The second volume of the Microinsurance Compendium has recently been published by the Microinsurance Innovation Facility (part of the International Labour Organisation – ILO) and the Munich Re Foundation. The latest Compendium examines recent developments and achievements in the microinsurance sector.  This volume brings together current thinking of many leading academics, actuaries, and insurance and development professionals in the microinsurance field. Since the publication of the ...

Refuting the news of alleged shut down of Iffco plant in Paradip as reported in some sections of media, Director Cooperative Relations, IFFCO Dr G N Saxena said that it was all rubbish as the district administration has appreciated steps taken by the IFFCO management to tackle the situation arising out of the silo collapse. The local Administration, on its part, has been very cooperative, he added. Readers may recall that more than a dozen workers were injured when a large silo of the Iffco ...

Last Thursday I had the great privilege of being amongst a select group of cooperative leaders, including the ICA’s Dame Pauline Green, who witnessed UK Prime Minister, David Cameron admit to the failures of the capitalist model and announce long awaited reform of cooperative legislation. Branding his vision ‘popular capitalism’ he briefed us, along with the UK media, in the rather understated ‘Westminster Hub,’ a mutual-owned venue favoured by the entrepreneurial crowd. He was keen ...