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6th Feb, 2024
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Insurance Can Trigger a More Stable, More Humane World. Here's WhyGovernments use so-called parametric insurance to insure against specific named events. But this insurance has limits: insuring against a specific parameter or trigger event means leaving out everything not specified or not – quite – severe enough. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies' solution to this problem is a first in the humanitarian sector: an innovative, indemnity insurance policy that insures the pot itself.
15th Jan, 2024
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Reflections from Doha Forum 202318th Jan, 2024
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iCHF: Building a Centre of Excellence for Humanitarian FinanceThe International Centre for Humanitarian Finance (iCHF) concept was conceived from the Ditchley Park Initiative Still too important to fail - addressing the humanitarian financing gap to act as an incubator, catalyst, and potential seed funder in the humanitarian finance sector.
15th Jan, 2024
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Good Practices Playbook on Organizational Readiness and Enabling Private Capital for Innovative Financing in Humanitarian Contexts (2020)Rather than report on the insufficient funding for humanitarian and development needs, this playbook, written by BCG, provides practical advice on how to change organizational processes, systems and capabilities
30th Apr, 2020
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9th Oct, 2024
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2024 Q3: NewsletterThis quarter’s edition invites you to our key event of the year taking place on 23 October 2024, the HFF Innovative Finance Side Event at AidEx, which will be held in Geneva with an option to participate virtually. We also provide insights into how the insurance industry can address the humanitarian crisis caused by climate change, developing innovative financial tools that safeguard vulnerable populations. In June, the Grand Bargain Strategic Dialogue on Innovative Financing convened to take stock of the potential and challenges of scaling up innovative finance in the humanitarian sector, and in August after hurricane Beryl, Grenada suspended its bond payments by triggering its ‘hurricane clause’. Then, in September the IFRC triggered its first-ever insurance payout for its disaster fund, which means for the first time, a single, global commercial indemnity insurance policy is covering the emergency humanitarian costs of a disaster. Indeed, innovative finance mechanisms are demonstrating its effectiveness in supporting humanitarian needs. Coming up are two exciting opportunities to continue exploring and implementing innovative financial solutions. Consider signing up for the IMD Driving Innovative Finance for Impact (DIFI) programme, and to partner with us as we co-host the Humanitarian Finance Summit with AidEx next Spring. Find out more within.
1st Oct, 2024
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Humanitarian Impact Finance: Instruments & ApproachesA first mapping of the humanitarian impact finance continuum to identify different sources of funding for each respective actor and thereby lower the barrier for innovation and successful implementation.
30th Sep, 2024