"Goodwin and Mahul identify the key issues and concerns that arise in the design and rating of crop yield insurance … insurance scheme and the ratemaking procedures. Relying on the U.S. experience and recent developments in statistics and … econometrics, they review risk modeling concepts and provide technical guidelines in the development of crop insurance plans …

and of income losses following a crisis. She tests the validity of "insurance" and "liquidity" models of currency crisis …

"The authors examine the performance of the crop insurance scheme in Karnataka, a southern state of India and the … operational problems. The authors' finding is that the crop insurance scheme in its current form does not achieve its objectives …' contingent liability). The crop insurance scheme performs poorly both in terms of coverage (number of hectares insured and number …

The broad structure of Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (mNAIS), the main crop insurance program in … crop yield of an insurance unit, or IU, (i.e., block) is the index used. The insurance is mandatory for all farmers that … borrow from financial institutions, though insurance cover is also available to non-borrowers. The actual yield of the …

At the request of Government of India (GOI), the World Bank has provided technical assistance to the public insurance … company, Agriculture Insurance Company of India (AICI) to develop an actuarially sound rating methodology and improve the … contract design of the area-yield based National Agriculture Insurance Scheme (NAIS) to reduce delays in claim settlement; to …

The study focuses on how agricultural insurance can complement and enhance agricultural risk management in Latin … penetration of agricultural insurance in the region. The study is organized into five chapters, including this introduction … assessment of the main perils affecting production. Chapter three describes the current provision of agricultural insurance …

managers and development professionals, who are not insurance sector specialists, to weather index insurance. Ultimately, the … insurance pilot and then assists them to understand the technical procedures and requirements that are involved with it. In …

development of the agricultural insurance market. The report is structured in five sections to facilitate its presentation. The … agricultural insurance; third section addresses a set of key issues for designing a government strategy for agricultural financial … for agricultural insurance, and various illustrations of how to structure financial weather risk management instruments …

This report explains why agricultural insurance is expensive to deliver to small farm households, details risk … of all stakeholders about the benefits of agricultural insurance. It also explains why this form of subsidy could provide …

This report explains why agricultural insurance is expensive to deliver to small farm households, details risk … of all stakeholders about the benefits of agricultural insurance. It also explains why this form of subsidy could provide …