News - Asia: Microinsurance could bring in US$40 bln for insurers
    
        
            
                
            Source: Asia Insurance Review | Jan 2011
         
     
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
The global microinsurance market could generate premiums of up to US$40 billion, with the Asia Pacific region seen as the fastest growing and the largest segment of the market, said Swiss Re’s latest sigma study “Microinsurance - risk protection for 4 billion people”. Microinsurance has also grown considerably in African and Latin American countries despite these being relatively smaller microinsurance markets at present. 
    
    
    
    
    
	
        
		
        
            
                
				
					
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