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Title Making insurance work for microfinance institutions : a technical guide to developing and delivering microinsurance / Craig F. Churchill [and others]
Published Geneva : International Labour Office, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 246 pages) : illustrations
Contents Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Insurance Fundamentals -- 1.1. Insured Event -- 1.2. Benefit Design: How Much is Paid to Whom? -- 1.3. Design Features -- 1.4. Premiums: Paying for Insurance -- 1.5. Claims -- 1.6. Other Considerations -- Further Reading on Insurance Fundamentals -- Appendix 1 -- ch. 2 Insurance Prerequisites -- 2.1. Does the MFI have the Capacity to Offer Insurance? -- 2.2. Is there a Demand for Microinsurance? -- 2.3. Who Else Offers Insurance and Microinsurance? -- 2.4. Is It Legal to Offer Microinsurance? -- 2.5. Data -- Further Reading on Insurance Prerequisites -- Appendix 2 -- ch. 3 Five Microinsurance Products -- 3.1. Life Insurance Spectrum -- 3.2. Five Recommended Products -- Further Reading on Product Features -- ch. 4 Insurance Operations -- 4.1. Back Office Operations -- 4.2. Field Operations -- Further Reading on Insurance Operations -- Appendix 4 -- ch. 5 Outsourcing Risk and Responsibility -- 5.1. Outsourcing the Business to an Insurer -- 5.2. Outsourcing Risk through Portfolio Insurance -- 5.3. Outsourcing through a Separate Unit -- 5.4. Outsourcing Risk through Reinsurance -- 5.5. Outsourcing by Long-term Contracting of Specific Activities -- 5.6. Outsourcing Individual Activities to Consultants -- 5.7. Conclusion -- Further Reading on Outsourcing -- Appendix 5 -- ch. 6 Managerial Control -- 6.1. Accounting Transactions -- 6.2. Financial Management -- 6.3. Monitoring -- Further Reading on Managerial Control -- ch. 7 Pricing -- 7.1. Experience Rating -- 7.2. Trends and Changes within the Investigation Period -- 7.3. Pricing New Products -- 7.4. Pricing for Other Insurance Benefits -- 7.5. Conclusion
Summary Annotation This how-to manual guides managers of microfinance institutions (MFIs) through the complexities of offering basic insurance products, either on their own or in partnership with an insurance company. Insurance is one solution to help low-income households and microfinance institutions to manage risks, but it is not the only solution and it is not always the best solution. This manual helps determine whether it is appropriate to offer insurance, which type of insurance product(s) to offer, and through what institutional structure
Bibliography Incluye referencias bibliogréaficas (pages 233-236), glosario e éindice
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Subject Insurance companies -- Finance
Insurance -- Developing countries
Microfinance.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
Insurance
Insurance companies -- Finance
Microfinance
Developing countries
Form Electronic book
Author Churchill, Craig Farren, 1964-
ISBN 9789221135449
9221135446
9221163903
9789221163909
Other Titles Technical guide to developing and delivering microinsurance
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