Date: January 16 - 17, 2008
Location: Xi An Hall, Hotel Intercontinental, 11 Financial Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, China
Organized by: China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC), the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS), the World Bank and the CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance.
Target audience: Insurance practitioners and supervisors from the East Asia region.
Contacts: Colleen Mascenik (World Bank)
Sun Xiaowu (China Insurance Regulatory Commission)
See article in China Daily, "Cheaper Cover for Farmers," from January 17, 2008.
Overview: In many East Asian countries, the poor are often exposed to illness, death of family members, damage and loss of property, and weather-related losses. Insurance is a vital tool for risk sharing and economic development, but it remains beyond the reach of the poor. Many factors inhibit the poor from accessing or using insurance, including: inadequate financial instruments, difficult regulatory and operating environments for providers, inadequate information, poor perception of risk, etc. Improving risk management and developing better tools for spreading risks among the poorest will be critical to alleviating poverty in the region.
Speaker Biographies: Listing of speakers alphabetically with contact information and details about their professional backgrounds.
Workshop Agenda
