As part of its networking project "Risk, Insurance, Security and Responsibility", funded by the Research Council of Norway und its Research Programme on Societal Security and Risk (SAMRISK), ROFF arranged its 7th Seminar in cooperation with the Micro Insurance Academy (http://www.microinsuranceacademy.org/), under the title of “Microinsurance as Risk Management for the Poor”. Date: 12-14 April 2011. Venue: BI Norwegian Business School, Campus Nydalen, Oslo
Tuesday (12 April): Workshop about research in progress
Presentations of research or R&D projects in progress and case presentations (Microcredit, microinsurance, and scaling. ‘Serving the Un-Served and Under-Served Masses Innovatively’ – A Case of Microinsurance from India. Microinsurance in Norway? Takaful micro insurance; slides for these presentations are available upon request)
Wednesday (13 April) - presentations slides will be posted on this website
- How could the insurance industry share responsibility? (presentation by Thomas Wold, Storebrand)
- An introduction to microinsurance (Ralf Radermacher, Micro Insurance Academy, New Delhi)
- How could the insurance industry share responsibility? (presentation by Birgitte Kofod Olsen, Tryg, Copenhagen)
- Insurance education – importance and concept (Job Harms, Amsterdam)
- The Approach of the Micro Insurance Academy (Ralf Radermacher, Micro Insurance Academy)
Case studies:
- From microinsurance to national coverage? An analysis of the Community Health Funds, Tanzania (Manfred Störmer, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel; live videoconference)
- The Saubhagya Micro Health Protection Fund in Nepal (Kailash Rijal, DEPROSC, Kathmandu, Nepal)
- Microinsurance and natural catastrophes: An index-based insurance product is marketed in the Philippines (Antonis Malagardis, GIZ, Manila)
The powerpoint slides are found here: all_keynotes.pdf
