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Luis Kinuthia
Luis is a Nairobi-based actuary with vast experience in the inclusive insurance market. He has spent most of his professional life designing microinsurance solutions for millions of unserved and underserved in Africa. He is the CEO & Co-founder of Emerging Markets Actuarial Consulting, an organisation using Human-Centred Research & Design to uncover insights and develop solutions for the insurance-deprived in Africa. He previously worked with global microinsurance pioneers such as MicroEnsure and Pula
Articles by Luis Kinuthia:
December 13th, 2022
AfyaPoa: Enhancing uptake of health insurance through informal groups
Wanza Mbole Namboya
April 7th, 2022
AfyaPoa: Lessons and insights on delivering health micro-insurance to gig workers and informal entrepreneurs
Wanza Mbole Namboya
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed an additional two million Kenyans into poverty. Health shocks are particularly devastating for low-income households, most of which lack access to insurance and hardly save towards such eventualities due to a myriad of competing daily priorities.
September 30th, 2021
Combining HCD Research, Testing, and Pilot Learning for Microinsurance Design
Tyler Tappendorf
Through its AfyaPoa range of products, Insurance for All (IFA) has been delivering affordable and relevant protection to underserved Kenyans in the informal sector for over two years. Intending to broaden its reach through new gig economy partnerships and strengthen and improve its products and distribution approaches, IFA, with support from FSD Kenya and research assistance from 17 Triggers, conducted a four-month research and design phase followed by a six-month pilot.
