Today marks the end of the first-ever Microinsurance Month in the Philippines. The country is already out in front on mobile banking. Here's hoping that they'll generate the same kind of enthusiasm for microinsurance.
For the nitty-gritty, see a dated but extensive report on microinsurance in the Philippines from the International Labour Organization. Published in 2002, it calls for policies to meet the huge unmet demand for insurance against natural disaster.
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