A funeral is a costly occasion. This paper studies indigenous insurance institutions developed to cope with the high …-defined rules and regulations, often offering premium-based insurance for funeral expenses. Increasingly, they are also offering … other forms of insurance and credit to cope with hardship. The paper argues that the characteristics and inclusiveness of …

This paper analyses collusion-proof multilateral insurance contracts between a risk neutral insurer and multiple risk …-group has incurred a large enough aggregate loss.  We interpret our models as providing support for insurance contracts between … insurance providers, such as microinsurers or governments, and groups of individuals who have access to cheap information about …