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Closing the Protection Gap

The negative impact of climate change is expected to intensify in the coming decades. Thus, governments and societies need to prepare for natural disasters such as droughts, floods and storms in order to avoid the loss of lives and livelihoods. Insurance can play a critical role in effective disaster risk management by strengthening their resilience to climate change. Timely insurance payouts not only help people to recover faster but also render access to finance for transformative measures. Giving climate risk a price also incentivises adaptation measures, fosters risk reduction and avoids future damages ex-ante. However, especially in developing economies, the share of uninsured climate risk remains high. Thus our mission is to support vulnerable people and countries in the Global South to bounce back better in the face of climate and disaster risks through innovative Climate Risk Insurance solutions.

Climate Risk Insurance products need to be well adapted to the needs of vulnerable populations but also represent a financially sustainable product in order to reach scale and secure replicability. We, therefore, seek to closely involve the insurance industry. On the one hand, to leverage its expertise and know-how in the development of new and innovative Climate Risk Insurance solutions. On the other hand, to integrate its capital in form of insurance coverage for the solutions to be developed. By doing so, we foster public-private partnerships to actively strengthen the case for the insurability of climate risks.

Developing Climate Risk Insurance Products

We support and promote the joint product development, improvement and implementation of innovative Climate Risk Insurance products. We provide grant-based co-funding to consortia consisting of private and / or public entities including civil society, where at least:

  1. Two Project Partners are willing and legally entitled to sign the potential Grant Agreement,
  2. One Project Partner is located and legally registered in the country of implementation and willing and legally entitled to sign the potential Grant Agreement,
  3. One Project Partner is representing the demand and needs of vulnerable households (beneficiaries), and
  4. One Project Partner is willing to act as risk taker.

Consortia fulfilling the criteria stated above are invited to apply for co-funding submitting proposals in specific Call for Proposals.

Since 2019, we launched 11 Calls for Proposals that generated high interest. We received and evaluated over 400 applications for co-financing the product development and improvement of innovative Climate Risk Insurance solutions.

We are currently supporting projects on macro, meso, and micro level in Argentina, Bangladesh, Belize, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Fiji, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Uzbekistan.

Our Projects

Project Lead: IDF

Agriculture Insurance Scheme for Horticulture and Vegetables in Uzbekistan

Grant Amount: 964,875 €
Project Start:
Aug 23
Project End: Aug 25

Project Lead: ACRE Africa

aMaizing Crop Insurance Program in Kenya

Grant Amount: 1,344,540 €
Project Start: Jun 21
Project End: Jul 23

Project Lead: EuropaRe & Insurance Supervision Agency

Area Yield Shortfall Guarantee (North Macedonia)

Grant Amount: 313,000 €
Project Start: Nov 19
Project End: Jan 23

Project Lead: EuropaRe & Globus Osiguranje

Area Yield Shortfall Guarantee (Serbia)

Grant Amount: 187,000 €
Project Start: Jan 20
Project End: Dez 22

Project Lead: Syngenta & BRAC

Boosting agriculture risk mitigation in Bangladesh through climate insurance for smallholders

Grant Amount: 2,470,269 €
Project Start: Jun 20
Project End: Dec 22

Project Lead: Blue Marble

Cafe Seguro Peru

Grant Amount: 1,624,770 €
Project Start: Oct 25
Project End: Nov 27

Project Lead: Mandiri AXA

Climate Insurance for Smallholder Farmers in Indonesia (CISFI)

Grant Amount: 471,600 €
Project Start: Oct 22
Project End: Nov 24

Project Lead: AXA XL & MunichRe

Colegios públicos en el Perú (Public schools in Peru)

Grant Amount: 1,270,000 €
Project Start: Sep 20
Project End: Oct 23

Project Lead: Willis Towers Watson

De-Risking coffee from climate disasters: Upscaling coffee climate protection insurance for Vietnamese smallholder coffee producers

Grant Amount: 1,060,485 €
Project Start:
Dec 24
Project End: Dec
 26

Project Lead: DRC

Developing a trigger-based finance framework for climate related disasters in Malawi

Grant Amount: 456,312 €
Project Start:
Oct 24
Project End:
Oct 26

Project Lead: Europa Re

Employee Financial Protection Against Weather Risks in Honduras

Grant Amount: 664,405 €
Project Start:
Apr 25
Project End: 
Apr 27

Project Lead: MIC OIM

Enhancing Resilience of Smallholder Farmers in Southern Malawi through a Risk Layering Approach for Managing Climate-related Risks

Grant Amount: 1,019,510 €
Project Start:
Oct 24
Project End: Oct 26

Project Lead: IDF

Flood Insurance for Target Cities in Argentina (FITCA)

Grant Amount: 586,505 €
Project Start:
Feb 23
Project End: 
Feb 25

Project Lead: AXA Climate

Flood protection for vulnerable areas in Togo

Grant Amount: 1,646,350 €
Project Start:
Mar 24
Project End: Mar 26

Project Lead: IDF

Flood risk cover for Lagos State in Nigeria

Grant Amount: 782,895 €
Project Start:
 Oct 22
Project End: 
Nov 24

Project Lead: IFRC

Global Insurance for the Disaster Response Emergency Fund

Grant Amount: 2,455,288 €
Project Start:
Jun 23
Project End: Jun 25

Project Lead: CLIMBS

Helping Cooperatives and Agripreneurs Build Resilient and Sustainable Communities and Climate Action through Digital Solutions in the Philippines

Grant Amount: 713,850 €
Project Start:
Jan 23
Project End:
Jan 25

Project Lead: IDF

IDF Mexico Parametric Agri Insurance Program

Grant Amount: 1,893,827 €
Project Start:
 Mar 22
Project End: 
Nov 24

Project Lead: Pula Advisors

Increasing smallholder farmer resilience to climate change through technology and innovation in climate risk insurance products and distribution channels in Tanzania

Grant Amount: 895,650 €
Project Start: Dec 20
Project End: Jan 23

Project Lead: eLEAF

Index-insurance in Uganda, a real business with the potential to serve millions

Grant Amount: 982,575 €
Project Start: Sep 21
Project End: Oct 23

Project Lead: Yelen Assurance

Integrated Financial and Technical Services for Agriculture in Burkina Faso

Grant Amount: 1,124,725 €
Project Start:
Feb 24
Project End:
Feb 26

Project Lead: Practical Action

Introducing index-based flood insurance for the flood prone communities in lower Karnali

Grant Amount: 659,155 €
Project Start: Mar 21
Project End: Apr 23

Project Lead: RBF

Introducing new and scaling existing climate risk parametric insurance products in Fiji

Grant Amount: 950,563 €
Project Start:
Aug 24
Project End: Aug 26

Project Lead: Landbank Resilience and Celsius Pro

Large-scale smallholder farm drought insurance in South Africa

Grant Amount: 383,840 €
Project Start: Sep 19
Project End: Nov 22

Project Lead: MAR Fund

Mesoamerican Reef insurance Program

Grant Amount: 1,012,850 €
Project Start: May 21
Project End: Jun 23

Project Lead: Guy Carpenter Mexico

Parametric Weather Index Insurance Solution for Ecuador’s Rice and Maize Smallholder Farmers (TPA)

Grant Amount: 974,850 €
Project Start:
Feb 25
Project End: 
Feb 27

Project Lead: Guy Carpenter Mexico

Parametric Insurance Solution for the Dominican Republic’s Vulnerable Population

Grant Amount: 1,036,213 €
Project Start:
Mar 25
Project End: 
Mar 27

Projects in Colombia

Project Lead: IDF

Livelihood protection
for agricultural rural communities in Colombia

Grant Amount: 1.012.799 $
Project Start: Nov 22
Project End: Dec 24

Projects in Ghana

Project Lead: IDF

(Sub-)Sovereign risk
transfer scheme for urban floods in Ghana

Grant Amount: 779.975 €
Project Start: Jul 22
Project End: Aug 24

Projects in India

Project Lead: WRMS

Technology based
farm level yield insurance for smallholder farmers

Grant Amount: 2.131.154 €
Project Start: May 22
Project End: Jun 24

Project Lead: Caribbean Biodiversity Fund

Reef Resilience and Risk Financing Mechanisms (R3FM) in the Caribbean

Grant Amount: 720,395 €
Project Start: Sept 25
Project End: Oct 27

Project Lead: ARC Ltd

Rice Value Chain Climate Cover in Côte d’Ivoire

Grant Amount: 1,551,141 €
Project Start:
Jun 24
Project End:
Jun 26

Project Lead: MINECOFIN

Scaling-up and improving National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) in Rwanda

Grant Amount: 2,362,110 €
Project Start: Mar 22
Project End: Apr 24

Project Lead: FSN

Scaling up financial protection against disasters for vulnerable populations in Senegal

Grant Amount: 1,822,900 €
Project Start:
Dec 23
Project End: Dec 25

Project Lead: FSEC

Scaling up financial resilience against flood events in Morocco

Grant Amount: 2,340,800 €
Project Start:
Dec 23
Project End: Dec 25

Project Lead: Kifiya

Scaling up vegetation index crop insurance in Ethiopia

Grant Amount: 2,053,044 €
Project Start: Apr 22
Project End: May 23

Project Lead: Pula Advisors

Scaling up Embedded Area Yield Index Insurance in the Input Voucher System (IVS) in Ethiopia

Grant Amount: 1,308,765 €
Project Start: Jun 25
Project End: Jun 27

Project Lead: Britam

Scaling Up Parametric Flood Insurance at the Sub-National Level in Kenya

Grant Amount: 2,107,934 €
Project Start: Nov 25
Project End: Dec 27

Project Lead: Blue Marble

Securing Livestock Livelihoods in Kyrgyzstan: Leveraging Meso-level Forecast Index Insurance Solutions

Grant Amount: 583,462 €
Project Start:
Dec 24
Project End: Dec 26

List of Grants

CountryProject LeadTitleApproachAssetsHazardProject StartProject EndStatusMore information
ArgentinaIDFFlood Insurance for Target Cities in Argentina (FITCA)MacroPublic infrastructureMulti-Peril: Flood, Excess RainfallFeb-23Feb-25OngoingPDF
BangladeshSyngenta & BRACBoosting agriculture risk mitigation in Bangladesh through climate insurance for smallholdersMicroAgricultural productionMulti-Peril: Excess Rainfall, Dry spells, Cold spells, FloodJun-20Dec-22ClosedPDF
Burkina FasoYelen AssuranceIntegrated Financial and Technical Services for Agriculture in Burkina FasoMicroAgricultural productionMulti-Peril: Drought, Excess RainfallFeb-24Feb-26OngoingPDF
CaribbeanCaribbean Biodiversity Fund Reef Resilience and Risk Financing Mechanisms (R3FM) in the Caribbean
MesoCoral reefWindstormsSep-25Oct-27OngoingPDF
ColombiaBlue MarbleCafé Seguro: Climate protection for smallholder farmersMicroAgricultural productionMulti-Peril: Drought, Excess RainfallOct-22Nov-24OngoingPDF
ColombiaIDFLivelihood protection for agricultural rural communities in ColombiaMacroAgricultural productionMulti-Peril: Lack or Excess Rainfall, DroughtNov-22Dec-24OngoingPDF
ColombiaMiCRO & SBSResilient and empowered SMEs and smallholder farmers in ColombiaMicroFinancial lossesMulti-Peril: Drought, Excess Rainfall, EarthquakeMay-20Jun-23ClosedPDF
ColombiaRaincoatScale-up of Loan-Linked Agricultural Parametric Product in Colombia
MicroFinancial lossesMulti-Peril: Drought, Flood, Extreme RainfallJan-25Jan-27OngoingPDF
ColombiaWillis Towers WatsonEnhancing Colombian cities' urban resilience through insurance protections for climate risks and natural disastersMacroEmergency reliefMulti-Peril: Flood, Landslides, EarthquakeMay-21May-23ClosedPDF
Côte d'IvoireARC LtdRice Value Chain Climate Cover in Côte d’IvoireMultiFinancial losses, agricultural productionMulti-Peril: Drought, FloodJun-24Jun-26OngoingPDF
Dominican RepublicGuy Carpenter MexicoParametric Insurance Solution for the Dominican Republic’s Vulnerable PopulationMacroFinancial losses, cost of agricultural production (rice, maize)Multi-Peril: Drought, extreme rainfall, wind/tropical stormMar-25Mar-27OngoingPDF
EcuadorGuy Carpenter MexicoParametric Weather Index Insurance Solution for Ecuador’s Rice and Maize Smallholder Farmers (TPA)MacroFinancial losses, cost of agricultural production (rice, maize)Multi-Peril: Drought / heat waves, extreme rainfallFeb-25Feb-27OngoingPDF
EthiopiaKifiyaScaling up vegetation index crop insuranceMesoAgricultural productionDroughtApr-22May-23OngoingPDF
EthiopiaPula AdvisorsScaling up Embedded Area Yield Index Insurance in the Input Voucher System (IVS) in EthiopiaMultiAgricultural productionMulti-Peril: Drought, Flood, Wind, Rainfall, Cold Spells, Pest and DiseasesJun-25Jun-27OngoingPDF
FijiRBFIntroducing new and scaling existing climate risk parametric insurance products in FijiMicroFinancial losses, agricultural productionWindstormsAug-24Aug-26OngoingPDF
GhanaPula AdvisorsIncreasing smallholder farmer resilience to climate change through technology and innovation in climate risk insurance products and distribution channels (Ghana)MesoAgricultural productionMulti-Peril: Drought, FloodNov-20Dec-22ClosedPDF
GhanaIDF(Sub-)Sovereign risk transfer scheme for urban floods in GhanaMacroEmergency reliefFloodJul-22Nov-24ClosedPDF
GlobalIFRCInsurance for the Disaster Response Emergency FundMultiEmergency reliefAll types of natural disastersJun-23Jun-25OngoingPDF
HondurasEuropa ReEmployee Financial Protection Against Weather Risks in HondurasMesoFinancial lossesWindstormsApr-25Apr-27OngoingPDF
IndiaDHAN FoundationBuilding climate resilient agro-ecosystems of smallholder farming (Phase I)MicroCrops and livestockMulti-Peril: Drought, Excess RainfallJun-22Jul-24ClosedPDF
IndiaDHAN FoundationBuilding climate resilient agro-ecosystems of smallholder farming (Phase II)MicroCrops and livestockMulti-Peril: Drought, Excess RainfallJan-25Feb-27OngoingPDF
IndiaWRMSTechnology based farm level yield insurance for smallholder farmersMicroAgricultural productionMulti-Peril: Drought, Excess RainfallMay-22Nov-24ClosedPDF
IndiaFaber ConsultingDevelopment of a sub-sovereign natural disaster risk insurance scheme for NagalandMacroInfrastructure/AgricultureMulti-Peril: Excess Rainfall, EarthquakeMar-21Apr-23ClosedPDF
IndonesiaMandiri AXAClimate Insurance for Smallholder Farmers in Indonesia (CISFI)MultiAgricultural productionMulti-Peril: Drought, deficit of rainfallOct-22Nov-24OngoingPDF
KenyaACRE AfricaaMaizing Crop Insurance ProgramMultiAgricultural productionMulti-Peril: Drought, Excess RainfallJun-21Jun-24ClosedPDF
KenyaBritamScaling Up Parametric Flood Insurance at the Sub-National Level in KenyaMicroAgricultural production, InfrastructureFloodNov-25Dec-27OngoingPDF
KyrgyzstanBlue MarbleSecuring Livestock Livelihoods in Kyrgyzstan: Leveraging Meso-level Forecast Index Insurance SolutionsMacroAgricultural production, Emergency reliefMulti-Peril: Drought, cold spellsDec-24Dec-26OngoingPDF
MalawiDRCDeveloping a trigger-based finance framework for climate related disastersMesoEmergency reliefMulti-Peril: Drought, Extreme RainfallOct-24Oct-26OngoingPDF
MalawiMIC OIMEnhancing Resilience of Smallholder Farmers in Southern Malawi through a Risk Layering Approach for Managing Climate-related RisksMultiFinancial losses, agricultural productionMulti-Peril: Drought, Extreme RainfallOct-24Oct-26OngoingPDF
Mesoamerican Reef RegionMAR FundMesoamerican Reef insurance ProgramMesoCoral reefWindstormsMay-21Aug-24ClosedPDF
MexicoIDFIDF Mexico Parametric Agri Insurance ProgramMacroAgricultural productionMulti-Peril: Drought, Excess RainfallMar-22Nov-24OngoingPDF
MoroccoFSECScaling up financial resilience against flood events in MoroccoMacroEmergency reliefFlood (pluvial, fluvial)Dec-23Dec-25OngoingPDF
NepalPractical ActionIntroducing index-based flood insurance for the flood prone communities in lower KarnaliMultiAgricultural productionFloodMar-21Apr-24OngoingPDF
NigeriaIDFFlood risk cover for Lagos State in NigeriaMacroEmergency reliefFloodOct-22Mar-25ClosedPDF
North MacedoniaEuropaRe & Insurance Supervision AgencyArea Yield Shortfall Guarantee (North Macedonia)MacroAgricultural revenueMulti-Peril: Excess Rainfall, Drought, Windstorm, FloodNov-19Dec-23ClosedPDF
PeruAXA XL & MunichReColegios públicos en el Perú (Public schools in Peru)MacroPublic schoolsMulti-Peril: Flood, Excess Rainfall, Earthquake, TsunamiSep-20Oct-24ClosedPDF
PeruBlue MarbleCafe Seguro PeruMultiAgricultural productionMulti-Peril: Excess Rainfall, DroughtOct-25Nov-27OngoingPDF
PhilippinesCLIMBSHelping Cooperatives and Agripreneurs Build Resilient and Sustainable Communities and Climate Action through Digital SolutionsMesoAgricultural productionMulti-Peril: Drought, Excess RainfallJan-23Dec-25OngoingPDF
RwandaMINECOFINScaling-up and improving National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) in RwandaMultiAgricultural productionMulti-Peril: Drought, FloodMar-22Apr-24OngoingPDF
SenegalFSNScaling up financial protection against disasters for vulnerable populations in SenegalMacroEmergency reliefMulti-Peril: Drought, FloodDec-23Dec-25OngoingPDF
SenegalAXA ClimateFlood protection in Pikine MacroEmergency relief equipment, rehabilitation of public assets Urban Flood (pluvial, fluvial)Apr-25Apr-27OngoingPDF
SerbiaEuropaRe & Globus OsiguranjeArea Yield Shortfall Guarantee (Serbia)MacroAgricultural revenueMulti-Peril: Excess Rainfall, Drought, Windstorm, FloodJan-20Dec-22ClosedPDF
South AfricaLandbank Resilience and Celsius ProLarge-scale smallholder farm drought insurance in South AfricaMicroAgricultural productionDroughtSep-19Nov-22ClosedPDF
TanzaniaPula AdvisorsIncreasing smallholder farmer resilience to climate change through technology and innovation in climate risk insurance products and distribution channelsMesoAgricultural productionMulti-Peril: Drought, FloodDec-20Jan-23ClosedPDF
TogoLoricaFarmCover II - scaling up agricultural insurance in TogoMicroAgricultural productionMulti-Peril: Drought, Excess RainfallSep-21Apr-25ClosedPDF
TogoAXA ClimateFlood protection for vulnerable areas in TogoMacroEmergency reliefFlood (pluvial, fluvial)Mar-24Mar-26OngoingPDF
UgandaeLEAFIndex-insurance in Uganda, a real business with the potential to serve millionsMultiAgricultural productionMulti-Peril: Drought, Excess RainfallSep-21Oct-25OngoingPDF
UzbekistanIDFAgriculture Insurance Scheme for Horticulture and Vegetables in UzbekistanMultiAgricultural cropsMulti-Peril: Spring frost, wind, hail, floodAug-23Aug-25OngoingPDF
VietnamWillis Towers WatsonDe-Risking coffee from climate disasters: Upscaling coffee climate protection insurance for Vietnamese smallholder coffee producersMicroAgricultural productionMulti-Peril: Drought, Excess Rainfall
Dec-24Dec-26OngoingPDF