This study highlights the different risks faced by low-income households in Nepal and their approaches to mitigating these risks, including their familiarity with and use of insurance. It highlights what types of products and services have been offered to-date and the evolving role of microinsurance as a particularly important tool for protecting low-income households, many of which are extremely vulnerable, by helping to reduce the fallout of specific events by better protecting assets.
This study was conducted and published by UKaid Sakchyam Access to Finance Nepal.