This conference is organized by the World Bank Group‘s Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF), in collaboration with AXA, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, AIRBUS and Pacifica. Knowledge partners for this event include Geneva Association, Grameen Credit Agricole Microfinance Foundation, and the Impact Insurance Facility of the International Labor Organization. For more information please visit our conference website.

This Global index Insurance Conference is organized by the Global Index Insurance Facility, an innovative program which is part of the World Bank Group’s Finance & Markets Global Practice. The Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF) is a multi-donor trust fund supporting the development and growth of local markets for weather and disaster index insurance in developing countries, primarily Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia-Pacific. GIIF is funded by the European Union, Japan and the Netherlands. The EU is the primary donor partner to the GIIF Trust Fund with a focus on the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP).