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Blue Marble expands UN Food Programme partnership in Africa

13th September 2019

Blue Marble Microinsurance - a consortium of nine companies including Zurich, AIG, Aspen, and Hamilton - has announced a deal with The United Nations World Food Programme that will see it provide weather index insurance solutions for the organisation across Africa. Blue Marble will provide smallholder farmers with an offering that ... Read the full article

Blue Marble expands weather insurance program for Colombian farmers

5th September 2019

Blue Marble Microinsurance - a consortium of nine companies including Zurich, AIG, Aspen, and Hamilton – has renewed its weather index insurance program for smallholder coffee farmers in Colombia and expanded the coverage significantly. The CaféSeguro program provides insurance coverage for severe rainfall and drought during the coffee crop’s developmental stages ... Read the full article

ASSA becomes latest re/insurer to join the Blue Marble Microinsurance consortium

8th March 2018

ASSA Compañía Tenedora, S.A. (ASSA) has joined Blue Marble Microinsurance, a consortium of eight companies collaborating to improve the socio-economic environment of the underprivileged through commercially viable insurance solutions. ASSA has become the latest re/insurer to join the Blue Marble consortium, currently consisting of American International Group; Aspen Insurance Holdings; Guy Carpenter ... Read the full article

Blue Marble agrees microinsurance deal for Nature Conservancy programme in Latin America

21st July 2017

The Nature Conservancy and Blue Marble Microinsurance have announced an agreement to embed insurance protection into ecofriendly Silvopastoral Systems in Latin America. The Silvopastoral system minimises greenhouse gas emissions from cattle ranching - reportedly one of the highest contributors to global warming - helping to prevent climate change and create sustainable ... Read the full article