Microinsurance Project

The Katie School's support for this project is one of several Katie School programs supporting this initiative and the value of sustainable, principle-centered business education. The insurance industry has a number of reasons to be concered with sustainability issues and students preparing for careers in the industry should understand this. Director James Jones spoke on, "Using Microinsurance and Index Insurane to Enhancing Sustainable Access to Capital for Farmers in Developing Countries - Case Study Ghana," at the MRIC Brownbag Seminar.

• Ghana Trip Blog
• Ghana Microinsurance Presentation 
• Ghana Research Project
• Ghana Pricing of Index-Based Insurance

You can read more about the project in the following articles:

• Understanding Climate Change and Vegetation Indices for Risk Reduction, Risk Adaptation and Risk Transfer
• ISU Researchers Work to Protect Ghanian Farmers
• Katie School Aids Farmers in Ghana

View more information on microinsurance research on the the Microinsurance Innovation Facility website.

Project information

White Papers 2020:

• Investigating the Social Component of Insurer’s Sustainability Practices
• Factors Affecting Inclusive Insurance  Market Development in Africa

Presentations 2020:

• Statistical Analysis of Factors of Country Microinsurance Market Size
• Pricing Microinsurance

Presentations:

• Effect of Climate Change
• Social Entrepreneurship

Articles:

• Redbird Scholar 
• Vidette

Videos:

• Explanation of microcredit
• Distribution of funds

Other Resources:

• Maps of Ghana
• Jim's Blog site