How Microinsurance Responded to Typhoon Haiyan
On Nov. 8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, known locally in the Philippines as Yolanda, hit the islands with the highest wind speeds ever recorded on land: up to 195 mph. By the end of the day, the typhoon had...
View ArticleBefore the Storm: Insurance in the Philippines before Haiyan
Last week we began discussing “Aiding the Disaster Recovery Process,” a study by the Microinsurance Network on how microinsurance providers responded in the wake of 2013’s Typhoon Haiyan in the...
View ArticleAfter Haiyan: Microinsurance Stakeholders Mobilize for Action
After discussing the basic landscape for microinsurance in the Philippines, this week we will discuss how that structure reacted after Typhoon Haiyan struck the country on Nov. 8, 2013. Once the storm...
View ArticleClaims Paint a Picture of a Typhoon’s Destruction
In our ongoing discussion of how microinsurance responded after 2013’s Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, we come to the point in time where the storm subsides—and the microinsurers’ real work begins....
View ArticleAn Indispensible Relationship: Intermediaries and Microinsurance
Last week we discussed how microinsurance providers handled claims settlement in the wake of 2013’s Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Today we will examine the indispensable role that intermediaries...
View ArticleAftermath: Perceptions of Microinsurance after Typhoon Haiyan
For the past several weeks we’ve walked through a case study of how microinsurance responded to 2013’s Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Today we will look at the long-term changes resulting from that...
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