Insurance & risk transfer

This report is a summary of the Microinsurance Conference 2007 held in Mumbai, India, jointly hosted by the CGAP Working Group on microinsurance, the Munich Re Foundation and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) with the support of

Strengthening the adaptive capacity of populations at all levels from the local to the global is among the most important challenges facing development. The results of our research point, among other things, to the critical importance of transboundary

The main purpose of this publication is to reflect in one document recovery assistance and services available to victims of a disaster incident.

Australian Emergency Manual Series
PART III: Volume 3 — Guidelines Guide 11

The series has been developed to assist in the management and delivery of support services in a disaster context. 

These Guidelines and the associated case study ‘Economic and

From 18 to 20 October, the Munich Re Foundation held the 2005 Microinsurance Conference ‘Making Insurance Work for the Poor: Current Practices and Lessons Learnt’. In cooperation with the CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance, around a hundred selected

This report is a summary of the Microinsurance Conference 2006 held in Cape Town, South Africa, jointly hosted by the CAGP Working Group on Microinsurance and the Munich Re Foundation with the support of FinMark Trust. This event was aimed at discussing

When Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, it clearly brought with it the worst devastation from a natural disaster in our country’s history. It also revealed longstanding problems that continue to afflict many of our nation’s

A view from the reinsurance industry on the rising impact of natural hazard related disasters and how it is driving up the cost of disaster relief and reconstruction for the public sector....