Meeting on Microinsurance - Promoting Successful Regulatory and Supervisory Approaches for Increased Access to Insurance

Opening Remarks: Gunilla Borer, Senior Financial Sector Specialist, Financial Stability Institute (FSI), Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Switzerland

The Importance of Microfinance and Microinsurance From an Economic and Financial Stability Perspective:
Nestor A Espenilla Jr, Deputy Governor, Supervision and Examination Sector, Bangco Sentral ng Pilipinas, the Philippines

The Importance of Microinsurance From a Poverty Alleviation Perspective:
Craig Churchill, Chair, Microinsurance Network (MIN) and Team Leader, Microinsurance Innovation Facility, International Labour Organization (ILO), Switzerland

Innovations in the Product Design, Distribution and Servicing of Claims:
Rakesh Jain, Director and Chief Financial Officer, ICICI Lombard, India

Innovations in the Product Design, Distribution and Servicing of Claims (continue):
Innovations in the Design of Microinsurance Products:
Luis Huerta-Rosas, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, EKA, Mexico
Microinsurance innovation and the implications for policy makers and regulators:
Doubell Chamberlain, Managing Director, Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion (Cenfri), South Africa

Discussion Group on Consumer Protection and Education:
Facilitator: Mr Brandon Mathews, Head, Emerging Consumer / Microinsurance, Zurich Financial Services, Switzerland

From Country Evidence to Microinsurance Standards:
Martina Wiedmaier-Pfister, Senior Adviser Regulation, Supervision, Policy, Consultant to GTZ and Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ), Germany

Supervising Cooperatives, Mutuals and Other Community-based Entities:
Craig Thorburn, Senior Specialist, Financial & Private Sector Development, World Bank, United States

Formalisation of Informal Markets:
Informal insurance:
Doubell Chamberlain, Managing Director, Cenfri, South Africa
Hennie Bester, Economist, Cenfri, South Africa
Formalizing the informal: Microinsurance in the Phillippines:
Joselito Almario, Deputy Executive Director, National Credit Council, Department of Finance, the Philippines

Discussion Groups on Increased Access to Microinsurance Markets, Facilitator:
Craig Thorburn, Senior Specialist, Financial & Private Sector Development, World Bank, United States

Taking the Lead – Market Stimulation through Government Involvement:
Taking the Lead – Market Stimulation through Government Involvement:
Arup Chatterjee, Principal Administrator, IAIS, Switzerland
Microinsurance Regulation in Peru:
Carla Chiappe, Chief Insurance Supervisor, Reinsurance Risk Supervision Department, Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP, Peru
Market stimulation through government involvement:
Luis Huerta-Rosas, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, EKA, Mexico

Success Stories of the Micro Insurance Innovation Facility Grantees:

Craig Churchill, Chair, MIN and Team Leader, Microinsurance Innovation Facility, ILO, Switzerland
Promoting successful regulatory and supervisory approaches for increased access to insurance:
Nelson C Kuria, Managing Director, Executive Department, CIC Insurance Ltd, Kenya
Promoting successful regulatory and supervisory approaches for increased access to insurance:
Jeremy Leach, Divisional Director & Principal: Micro-insurance, Hollard Insurance Group, South Africa

Closing Remarks:
Brigitte Klein, Chair, Regulation, Supervision and Policy Working Group, MIN, and, Head, Sector Project Financial Systems Development, GTZ and BMZ, Germany