Microinsurance Conference 2005DocumentsDownload available presentations and case studies by clicking on the PDF in the "download column". Read available speaker biographies by clicking on the speakers name.| Day 1 | 18 October 2005 | | Download PDF | | 11.00–12.30 | Registration | | | | 12.30–13.30 | Lunch | | | | 14.00–14.30 | Welcome/Orientation | Thomas Loster ,
Munich Re Foundation, Germany
Craig Churchill ,
CGAP Working Group in Microinsurance / International Labour Organizaton (ILO), Switzerland | | | 14.30–16.00 | Panel 1
Understanding and responding to risk and vulnerability | Christian Lahnstein,
Munich Re, Germany
Valerie Kozel,
World Bank, USA
Monique Cohen,
Microfinance Opportunities, USA
Facilitator:
Ellis Wohlner,
Consultant to SIDA, Sweden
| Presentation Cohen (486 KB)
Presentation Lahnstein (319 KB)
Presentation Kozel(551 KB) | | 16.00–16.30 | Coffee break | | | | 16.30–18.00 | Panel 2
What is microinsurance? Challenges of extending insurance to the low-income market | Craig Churchill,
ILO, Switzerland
Michael McCord,
MicroInsurance Centre, USA
Jean-Louis Bancel,
International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF), France
Facilitator:
Dirk Reinhard,
Munich Re Foundation, Germany | Presentation Churchill (380 KB)
Presentation Bancel(80 KB)
Presentation McCord (637 KB) | | 19.00 | Get-together – Welcome – Dinner | | |
| Day 2 | 19 October 2005 | | Download PDF | | 09.00–09.15 | Welcome address | Hans-Jürgen Schinzler,
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Munich Re, Germany | Welcome address - Schinzler (23 KB) | | 09.15–10.15 | Parallel sessions
Case studies | | | |
Case Study 1,
CARD MBA (Philipines) |
Michael McCord,
MicroInsurance Centre, USA
| Case Study Card MBA(1.2 MB)
Presentation McCord/Alip (1.6 MB) | | Case Study 2,
ServiPeru (Peru) | Ed Potter,
The Americas Association of Cooperative/Mutual Insurance Societies (AAC/MIS), USA
Karen Schwartz,
AAC/MIS, USA | Case Study ServiPeru (327 KB)
Presentation Potter/Schwartz (604 KB) | | Case Study 3,
Yasiru (Sri Lanka ) | Gerald Pierik,
Rabobank Foundation, Netherlands
Sven Enarsson,
Swedish Cooperative Centre (SCC), Sweden | Case Study Yasiru Presentation Pierik (199 KB)
Presentation Enarsson (925 KB) | | Case Study 4,
Grameen Kalyan (Bangladesh) | Denis Garand,
Consultant, Canada
Mosleh Ahmed,
Consultant, UK | Case Study Grameen Kalyan (659 KB)
Presentation Garand/Ahmed (244 KB) | | 10.15–10.30 | Coffee break | | | | 10.30–12.00 | Panel 3
Challenges and strategies to extend health insuranceto the poor | Mosleh Ahmed,
Consultant, UK
Ralf Radermacher,
University of Cologne, Germany
Jens Holst,
Consultant, Germany
Klaus Fischer,
Laval University, Canada
Facilitator:
Christian Jacquier,
ILO, Switzerland | Presentation Radermacher (115 KB)
Presentation Ahmed (47 KB)
Presentation Holst (230 KB) | | 12.00–13.00 | Parallel sessions
Case studies | | | | Case Study 5
La Equidad (Colombia) | Gloria Almeyda,
Consultant, USA
Ed Potter,
AAC/MIS, USA
Karen Schwartz,
AAC/MIS, USA | Case Study La Equidad (664 KB)
Presentation Almeyda/Potter/ Schwartz (868 KB) | | Case Study 6
TATA-AIG (India) | Jim Roth,
MicroInsurance Centre, UK
Vijay Athreye,
TATA-AIG, India | Case Study TATA-AIG (665 KB)
Presentation Athreye/Roth (356 KB) | | Case Study 7,
Delta Life (Bangladesh) | Craig Churchill,
ILO, Switzerland | Case Study Delta Life(604 KB) Presentation Churchill (36 KB) | | Case Study 8
ASSEF (Benin) | Christine Bockstal,
ILO, Senegal
Janine Agnikpe,
AssEF, Benin | Case Study ASSEF (381 KB)
Presentation Bockstal/Agnikpe (190 KB) | | 13.00–14.00 | Lunch break | | | | 14.00–16.00 | Parallel sessions
Operations working groups | | | | WG 1
Marketing, distribution channels and organisational development | Craig Churchill,
ILO, Switzerland
Monique Cohen,
Microfinance Opportunities, USA | Presentation Churchill/Cohen (25 KB) | | WG 2
Premium collection and claims payment: minimising transaction costs and maximising customer service | Richard Leftley,
Opportunity International, UK
Ralf Radermacher,
University of Cologne, Germany | Presentation Leftley/Radermacher (59 KB) | | WG 3
Appropriate product design for the poorest households | Dominic Liber,
Quindiem, South Africa
Jim Roth,
MicroInsurance Centre, UK | Presentation Liber/Roth (114 KB) | | WG 4
Underwriting and claims | Michael McCord,
MicroInsurance Centre, USA
Dipankar Mahalanobis,
Microcare, Uganda | Presentation Mahalanobis (1 MB)
Presentation McCord (95 KB) | | WG 5
Strategies for Sustainability | Denis Garand,
Consultant, Canada
Zahid Qureshi,
(ICMIF), UK | Presentation Garand (142 KB)
Presentation Qureshi (87 KB) |
| 16.00–16.30 | Coffee break | | | | 16.30–18.00 | Panel 4
Role of insurers, reinsurers and technical assistance providers | Annette Houtekamer,
Interpolis, Netherlands
August Pröbstl,
Munich Re, Germany
Richard Leftley,
Opportunity International, UK
Jean-Bernard Fournier, Développement international Desjardins (DID), Canada
Facilitator:
David Dror,
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands | Presentation Dror (285 KB)
Presentation Pröbstl (111 KB)
Presentation Fournier (74 KB)
Presentation Houtekamer (117 KB) | | 20.00 | Dinner | | |
| Day 3 | 20 October 2005 | | Download PDF | | 08.30–09.15 | Panel 5
Roundtable on institutional options | Michael McCord,
MicroInsurance Centre, USA
Richard Leftley,
Opportunity International, UK
Bénédicte Fonteneau,
University Leuven, Belgium
Zahid Qureshi, ICMIF, UK
Facilitator:
Craig Churchill,
ILO, Switzerland | Presentation Churchill (36 KB) | | 09.15–10.45 | Parallel sessions
Institutional options working groups | | | | WG 6
The mutual advantage: Credit unions, cooperatives and insurance | Zahid Qureshi,
ICMIF, UK
Klaus Fischer,
Laval University, Canada
Jean-Bernard Fournier ,
DID, Canada | Presentation Fischer (948 KB)
Presentation Qureshi (48 KB) | | WG 7
Partner-agent | Michael McCord ,
MicroInsurance Centre, USA
Agnes Chakonta , Madison Insurance, Zambia | Presentation Chakonta(77 KB) | | WG 8
Community-based | Bruno Galland,
CIDR, France
Bénédicte Fonteneau,
University Leuven, Belgium | Presentation Galland (84 KB)
Presentation Fonteneau (59 KB) | | WG 9
Alternative approaches | Richard Leftley,
Opportunity International, UK
Jim Roth,
MicroInsurance Centre, UK | Presentation Roth/Leftley (198 KB) | | WG 10
Performance benchmarking | Denis Garand ,
Consultant, Canada
Ellis Wohlner ,
Consultant to SIDA, Sweden
| Presentation Garand (188 KB)
Presentation Wohlner (92 KB) | | 10.45–11.15 | Coffee break | | | | 11.15–12.45 | Panel 6
Role of regulators, governments and donors | Jeremy Leach ,
Finmark Trust, South Africa
Rudiger Krech,
GTZ, Germany
Alexia Latortue,
CGAP, France
Facilitator.
Gabriele Ramm,
Advisor to GTZ, Germany | Presentation Leach (264 KB)
Presentation Krech (227 KB)
Presentation Latortue (458 KB) | | 12.45–13.00 | Wrap-up and closing remarks | Craig Churchill,
ILO, Switzerland
Dirk Reinhard,
Munich Re Foundation, Germany | | | End of conference | | | | 13.00–14.00 | Lunch | | | | 14.00–17.30 | Meeting of the CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance | | Subgroup on Regulation (184 KB)
Dissemination Subgroup (33 KB) |
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