On February 4, 2020, GIIF clients AXA Cameroun and ACTIVA Assurances held the first compensation ceremony for insured cotton farmers who experienced production losses during the 2019 cropping season. The event was organized together with the umbrella association of Cameroonian cotton farmers (CNPCC) and SODECOTON, the main cotton company of Cameroon. The event was sponsored by IFC, through the Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF). The ceremony was chaired by the Governor of the Northern Region and was marked by an impressive turnout of close to a hundred participants, including staff from

The course topics include critical concepts in named peril index insurance and essential knowledge and tools. Specifically, the part 2 – essential knowledge and tools include but not limited to fundamentals of risk modeling and decision making, basic opportunity assessment, base index product evaluation, product pricing, redesigned index product evaluation, detailed market analysis, and value of insurance to a financier. By the end of the course, participants will be able to 1) appreciate the need for and use of risk modeling and risk metrics in managing index insurance portfolios; 2)

As the first newsletter of 2020, this issue showcased how GIIF is bringing value to clients by featuring selection of country cases, events, publication and interviews.

“Product development is a continuous learning process. When it comes to index insurance for agriculture, product development in the Sri Lankan market has been a challenge, as agriculture here is dependent on dual sources of water: rainfall and irrigation. ‘Index Insurance ： A Viable Solution for Irrigated Farming?’ is an attempt to capture our experience in developing a hybrid index insurance product to address the farmer’s needs in this context, with lessons for replication” (Authors). Funded by the World Bank Group’s Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF), the index insurance pilot is part

The linkage between agriculture and climate change is undeniable. Any change in the climate has significant effects on crop yields and livestock, which intensifies the agriculture sector’s vulnerability to weather and disaster risks. More frequent extreme weather events and natural disasters distress the poor and the vulnerable most heavily and, as a result, agricultural and index-based insurance products have increasingly been regarded as significant tools for smallholder farmers to protect themselves from financial losses. As we know, insurance normally provides valuable access to credit and

The linkage between agriculture and climate change is undeniable. Any change in the climate has significant effects on crop yields and livestock, which intensifies the agriculture sector’s vulnerability to weather and disaster risks. More frequent extreme weather events and natural disasters distress the poor and the vulnerable most heavily and, as a result, agricultural and index-based insurance products have increasingly been regarded as significant tools for smallholder farmers to protect themselves from financial losses. As we know, insurance normally provides valuable access to credit and

A newly designed Global Index Insurance Facility's Country Profile for Nigeria is available for digital viewing. The document contains an overview of GIIF's project in the country with Partner Africa Re.

A newly designed Global Index Insurance Facility's Country Profile for Côte d'Ivoire is available for digital viewing. The document contains an overview of GIIF's project in the country with Partners Atlantique Assurances Côte d’Ivoire (AACI) and AXA Côte d’Ivoire (AXA-CI). Also available in French.

A newly designed Global Index Insurance Facility's Country Profile for Cameroon is available for digital viewing. The document contains an overview of GIIF's project in the country with Partners ACTIVA Assurances and AXA Cameroun. Also availalbe in French.

With each passing year, the risks of unabated climate change are mounting. Climate change will not only make it more difficult to feed the projected 10 billion people by 2050, but its impact is already being felt in the form of reduced yields and more frequent extreme weather events that affect crops and livestock. Providing risk mitigation solutions such as agriculture insurance for the farming community to be able to face the impacts of natural disasters is, therefore, significant. More than 30 participants from eleven countries from across Africa, Asia and Europe gathered in Colombo, Sri