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Jun
The 2015 Africa Insurance & Reinsurance Conference will keep you up-to-date with the latest industry developments, marketing strategies and product innovations relevant for the African market. New technologies, development of new client segments and the overall economic growth in the continent is not only forcing regional insurers to rethink the way they conduct business but also forcing the global players to look at Africa as a strategic market for growth.At the 4th Annual Africa Insurance and Reinsurance Conference, will focus on key fundamentals to the business of insurance and discuss how
On the sidelines of UNFCCC COP20 the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and CARE will host a half day seminar to raise awareness and showcase actions on approaches to address the food and nutrition security and climate change challenges.
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Mar
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Latin America´s Annual Microinsurance Summit 2015 tackles exactly what is needed to create win-win distribution channel, develop new products for the segment in a more creative way, and radically change the way the market is reached through a powerful mobile strategy. Hear from companies that have a proven record of success and extensive experience in the Latin American market, including Grupo Segurador BB-Mapfre, Pleyade, AIG, Nacional Vida, Allianz and Grupo Financiero Banrural.
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Nov
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The Conference will focus on how agricultural insurance and food security are linked and how this link is relevant for future development efforts. It will sharpen the understanding under what circumstances and how agricultural insurance can best contribute to food security and provides a platform to share experiences. The Conference welcomes food security and agricultural insurance experts, development organizations, insurance policy makers and regulators, academia and representatives from the private sector. View AIC 2014 panelist interviews here.
The Index Insurance Forum brings together policy advisors, private sector leaders, technical experts and development organizations to create a dynamic and incisive dialogue on key issues within the micro and index insurance sector. The topics covered under this section include technical product design, industry practices, policy reviews, market updates and climate related opinion editorials. The GIIF team welcomes contributions from all industry stakeholders and practitioners. Please write your insights and blog ideas to Kaavya Krishna ( kashokkrishna@ifc.org).
11
Nov
From 11 to 13 November 2014, the 10th International Microinsurance Conference will take place in Mexico City. Around 500 participants and experts from around the world will exchange views and discuss the challenges of microinsurance. The participants will include representatives of insurance and reinsurance companies, international organisations, NGOs and development-aid agencies as well as academics, policymakers, and supervisory regulators.
GIIF collaborates with the ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility to strengthen knowledge dissemination related activities. The collaboration aims at improving the delivery of index insurance to farmers and their families as well as businesses, through the extraction, dissemination and promotion of lessons mainly from GIIF implementing partners and to strengthen microinsurance markets in countries that have a strong index insurance potential. This knowledge partnership offers knowledge sharing and technical training to local stakeholders by focusing on global knowledge management and communications
To fill knowledge gap, GIIF technical partners assist GIIF implementing partners in building the technical capacity.
The Forum for Agricultural Risk Management in Development (FARMD) is a network of practitioners seeking to enhance the sharing of experience and knowledge in agricultural risk management. FARMD provides a platform for sharing experiences and information amongst agricultural risk management practitioners as well as a space for learning, capacity building, and advancing knowledge in agricultural risk management. Through its partnership with GIIF, this knowledge can now be explored on this section. www.agriskmanagementforum.org