Microinsurance is growing and fairly rapidly moving from NGO-driven projects to commercialization. In this context, the role of actuaries is becoming very important, and widely recognized, as a necessary means to assure adequate pricing, effective monitoring, and sound solvency standards. This session is intended to offer attendees at ICA2014 an overview of these trends and how actuaries are becoming involved in them.

103-A: Actuarial Issues in Microinsurance

William J. Collins, Roseanne da Silva