Learnings from case studies from Guatemala and Bosnia and Herzegovina

Developing an impact monitoring system for Sida’s guarantee instrument

30 November 2023

Credit guarantees can be a powerful instrument to achieve positive development results. This paper summarises findings from case studies, conducted in Guatemala and in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and illustrates their contribution to our work co-designing an impact monitoring system for Sweden’s guarantee instrument.

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Emerging Insight: How partnerships benefit aggregators and clients alike

07 October 2022

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Social Finance Brief: Pacífico Seguros

15 September 2022

Pacífico Seguros is Peru’s largest insurer in terms of premiums collected and second largest in terms of people insured. In this Social Finance Brief, we explore "Protected Business", an insurance product designed by Pacífico to cover the main risks faced by SMEs in Peru: theft, fire, earthquakes and civil liability against third parties.

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Social Finance Brief: Insurance for MSMEs in Mexico

16 August 2022

The ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility has been collaborating with the Mexican Association of Insurance Institutions to build inclusive insurance markets for excluded persons and for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. This brief identifies strategies to overcome barriers to insurance for MSMEs, based on the experiences of seven companies in Latin America.

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Case Brief #1: Aseguradora Rural

01 April 2013

In 2012, Aseguradora Rural registered the first approved health microinsurance product in Guatemala, sold through its partner, a large, trusted bank network. As highighted in Case Brief #1, it has been able to leverage clients´ trust in the bank to grow quickly. Now it is tackling the challenge of ensuring understanding and use of the product on an equally large scale.