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Invitation to the Panel Discussion:
“Delivering on the Promise of Microinsurance: Putting Clients First”
July 9, 2013, 6:30 – 8:00 PM EDT
Reception to follow
Where: Paul Calello Auditorium (2B), Credit Suisse, 11 Madison Avenue, New York (Manhattan) City
When: July 9, 2013
6:00 pm EDT: Registration opens
6:30 – 7:45 pm EDT: Panel discussion with in-person and online participants
7:45 – 8:00 pm EDT: Questions and answers with in-person participants
To register for in-person participation, please go to http://www.microinsurancefacility.org/node/add/event-
attendees?eventid=4668; to register for online participation from 6:30 – 7:45 pm EDT, please go to
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/243185614.
Today, microinsurance covers nearly half a billion risks, including the lives and health of low-income people,
as well as their crops, animals and other property. That is a dramatic leap from 2009, when an estimated 135
million were insured. Despite massive growth, millions of poor households lack access to good value
products. Impressive results in countries like India, South Africa, Kenya and Peru are just pockets of success.
What can we learn from the pioneers about their struggle to offer quality products in a viable way? What
product types and designs provide the best value for the poor? How does client orientation contribute to the
insurer’s bottom line?
Welcome Remarks: Evelyn Stark, Senior Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Speakers:
Nelson Kuria, Chief Executive Officer, CIC Insurance Group, Kenya
Lourdes del Carpio Gómez de la Torre, Director, Rural Insurance, La Positiva Seguros y Reaseguros, Peru
Thembisa Mapukata, Executive Head, Foundation Market at Old Mutual, South Africa
Birendra Mohanty, Vice President, Financial Inclusion Solutions Groups of ICICI Lombard, India
Janice Angove, Actuary & lecturer in actuarial science, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Moderator: Craig Churchill, Team Leader, Microinsurance Innovation Facility, International Labour Office,
Switzerland
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Speaker bios:
Nelson Kuria, Chief Executive Officer of CIC Insurance Group based in Kenya, is a former
chairman of the Association of Kenya Insurers and Deputy Chairman of Federation of Kenya
Employers. An economist with 34 years of experience in development finance and insurance,
Nelson has been honored with two awards by the president of Kenya for his contribution in co-
operative development (Order of the Grand Warrior- OGW and Moran of the Burning Spear- MBS) and was
recently given the Life Time Achievement Award for his role in insurance development.
Lourdes del Carpio Gómez de la Torre, Director of Rural Insurance of La Positiva Seguros y
Reaseguros based in Peru, is responsible for introducing new microinsurance products
including a crop insurance for the poor, crop insurance for small farmers that have access to
credit, life microinsurance for farmers and index insurance for catastrophic events, in the
Peruvian market. With a Master’s degree in Public Administration, she began her work in
insurance at the Ministry of Agriculture in Peru where she acted as Coordinator of the Insurance
Development Unit, leading the project to regulate agricultural insurance for the first time in Peru.
Thembisa Mapukata, Executive Head, Foundation Market at Old Mutual based in South Africa,
is responsible for developing solutions and strategies to increase access to financial services by
the lower end of the market. A chartered marketer, Thembisa spent 17 years of her career in
marketing, particularly in developing and implementing community based marketing solutions.
A big part of her career was spent in the FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) industry until 2008 when she
decided to join the financial services industry.
Birendra Mohanty heads the Financial Inclusion Solutions portfolio at ICICI Lombard General
Insurance Company Ltd in India. He is in-charge of the implementation and execution of the
mass health insurance schemes of the Central Government of India, as well as its various
States. His role involves enhancing the use of technology and driving innovation in
microinsurance for the expansion and sustainability of various health schemes.
Janice Angove is a qualified actuary and lecturer in actuarial science at the University of the
Witwatersrand, South Africa. Her main areas of interest are research into the viability and
management of risk for microinsurance initiatives. Janice also consults to insurance regulators
in Southern Africa assisting regulators in developing markets to foster stable insurance
industries.
Craig Churchill, Team Leader of the ILO Microinsurance Innovation Facility based in
Switzerland, is a pioneer and leader in the microinsurance field with over two decades of
microfinance and microinsurance experience. Craig serves as the Chair of the Microinsurance
Network and is on the governing body of the Access to Insurance Initiative. He has authored and
edited over 40 articles, papers, monographs and training manuals on various microfinance
topics. Protecting the poor: A microinsurance compendium, Volumes I (2006) and II (2012), which he edited,
are the most authoritative books on the subject.
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About the organizers
The Microinsurance Innovation Facility (http://www.ilo.org/microinsurance) housed at the International
Labour Office pushes the frontiers of microinsurance by generating valuable new knowledge. Since 2008 and
with an aid of a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Facility has provided innovation,
research and capacity building grants which are catalysts for experimenting and learning with organizations
across Africa, Asia and Latin America. With its partners, the Facility forms a critical knowledge hub, extracting
lessons from pioneers, and sharing their successes and challenges with all interested parties. Additionally, the
Facility offers fellowships to insurance professionals, and conducts trainings and workshops to disseminate
valuable lessons learned.
The Microfinance Club of New York (MFCNY) (http://mfcny.org/front) is a forum for the exchange and
dissemination of information and ideas about microfinance. Founded in 2003, it now has over 400 members
who are mostly professionals with a background in financial services or microfinance. The club sponsors
around 10 events per year, from panel discussions to informal round table discussions, on different topics
currently relevant to microfinance.
A.M. Best (http://www.ambest.com/) is a full-service credit rating organization founded in 1899 dedicated to
serving the insurance industry. Policyholders refer to A.M. Best's ratings and analysis as a means of assessing
the financial strength and creditworthiness of risk-bearing entities and investment vehicles. It is also a
publisher of books, directories, CD-ROM products and Internet-based services pertaining to the insurance
industry, as well as a recognized source of insurance news.
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