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- noun insurance A type of
microfinancial service aimed at low-income people and communities, and typified by low premiums and coverage limits
Etymologies
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Examples
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So-called microinsurance costs the customer as little as 67 cents a year and is designed to help low-income individuals limit their financial risk when they buy construction material or fertilizers.
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Better weather information will also make possible the development of services, such as microinsurance, which can be based on weather data indexes, such as rainfall.
Media Newswire 2009
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"Our investment in LeapFrog is a demonstration of our support of a socially-responsible sector such as microinsurance," says Paolo De Martin, Chief Financial Officer of SCOR.
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"Our investment in LeapFrog is a demonstration of our support of a socially-responsible sector such as microinsurance," says Paolo De Martin, Chief Financial Officer of SCOR.
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Better weather information will also make possible the development of services, such as microinsurance, which can be based on weather data indexes, such as rainfall.
Media Newswire 2009
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In the past few years, more than 15 private companies started fanning out to farmers and day laborers, offering low-cost “microinsurance” packages to the upwardly mobile Hindu hinterland.
Insurance Coverage Has Become an Economic Catalyst for Rural India | Impact Lab 2010
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Fonkoze has also recently rolled out a microinsurance leg of its programs, which promotes the use of property insurance.
Haiti's Most Important Resource Carly Schwartz 2011
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WWB has published a paper highlighting alternative ways for women to manage such gambles using gender-sensitive microinsurance.
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The money will come from the $110 million that LeapFrog Investments -- the world's first microinsurance fund -- has raised to invest in businesses that deliver affordable insurance in Asia and Africa.
LeapFrog to Invest in Indian Microinsurers John Satish Kumar 2010
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MUMBAI -- LeapFrog Investments said Monday it will invest up to 1.38 billion rupees ($30.5 million) in innovative Indian insurance and financial services companies that can capitalize on potential growth in the country's microinsurance market.
LeapFrog to Invest in Indian Microinsurers John Satish Kumar 2010
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