This note highlights the progress the long-term finance team at FCI World Bank Group (WBG) achieved in the implementation of the insurance market development program, which is part of the disaster risk...
Higher insurance penetration and smaller infrastructure investment gaps has been correlated even after accounting for gross domestic product (GDP) levels, which indicates the insurance industry may have...
This paper develops a theme identified in recent insurance sector development work: that more developed insurance markets are desirable as insurers play a more effective institutional investment role...
This report focuses on the overview of the insurance market development program.
Road crashes endanger the lives and livelihoods of millions of road users globally and in India. Owing to the epidemic of road crashes, in 2010, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2011 - 2020...
Road crashes endanger the lives and livelihoods of millions of road users globally and in India. Owing to the epidemic of road crashes, in 2010, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2011 - 2020...
Financial inclusion, particularly for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), is widely recognized as a key driver of economic growth and job creation in all economies. SMEs represent a significant part of...
Highly competitive markets or fragmented insurance markets are usually characterized by some irrational competition. In less developed non‐life insurance markets, this competition may be most visible in...
There is a lack of information on emerging-market (EM) financial institutions (FIs) that are issuing hard-currency bonds because this market segment is often folded into the broader EM corporate bond category...
First for women insurance was launched in 2004 to provide insurance solutions specifically designed for South African women - a first in the country. The company found that although South African women...