Insurance

About this Theme Area The expansion of access to long- and short-term insurance, savings and pensions and the development of appropriate policy. Theme Coordinator Doubell Chamberlain Telephone: Cell: +27 83 415 0664 E-mail:  doubell@cenfri.org Theme Coordinator Rob Rusconi (pensions) Telephone: 011 462 0149 Cell: 082 334 5937 E-mail:  rusconihome@wol.co.za Project/Title Date An overview of old age provision in Zambia 06/11/2009 Author: Michael Gondo Media Release :: Launch of new global programme to improve access to insurance 23/10/2009 Author: FinMark Trust, IAIS, GTZ, The World Bank/CGAP Statement by the CEO of FinMark Trust :: Access to Insurance Initiative 23/10/2009 Author: Maya Makanjee, FinMark Trust Media Release :: Making health insurance more affordable for South Africans 19/10/2009 Author: A Smith and D Chamberlain, FinMark Trust/Cenfri Making health insurance work for the low income market in South Africa :: costs drivers and strategies 22/09/2009 Author: Elixir Heathcare Business Consulting; Fifth Quandrant Actuaries & Consultants Presentation to a stakeholder workshop :: Making medical schemes work for the low income sector - cost drivers and strategies 24/07/2009 Author: Elixir Group and Fifth Quandrant Actuaries & Consultants Demand side analysis of medical scheme coverage and access in South Africa 13/07/2009 Author: Eighty20 CC Pension-secured loans :: Facilitating access to housing in South Africa? 05/06/2009 Author: Linda Sing Presentation to the Forum for Assistant Business :: Opportunities and challenges in South Africa's low income insurance market 02/06/2009 Author: Doubell Chamberlain, Cenfri Presentation :: Making insurance markets work for the poor - The case of Philippines 03/02/2009 Author: Itoy Almario Presentation :: Making insurance markets work for the poor - The case of India 03/02/2009 Author: Sanjay Sinha Making insurance markets work for the poor :: Policy, regulation and supervision - Uganda case study 07/01/2009 Author: Genesis Analytics (Pty) Ltd Making insurance markets work for the poor :: Policy, regulation and supervision - South Africa case study 07/01/2009 Author: Genesis Analytics (Pty) Ltd Making insurance markets work for the poor :: Cross-cutting findings from five country case studies 07/01/2009 Author: Cenfri (Bester, Chamberlain, Hougaard) Making insurance markets work for the poor :: Policy, regulation and supervision - Colombia case study 07/01/2009 Author: PrimAmerica & Fedesarrollo Making insurance markets work for the poor :: Policy, regulation and supervision - Philippines case study 07/01/2009 Author: Rimansi & PIDS Making insurance markets work for the poor :: Presentation - The role of regulation of member-based insurers 07/01/2009 Author: Doubell Chamberlain, Cenfri Making insurance markets work for the poor :: Presentation - The case of Colombia 07/01/2009 Author: Doubell Chamberlain, Cenfri Making insurance markets work for the poor :: Policy, regulation and supervision - India case study 07/01/2009 Author: M-CRIL Making insurance markets work for the poor :: Presentation - The case of South Africa 07/01/2009 Author: Hennie Bester, Cenfri Making insurance markets work for the poor :: Presentation - The case of Uganda 07/01/2009 Author: Doubell Chamberlain, Cenfri Making insurance markets work for the poor :: Presentation - Emerging guidelines for regulators 07/01/2009 Author: Cenfri (Bester, Chamberlain) Presentation at WAICA conference - Developing microinsurance markets :: key issues for underwriters and distributors 20/11/2008 Author: Anja Smith, Cenfri Presentation :: The future of microinsurance regulation - a proposed new regulatory framework 10/10/2008 Author: Kathy Gibson, National Treasury Developing a broad-based employee pension scheme for Botswana 02/10/2008 Author: Genesis Analytics (Pty) Ltd Brief :: Pension provision in Botswana 01/10/2008 Author: Janet Wilhelm, FinMark Trust The future of microinsurance regulation - presentation on National Treasury's microinsurance discussion paper 18/06/2008 Author: Doubell Chamberlain, Cenfri FinMark Trust's submission on the Consumer Protection Bill 03/06/2008 Author: Monique du Preez & Anja Smith FinMark Trust's submission on the Consumer Protection Bill :: Annexure A 03/06/2008 Author: Monique du Preez & Anja Smith Implementing FATF AML/CFT standards in development countries and financial inclusion :: findings and guidelines 30/05/2008 Author: Bester, Chamberlain, De Koker, et al FinMark Trust submission to the Consumer Credit Insurance Panel of Enquiry 25/04/2008 Author: Anja Smith, Cenfri Brief :: Old-age saving by low-income South Africans 10/04/2008 Author: Janet Wilhelm, FinMark Trust Presentation :: Old-age saving by low-income South Africans 10/04/2008 Author: Genesis Analytics (Pty) Ltd Report :: Old-age saving by low-income South Africans 10/04/2008 Author: Genesis Analytics (Pty) Ltd The Poor and voluntary long term contractual savings :: lessons from South Africa 03/04/2008 Author: J Roth, R Rusconi, N Shand Presentation on emerging principles for the regulation of micro-insurance 12/03/2008 Author: Doubell Chamberlain, Cenfri Presentation on micro-insurance regulation 16/01/2008 Author: Doubell Chamberlain, Cenfri Emerging issues in micro-insurance intermediation 16/01/2008 Author: Anja Smith, Cenfri Emerging micro-insurance intermediary typologies 16/11/2007 Author: Doubell Chamberlain, Cenfri South Africa short term insurance focus groups :: the need for and awareness of asset insurance 15/11/2007 Author: Corporate Research Consultancy Presentation at the Swiss Re Conference :: Mitigating disaster risk among the poor 24/10/2007 Author: Jane Appasamy, FinMark Trust Presentation to CEO's: The micro insurance opportunity in Uganda 17/09/2007 Author: Jeremy Leach & Doubell Chamberlain, FinMarkTrust Micro-insurance in Uganda :: Emerging principles for regulation 13/09/2007 Author: Simon Hendrie and Anja Smith, Genesis Analytics (Pty) Ltd Uganda insurance market survey report 07/09/2007 Author: The Steadman Group, Market Research Division Social security & retirement funding :: perspectives from the Financial Diaries 06/09/2007 Author: Daryl Collins, Financial Diaries Intermediation - the key challenge for microinsurance :: presentation at the MicroFinance Conference held during 20-23 August 2007 24/08/2007 Author: Jeremy Leach & Anne-Marie Chidzero, FinMark Trust Access to funeral insurance :: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zambia 21/08/2007 Author: Illana Melzer, Eighty20 CC FinMark Brief :: Intermediation - the key challenge for microinsurance 21/08/2007 Author: Jeremy Leach, FinMark Trust Access to insurance in Botswana 21/08/2007 Author: Illana Melzer, Eighty20 CC Access to insurance in Namibia 21/08/2007 Author: Illana Melzer, Eighty20 CC Presentation on micro-insurance intermediation in South Africa 26/07/2007 Author: Doubell Chamberlain & Hennie Bester Weather Index Insurance :: the case for South Africa 17/07/2007 Author: Shadreck Mapfumo, MicroInsurance Agency Opportunity International Agency :: The business case for a microinsurance intermediary in South Africa 17/07/2007 Author: Richard Leftley, Opportunity International Presentation to the Munich Re Microinsurance Conference :: Case study on Great North Burial Society 22/11/2006 Author: Jeremy Leach, FinMark Trust Distribution of micro-insurance through retail outlets :: South Africa case study 06/11/2006 Author: Genesis Analytics (Pty) ltd Challenges and opportunities facing intermediaries 02/11/2006 Author: Jeremy Leach, FinMark Trust Brokering change in the low-income market :: Threats and opportunities to the intermediation of microinsurance in South Africa 31/10/2006 Author: Genesis Analytics (Pty) Ltd & Enterplan Exploring access to short term insurance in SA using the access frontier methodology 31/10/2006 Author: Illana Melzer, Eighty20 Consulting Consumer trust in the life insurance industry :: Is the glass half empty or half full? 12/04/2006 Author: Illana Melzer, Eighty20 Consulting Choices facing the broker-model of insurance :: Poverty of Profits at the Top or a Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid 23/01/2006 Author: Jeremy Leach, FinMark Trust Working Draft :: Alive+ -- a pilot assessment of an insurance product for the treatment of HIV/AIDS 23/11/2005 Author: Genesis Analytics (Pty) Ltd Presentation at the 2005 Microinsurance conference :: The Regulator's dilemma 29/10/2005 Author: Jeremy Leach, FinMark Trust Presentation to GIBS :: The access frontier for health insurance 14/10/2005 Author: Jeremy Leach, FinMark Trust Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Finance :: Hearing on funeral benefits schemes 06/09/2005 Author: Jeremy Leach, FinMark Trust Presentation to the LOA Convention 2005 :: Meeting consumer expectations 29/08/2005 Author: Jeremy Leach, FinMark Trust Presentation to SAFSIA: Opportunities (and threats?) to insurance in the new South Africa 08/06/2005 Author: Jeremy Leach, FinMark Trust A Regulatory Review of formal and informal funeral insurance markets in South Africa 04/05/2005 Author: Genesis Analytics (Pty) Ltd Towards a benchmark for access to life insurance in LSM 1-5 25/01/2005 Author: Eighty20 Consulting Project Usizo :: Focus group discussions on funeral insurance in South Africa 01/09/2004 Author: Uthini Research The access propositions - Presentation to SAIA 14/08/2004 Author: Jeremy Leach & Darrell Beghin, FinMark Trust Making Insurance markets work for the poor in South Africa - Scoping Study Final Report 27/02/2004 Author: Genesis Analytics (Pty) Ltd Making insurance markets work for the poor in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia & Swaziland - Scoping Study 27/02/2004 Author: Genesis Analytics (Pty) Ltd Links Access to Insurance Initiative CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance Micro Insurance Agency Microfinance Opportunities Microinsurance Centre MicroInsurance Focus Resource Centre Munich Re Foundation - Microinsurance conference South African Insurance Association The Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion - Cenfri The Life Offices' Assocation of South Africa