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A One-day Micro-insurance Roundtable Conference on Regulation, Technology and Trends.

The Center for Insurance and Risk Management (CIRM) is a center of excellence within IFMR, dedicated to the Micro-insurance sector. CIRM along with IFMR Foundation and "Microfinance Insights" is hosting a one-day event on Friday, 19th September 2008 at the Oberoi Hotels Mumbai.

This event will witness the best minds and leaders in the Microinsurance sector sharing their views and experiences on a single platform, for the benefit of the entire industry.

CIRM and IFMR Foundation has identified the need for frequent interaction between key microfinance stakeholders through events focused on issues relevant to the sector. This panel event, organized with Intellecap and "Microfinance Insights" is a discussion among policy makers, Microinsurance providers/ intermediaries and technology enablers. Structured into three panels, the event aims to have rich insights from these interrelated themes in Microinsurance design and delivery.

Tentative Schedule

Introductory Address - CIRM/ IFMR Foundation

Panel 1 - The Growing Role of Technology in Microinsurance: Enabling Efficiency and Outreach
Technology has bridged the access gap dramatically and today modern technology is helping us reach more and more people in less and less time and cost, also reducing fraud and processing times while increasing transparency and accountability for all concerned. In this paned, experts from the field of technology will share the experiences of applying the same in the field of Micro insurance.

Panel 2 - The Need to Lead: The Role of Policy Makers in Creating an Enabling and Facilitating Environment
India has been extremely fortunate to have pioneering regulatory and policy directions which have given a boost to Microinsurance efforts countrywide. This panel will host experts from the field of policy, regulation and international development organizations, discussing the ways to make our Microinsurance environment more encouraging for new experiments as well as more vibrant and secure.

Panel 3 - Current Trends and Products: India's Microinsurance Movers and Shakers
Finally our experts will shed some light on the latest in the Microinsurance space. What are the new innovations, what has worked and what does not seem to? These are some of the questions that will be raised and answered on this panel.

Lunch & Networking - Presentation by IFMR Trust/ CIRM

Closing - Intellecap

For registration and other information, please contact: cirm@ifmr.ac.in

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