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26.02.2021

Case Brief: ALM Seguros

ALM Seguros is a Brazilian company specialized in offering insurance products for emerging customers. In 2018, it was the fastest growing insurer in Brazil. This Case Brief covers the journey of ALM Seguros, which sells microinsurance through traditional brokers, but also non-traditional channels.

22.02.2021

Short-term savings are just as important as long-term savings

Much of the discussion around understanding and facilitating savings of low-income households revolves around helping households accumulate large sums of money over time to achieve savings goals over the medium or long-term.

18.02.2021

COVID-19 and the insurance industry: Why a gender-sensitive response matters

March 3, 2021
Online

05.02.2021

The women’s market: How can insurers tap into this opportunity?

On January 27, 2021, the ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility and IFC Women’s Insurance Program organized the webinar “The women’s market: How can insurers tap into this opportunity?”. Globally, the socioeconomic status of women, their decision-making ability, and their power to influence household spending is increasing. Women now tend to earn more and have better control of their assets, helping their families and communities prosper—while contributing to overall economic growth. Yet, despite these advances, women’s ability to mitigate financial risk for themselves, their families, and their assets remains low. The insurance industry can play a major role in addressing the financial protection and risk mitigation needs of women and could earn up to an additional $1.7 trillion by 2030, with half coming from emerging economies. In this webinar, the ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility and IFC Women’s Insurance Program presented the business case for why insurers should address the women’s market, how the risks women face differ from those of other segments and share the most effective strategies for engaging with and selling insurance to women above and beyond traditional distribution channels. Presenters: Fatou Giwa (Global Lead, IFC Women’s Insurance Program), Craig Churchill (Chief, the ILO’s Social Finance Programme) and Sarah Ebrahimi (Core Team Member, IFC Women’s Insurance Program). Moderator: Lisa Morgan (Technical Officer, the ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility).

01.02.2021

Insurance for SMEs

February 22-24, 2021
Philippines (online)

Annual Report

Annual Report 2019

The 2019 Annual Report highlights our achievements last year in our three streams of work – financial inclusion, impact insurance and sustainable investing.

	Annual Report 2018 In 2018, we further intensified our engagement with policy-makers and financial institutions - banks and financial cooperatives, insurance companies and investment funds - to contribute to decent work and promote sustainable and equitable economic growth.
	Annual Report 2017 In 2017 we intensified our engagement with policy-makers and financial institutions - banks and credit unions, insurance companies and investment funds - to contribute to decent work through sustainable and equitable economic growth.
	Annual Report 2016 In 2016, we started eleven innovation projects in sub-Saharan Africa – projects that are pushing the frontier by testing new ways for insurance to live up to its development potential. These projects are supported by a batch of Impact Insurance Fellows who are responsible for assisting their host companies in project implementation and documenting the emerging lessons and experiences. In 2016, we also stepped up our sustainable capacity building activities. Through these efforts, we reached more than 250,000 beneficiaries, shared cutting-edge solutions with 56,000 stakeholders and encouraged business practice improvements in 43 organizations.
	Annual Report 2015 In 2015 we put in practice our new impact insurance strategy. We undertook activities to develop inclusive insurance across 14 countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa. Reputable insurance institutes in emerging markets joined us to build capacity of the insurance industry through the joint delivery of a dozen of training sessions last year. We established new partnerships to spur innovation in Africa. Building on our technical leadership with consumer-centric solutions, we focused on catalysing public-private partnerships to bring comprehensive coverage to the masses. Our thriving communities of practice, high-quality publications and interactive knowledge events solidified our position as the largest resource centre on inclusive insurance.
	Annual Report 2014 In 2014, we rebranded our activities to adopt a broader approach to enable insurance to fulfil its potential to achieve social and economic development objectives. How are we achieving this? Through three main initiatives: a) facilitating market development in select countries, b) supporting and learning from innovative insurance approaches, and c) by building the capacity of insurers and other stakeholders to be more impactful. As you will see, our Annual Report 2014 shows that we are putting into practice the knowledge we've accumulated over the past six years.
	Annual Report 2013 Microinsurance is coming of age. The million dollar question microinsurers, regulators, and governments continue to grapple with is: Can microinsurance be viable and provide client value? The evidence presented in the report indicates: Yes it can. The Annual Report 2013 features the results of the ILO's Microinsurance Innovation Facility during the past 6 years. It also outlines the Facility’s new 5-year (2014-2018) Quality at Scale programme that aims to reduce the vulnerability of an additional 100 million low-income persons
	Annual Report, 2012 This 2012 Annual Report is organized into three parts: Part 1 summarizes the major outputs of the ILO's Microinsurance Innovation Facility in 2012 and introduces our initial thoughts on the Facility's plans after 2013; Part 2 describes microinsurance development and the experiences of our partners in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, India and Latin America and the Caribbean; and Part 3 presents lessons that were generated by our partners in 2012. The Annexes list our innovation grantees and strategic partners (Annex I), knowledge products (Annex II) and capacity-building activities (Annex III).
	Annual Report 2011 In its structure and content, the 2011 Annual Report responds to the feedback the Facility received through a satisfaction survey conducted in August 2011. The first part outlines the emerging trends in microinsurance, while the second looks at the insights that the Facility has gained about microinsurance over the past 4 years. The Annexes provide details on the Facility's partners, including grantees, and on the knowledge dissemination and professional development activities implemented during the year.
	Annual Report 2010 The Facility has just released its 2010 annual report that focuses on the transition from grant making to knowledge management. The report explains the tools the Facility will use to extract information and consolidate knowledge and presents the different partners we collaborate with to document and share valuable practices.
	Annual Report 2009 The ILO's Microinsurance Innovation Facility has released its 2009 annual report. This publication presents the new grantees, details the Consulting and capacity building program objectives and present the Research activities outputs.
	Annual Report 2008 The ILO's Microinsurance Innovation Facility has released its first annual report that presents the Facility's major activities in 2008. You will find a description of our grantees, and get a clear grasp of our capacity building and knowledge exchange activities.