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Registration

Welcome Address and Opening Remarks

Chair
Lasinee Seresinhe
Director General, Insurance Board of Sri Lanka

Gamini Wickramasinghe
Chairman, Insurance Board of Sri Lanka

Richard Vokes
Country Director, Sri Lanka Resident Mission, Asian Development Bank

Session 1 Microinsurance Market – An Overview

Chair/Moderator
Anuradha Rajivan
Regional Programme Coordinator, UNDP Regional Center, Colombo

Nimal A. Fernando [ PDF: 111kb | 22 pages ]
Principal Finance Specialist (Microfinance), ADB

Tea Break

Marc Soquet
Part 1 [ PDF: 392kb | 14 pages ]
Part 2 [ PDF: 682kb | 16 pages ]
Asia Coordinator on Social Protection and Informal Economy, International Labour Organization (ILO)

Questions and Answers

Lunch Break

Session 2 Unexplored Market-Microinsurance Demand and Risk Mitigation

Chair/Moderator
Marc Soquet
Asia Coordinator on Social Protection and Informal Economy, International Labour Organization (ILO)

David Dror [ PDF: 2,821kb | 29 pages ]
Hon. Professor of Health Insurance, Erasmus University of Rotterdam

Mosleh U. Ahmed [ PDF: 147kb | 18 pages ]
Consultant, Microinsurance and Remittance Research Centre

P.S. Gunaranjan [ PDF: 237kb | 18 pages ]
Head, Insurance Business, Bhartiya Samruddhi Investments and Consulting Services (BASIX), India

Questions and Answers

Tea Break

Session 3 Conducive Environment – Role of Governments and Regulators

Chair/Moderator
Nimal A. Fernando
Principal Finance Specialist (Microfinance), ADB

Sirisena S. Ratnayake [ PDF: 52kb | 26 pages ]
Additional Director Supervisor of Non Bank Financial Institutions, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Arup Chatterjee [ PDF: 836kb | 20 pages ]
Principal Administrator, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India and Advisor, International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS)

Vijaysekar Kalavakonda [ PDF: 736kb | 38 pages ]
Financial Analyst, World Bank

Questions and Answers

Day 1 Conclusion

Session 4 Strategies to Extend Commercial Insurance to the Poor – Country Experience

Chair/Moderator
Nimal A. Fernando
Principal Finance Specialist (Microfinance), ADB

Emil Anthony [ PDF: 3,612kb | 19 pages ]
Director, Sarvodaya Economic Enterprise Development Services (SEEDS)

Mosharraf Hossain Khan [ PDF: 1,417kb | 18 pages ]
Managing Director, Palli Karma – Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), Bangladesh

Anuradha Rajivan [ PDF: 1,933kb | 23 pages ]
Regional Programme Coordinator, UNDP Regional Center, Colombo

Tea Break

L. B. Abeysinghe [ PDF: 608kb | 18 pages ]
General Manager, Sanasa Almao Insurance Company Ltd.

Shilpa Pandya [ PDF: 653kb | 20 pages ]
Co-ordinator, SEWA Insurance, Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), India

Syed Mohsin Ahmed [ PDF: 630kb | 27 pages ]
General Manager, Pakistan Microfinance Network

Questions and Answers

Lunch Break

Session 5 Strategies to Meet Various Market Demands – Health, Crop, and Calamity Insurance

Chair/Moderator
Vijaysekar Kalavakonda
Financial Analyst, World Bank

David Dror [ PDF: 335kb | 22 pages ]
Hon. Professor of Health Insurance, Erasmus University of Rotterdam

P.S. Gunaranjan [ PDF: 320kb | 32 pages ]
Head, Insurance Business, Bhartiya Samruddhi Investments and Consulting Services (BASIX), India

Sunil Silva [ PDF: 101kb | 6 pages ]
Chairman & CEO, Yasiru Mutual Provident Society

Questions and Answers

Tea Break

Session 6 Panel Discussion Facilitating Microinsurance – Role of Donors and Technical Assistance Providers

Chair/Moderator
Mosharraf Hossain Khan
Managing Director, PKSF

Panelist:

Vijaysekar Kalavakonda
Financial Analyst, World Bank

Marc Soquet
Asia Coordinator on Social Protection and Informal Economy. ILO

Arup Chatterjee
Principal Administrator, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India and Advisor, International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS)

Questions and Answers

Closing Remarks

Nimal A. Fernando
Principal Finance Specialist (Microfinance), ADB

Conclusion of the Workshop