Insurance: Programmes & Websources, Articles

Programmes & Websources | Articles

Programmes & Websources

Government programmes | Civil Society programmes | Private sector programmes

Government programmes

Government programmes on insurance are listed below by country by alphabetical order.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

 Australia

• Understanding Money , Australia Financial Literacy Foundation
• Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA), Australia: www.mceetya.edu.au/public/public.htm

 Canada

• Consumer Education and Financial Literacy Programs, The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC)

 Finland

• Further Qualification in Financing and Insurance, Finnish National Board of Education

 Italy

• Consumers information, Istituto per la vigilanza sulle assicurazioni private e di interesse collettivo ISVAP (Italian Securities supervisor), Italy
• Investors communication, Treasury Debt Office, Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance

 Mexico

• Comisión Nacional para la Protección y Defensa de los Usuarios de Servicios Financieros (Condusef): www.condusef.gob.mx
• Comisión Nacional de Seguros y Fianzas : www.cnsf.gob.mx

 Malaysia

• InsuranceInfo , Bank Negara Malaysia

 Portugal

• Financial Education Reinforcement, the Portuguese Insurance Supervisory Authority (ISP)

 Philippines

• Financial Education Master Plan (FEP), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)

 United Kingdom

• Department for Work and Pensions Resource Center, UK: www.dwp.gov.uk/publications
• United Kingdom: National Strategy for Financial Capability , Financial Services Authority (FSA)

 United States

• Insure U — Get Smart About Insurance, The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
• National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: www.longtermcare.gov
• Insurance Commission in California: www.insurance.ca.gov
• Financial Literacy Education Commission, US Treasury Office of Financial Education

Civil society programmes

 Germany

• Stiftung Warentest (German consumer association): www.stiftung-warentest.de

 Korea

• Korea Insurance Development Institute (KIDI): www.kidi.or.kr

 South Africa

• Consumer Education Initiatives and Programmes, South African Insurance Association (SAIA) 

 United States

• Health Insurance Information Association: www.healthinsurance.info.net
• Long Term Care Association: www.mr.ltc.com

 Europe

Private sector programmes

 Australia

• Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC): www.fido.asic.gov.au
• Australian Bankers’ Association: www.bankers.asn.au

 Austria

• Financial literacy activities, Austrian Insurance Association (Versicherungsverband Österreich VVO) www.vvo.at

 Canada

• The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA): www.clhia.ca

 France

• La banque, ma banque et moi, Fédération bancaire française (FBF) (in French)
• Les Clés de la banque: www.lesclesdelabanque.com, Fédération bancaire française (in French)
• Fédération française des sociétés d’assurances – FFSA: www.ffsa.fr
• Groupement des entreprises mutuelles d’assurances – GEMA, France: www.gema.fr (in French)

 Switzerland

• Swiss Insurance Association,  SIA
• Swiss Association of Vocational Education and Training in Insurance - Qualifications, VBV, www.vbv-afa.ch

 United Kingdom

• AEGON Benefit Solutions: www.benefitsolutions.co.uk

 United States

• America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP): www.ahip.org
• World Federation of Insurance Intermediaries: www.wfii.org

Articles

Key articles and research on insurance issues are listed below, in alphabetical order, by author/institution. The missing links will be provided shortly.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

A

• Australian working party on financial education and consumers, (2004), Australian Consumers and Money, Discussion paper, p. 8-45, June.
• Assous Laurence and Ronan Mahieu, (2001), « Le rôle de l’assurance privée dans la prise en charge de la dépendance: une mise en perspective internationale », Working Paper no. 21, Direction de la recherche, des études, de l’évaluation et des statistiques, November.
  

B

• Bech. Ulrich (1992), Risk Society, Towards a new modernity, Sage, London.
  

C

• Churchill, C (ed) 2006, Protecting the poor: A microinsurance compendium, Geneva: ILO.

D

• Delmas,(2005) « Rapport relatif à la commercialisation des produits financiers », Mission Delmas- Marsalet, November.
  

F

• Fontaine M. and H. Rhodes, (2004)"Compulsory Insurance in OECD Countries", in Insurance in the Baltic Countries, OECD.
• FSA, (2006a), Financial capability in the UK: Delivering Change
• FSA, (2006b), Financial capability in the UK: Establishing a baseline

G

• Grenn, CH, 1990, Perceived risk: past present and future conditional in Handmer J.W. and Penning-Rowsell E.C., eds, Hazards and the communication of risk, Gower Technical, Aldershot.
  

H

• Hartwig Robert P. (2006): the Challenge of Communicating Flood Risk, May 2006
  Insurance Information Institute, (2004).

L

• Lane SN, Berger A and Sandercok AJ, (2002), “people and institutional response: evidence from the Easter 1998 floods in Central England” in press Flood warning systems, Applied Geography

M

• Mitchell Jeremy, (1993), Financial Skills for Consumers, International Consumer Policy Bureau.
• Mitchell Jeremy, (2003), Leadership in Consumer Literacy, International Consumer Policy Bureau.

P

• Parente S, D. Salkever and J. Da Vanzo (2003) The role of consumer knowledge of insurance benefits in the demand for preventative health care among the elderly, NBER, Working paper 9912, August.

S

• Thème assurances pour le corps enseignant ainsi que les élèves du Degré secondaire II (Ecoles professionnelles et gymnases), Swiss Insurance Association (in French)
• Saltz, K. Mahoney, R. Lusky and A. Wright, (1992) Identifying and Promoting Consumer Awareness of Long Term Care Insurance in Connecticut.

U

• National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: www.longtermcare.gov

V

•  Verzone Ronald D, (2002), “Where to go from here” in Best Review, February.