Tag: microinsurance
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Can microinsurance protect the poor?
Guardian: Can microinsurance protect the poor? Low-cost insurance that covers the lives, health and property of the poor could provide protection against natural disasters. … Microinsurance, low-cost insurance policies that cover the lives, health, crops and property of the most vulnerable, are being seen as a central way of providing social protection to the increasing…
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Micro coverage a big help for Mexico’s poor
Christian Science Monitor: Micro coverage a big help for Mexico's poor A new plan to promote microinsurance could have a ripple effect in the region. Mexico City – Adela Amaya Chavez never considered life insurance. In fact she had no idea what it was. But on a recent day when inquiring about a loan at…