Thursday, May 31, 2012

Incentives seen needed to boost microinsurance


THE HEAD of the Senate committee in charge of banking and finance laws asked the Insurance Commission (IC) on Friday to study what incentives are needed to persuade more insurers to offer financial protection products for the poor.



Department of Finance and IC holds microinsurance advocacy training

TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 28 (PIA) -- The Insurance Commission (IC) and the Department of Finance-National Credit Council (DoF-NNC) held a three-day training on Microinsurance Advocacy, on May 22 to 24 in Holiday Plaza Hotel here. 

Sunday, May 27, 2012

TOMA in Tuguegarao City

Photos taken during the conduct of the Microinsurance Financial Literacy Training and Seminar at the Holiday Plaza Hotel, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan from May 22 to 25, 2012.
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DOF to conduct microinsurance training in Cagayan

TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Finance is set to conduct an advocacy seminar on microinsurance to provide appropriate risk protection to the informal and low-income sectors on May 24 and 25 at Holiday Plaza Hotel here.
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Thursday, May 24, 2012

TOMA in Zamboanga City, May 8-11, 2012

Photos taken during the Microinsurance Financial Literacy Roadshow held at the Garden Orchid Hotel, Zamboanga City from May 8 to 11, 2012.
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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Insurance the micro way

Much of the world's population has now moved out of extreme poverty and into the lower middle class. Francesca Nyman examines whether there is a market for micro-insurance in this demographic.

Roadshow on microinsurance goes to Zamboanga

ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- The Insurance Commission and the Department of Finance-National Credit Council holds training in Zamboanga as the 10th stop in its 16-region roadshow in microinsurance advocacy campaign.
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Gov't urges insurance providers to help promote microinsurance

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- The government, through the Insurance Commission and the National Credit Council (NCC) of the Department of Finance, urged insurance providers to help in the promotion of microinsurance.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Govt pushes microinsurance

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Many Filipinos, mostly belonging to the poorest of the poor, are not covered by insurance, thus when tragedy happens, they have no means or access to mitigate the risks.  
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