiratory problems and burns due to household work. If health microinsurance is
to become a valuable option to protect the livelihoods and health of low-income women, its design and delivery has to
overcome many challenges.
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