Economic Development Unit

Insure Lives and Livelihoods Program implemented  to complment the livelihood initiatives of Tsunami response Program. The twin objectives of the program is to lower the entry barriers that prevents the low income households to access risk coping and managing mechanisms and promoting  micro insurance as an effective risk reduction strategy to manage the life threatening risks for low income households.

The program will help 75,000 low income households to access risk reduction mechanisms through micro insurance products besides developing capacities at local level to increase the micro insurance outreach through sensitization and piloting innovations. 

Micro insurance product design, delivery and outreach processes will bundled together and customized by identifying vulnerabilities and analyzing the coping strategies adopted by vulnerable communities.  Large amounts of data and analysis will be generated from the baseline study commissioned at partner/district level.  Products will be specifically aimed at three sectors; fisheries, plantations and agriculture/horticulture. 

Allianz

Daniel Sinnathamby: dsinnathamby@careindia.org 
RN Mohanty: rnmohanty@careindiatn.org
Devaprakash: devaprakash@careindiatn.org

20 NGO's and 30 community based organizations and development institutions

Contribution Type	Country	Other Contacts	Title
Industry Documents	India	Helen Barnes: barnes@careinternational.org	Compensation to Claims
Case Study	India		Reducing the risk of the poor through Microinsurance: Allianz partnership with India’s Insure Lives and Livelihoods Program
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First Name	Last Name	Job Title	Region
R.	Devaprakash	Team Leader, Livelihoods Program, Rsunami Response Program	Asia
Daniel	Sinnathamby	ACD	Asia
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Value Chain
Microfinance
VS&L
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