Insurance - Matches

Illness or injury, death of a family member, man-made calamities and natural disasters have a devastating effect on those poor households’ cash flow..

Microinsurance--insurance services for low-income households--has emerged as a phenomenon in recent years. This Policy Notes draws attention to the ne..

When poor households face catastrophic events, they do not have any means for risk protection. Access to formal risk protection schemes such as insura..

Free trade agreements (FTAs) are seen to boost a nation's competitiveness in the global trade arena. Asia, albeit a "late bloomer" in initiating FTAs ..

This paper compares the design features and implementation of the social health insurance (SHI) for the poor programs of the Philippines and Vietnam. ..

Low-income households find it hard to cope with the risks brought about by an illness or injury, death of a family member, man-made calamities, and na..

To help ease the burden of medical expenses on the part of lower-income households during times of illness and emergencies, the Philippine government,..

This study assesses the state of microinsurance in the country, identifies the players and their performance, and the challenges facing microinsurance..

More recently, considerable attention has been given to financial regional integration and cooperation, which intensified in the wake of the East Asia..

This paper is a preliminary review of the state of competition in the insurance industry of selected Asian countries. In particular, it explores how c..

Has the insurance industry in the five ASEAN economies been fully tapped to help in fostering the development of capital markets in the region? This P..

Generation of funds and its efficient utilization have remained as a challenge to health authorities. This issue presents the recent efforts on health..

This article features the case of the Bukidnon Health Insurance Program (BHIP). It discusses the various programs successfully undertaken by the Buki..

This paper investigates the significant contribution of private health insurance to the Philippine health care finance. It also determines ways of its..

Along with the economic evaluation of Medicare I, this paper looks into the designing of new policy and program options for the Medicare program. This..