Finance and insurance industry ("financial services") can play a key role in climate adaptation, by reducing and … transferring risks. However, financial services are largely absent from developing countries with their highly vulnerable economies … examples of innovative financial tools such as micro-credits, index-based insurance, government supported insurance pools …

payments and financial literacy, as well as markets for health insurance, crop insurance, agricultural credit, small firm …

developing countries in Asia. We provide a snapshot of the current use of insurance based on data from Grantham Research …In recent years, insurance against natural disasters has gained recognition as an important tool for climate risk … management that could, if carefully implemented, help increase the resilience of those insured. In response, insurance solutions …

This note explores the way traditional banks and financial technology companies, or Fintech’s, interact in Africa and … Asia, and their ability to offer innovative digital financial services that grant unbanked individuals access to financial …