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Insurance and Asset-Building for the Underbanked: A Convening Summary

by Amy Brown

In August 2008, CFSI, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and the Annie E. Casey Foundation co-sponsored an insurance convening summary.  This summary outlines issues, research, and innovations around serving the insurance needs of underbanked consumers and offers next steps in reaching ...

7 pp.   

Research Papers

The Insurance Industry and the Underbanked

by Rachel Schneider and Kimberly Gartner

Insurance plays a critical role in asset building. Not only does it provide protection against financial losses caused by death or disasters but it can also help build net worth and protect or transfer wealth. Yet many people, particularly those with low ...

22 pp.