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UKRAINIAN AGRICULTURAL WEATHER
RISK MANAGEMENTWORLD BANK COMMODITY RISK MANAGEMENT
GROUP
Ulrich HessJoanna Syroka PhD
January 20 2004
UKRAINIAN AGRICULTURAL WEATHER
RISK MANAGEMENTWORLD BANK COMMODITY RISK MANAGEMENT
GROUPIFC PEP Ukraine
Ulrich HessJoanna Syroka PhD
January 22 2004
Weather Index Insurance for Agriculture
COMMODITY RISK MANAGEMENT GROUPThe World Bank
13th October 2006
William J. Dick
Overview of the Commodity Risk Management Group (CRMG), the World Bank
Index-based Weather Insurance How to develop a Weather Insurance
program? Extending the index concept to flood
insurance
OUTLINE
CRMG Overview
CRMG facilitates…. Market-based Risk Transfer Products
Weather index-based insurance Price risk management contracts
New Applications Disaster risk financing Extension to new hazards
Access to risk capital Access to global reinsurance markets
Knowledge Transfer and Education Technical assistance in projects Publications and training workshops
Existing Transactions India, Ethiopia, Malawi, Ukraine.…
Feasibility Study Pilot Design Pilot Implementation
CRMG global activities
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
New Model: Index-based Weather Insurance
Motivation Traditional crop insurance
Multi-Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI)• Yield-based insurance is not sustainable
Named peril Crop Insurance• Damage-based insurance is viable for selected localised
perils Main Problems
Loss adjustment and farm level data Moral hazard Adverse selection due to asymmetric information High monitoring and administrative costs Often heavily subsidised Operationally difficult for small farmer agriculture
Experience with public crop insurance Condition for
sustainability:
(A+I)/P < 1 Where: A = average
administrative cost I = average
indemnities paid P = average premiums
paid
Country Period (A+I)/PBrazil 75-81 4.57
Costa Rica
70-89 2.80
Japan 85-89 2.60Mexico 80-89 3.65
Philippines
81-89 5.74
USA 80-89 2.42
Source: Hazell
Financial performance of crop insurance
Index insurance
ChallengeDesign an alternative, efficient and cost-effective crop failure insurance program that facilitates risk transfer and is feasible for small farmers in low-income countries.
What are index insurance contracts ? An index insurance contract indemnifies
based on the value of an “index”- not on losses measured in the field
An index is a variable that is highly correlated with losses and that cannot be influenced by the insured
Example indices: rainfall, temperature, regional yield, river levels
Index insurance contracts overcome most of the supply side problems of traditional insurance contracts
Main characteristics of an index Observable and easily measured Objective Transparent Independently verifiable Able to be reported in a timely manner Stable and sustainable over time
Weather indexes can form the basis of an insurance contract that protects farmers from
weather risk
Payout per Hectare for Maize Drought Protection, Lilongwe Region
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
9000
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Maize Rainfall Index
Payo
ut (M
KW
per
hct
)Payout structure: drought protection
Financial payout - increment
per mmMaximum Payout
Trigger Rainfall Level
Long-Term Average Rainfall
Deficit Rainfall Index (mm.)
EXAMPLE OF PAYOUT STRUCTURE
Pay
out (
unit
per h
a)
Index insurance: Advantages and challengesAdvantages Challenges
Less moral hazard and adverse selection Basis Risk
Timely payout Sustainability of the index
Lower administrative costs Precise actuarial modeling
Standardized and transparent structure Education
Availability and negotiability Market Size
Reinsurance acceptability Forecast
Versatility Micro climates
How can index instruments be used ?Micro level Weather-indexed insurance for smallholder
farmers, intermediated through institutions with rural outreach Ex. India, Nicaragua, Malawi, Ukraine
Meso level Weather-indexed portfolio hedge for rural financial institutions that lend to poor farmers Ex. India
Macro level Weather insurance or weather-indexed contingent credit line for governments or international organizations that provide safety nets for the poor Ex. Ethiopia, Malawi
The global market Deals transacted:
Argentina I – Weather insured seed credit Argentina II – Dairy yield protection against low rainfall South Africa – Apple co-operative freeze cover India – Approximately 250,000 insured against poor monsoon Mexico – Crop insurance portfolio reinsurance through
weather derivative structure Canada (Ontario) - Forage insurance with weather indexation Canada (Alberta) - Heat index insurance for maize Ukraine – Winter wheat protection against weather risks Malawi – Weather insurance pilot for groundnut farmers Ethiopia – WFP Drought Insurance
Under preparation: Morocco – Wheat yield protection against drought Zambia – Maize yield protection against drought Nicaragua – Bank-intermediated weather insurance for
groundnut farmers Thailand – Bank-intermediated weather insurance
How to develop a weather insurance program ?
Developing a pilot program
I. Identify significant farmer exposure to weather
II. Quantify the impact of adverse weather on their revenues
III. Structure a contract that pays out when adverse weather occurs
IV. Execute contract (with insurers and a delivery channel)
V. Secure international reinsurance
High Probability, Low Consequence Risks Vs.
Low Probability, High Consequence Risks
High probability
Low ConsequenceReduced yields
The producers generally perceive this as their risk
Normal weatherLow probability
High ConsequenceExtremely low yields
Low probability
High ConsequenceExtremely low yields
Extreme weather events (excess rainfall or flood)
Extreme weather events (droughts)
The cropping calendar
*Maize yields are particularly sensitive to rainfall during the tasseling stage and the yield
formation stage – rainfall during the latter phase determines the size of the maize grain
Diagram taken from the FAO’s maize water requirement report*
Sowing and establishment
period is also critical crop survival
• A rainfall index is normally split into 3 or more crop growth phases
• Objective: maximise the correlation between index and loss of crop yield
Maize Rainfall Index - example
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
Seedling Emergence to
Knee High
Vegetative Physiological Maturity
Days 30 21 30
Trigger (mm.) 35 50 60
Limit (mm.) 15 20 30
Tick size (Baht/mm./rai)
42 21 21
Sum Insured (Baht/rai)
1,200 1,600 1,700
Index v. maize yield example
Distribution and risk transfer Bank-intermediated weather insurance contracts to
farmers
Insurance Company/ Syndicate
Global Reinsurance Companies
Reinsurance treatyNational
International
Farmers
Weather insurance contractsWeather insurance contracts
Agricultural Bank
Contractual relationship Contractual relationship (risk transfer, services, operations etc.)(risk transfer, services, operations etc.)
Weather index insurance - summary The product is simple and weather
measurements can be understood by farmers Basis risk can be reduced by increasing the
density of low cost weather stations Low cost of distribution and loss adjustment Less specialist knowledge needed to
underwrite the product The product is suited for catastrophe hazards The product is highly flexible and can multiply
in the insurance market Reinsurers are interested to accept the risk
Extending the concept to flood insurance
The flood risk in Asia
Flood insurance conceptDesign a flood index which can proxy losses
caused to crop Rice is the strategic crop most exposed to flood Flood impact is dependent on variety, time of
occurrence, depth, speed and duration of flood water
Harness technology to support insurance underwriting and operations
2 key components for index design phase Flood modelling (FM) Agro meteorological modelling (AMM)
2 key components for operational phase Geographical information system Earth Observation (EO)
Pasak
River
LA4
LA2
LA3
LA1
LA5
“High Risk” Pricing Zone“Medium Risk” Pricing Zone
“Low Risk” Pricing Zone
Summary: Combining the Technology Components
FM + AMM Design a flood index that proxies crop loss
FM+EO+GIS
Define flood risk zones and pricing the contract
EO+ GIS Loss adjustment for payout determination according to the index
FM: flood modelling. AMM: Agro-meteorological modelling. EO: Earth observation. GIS: Geographical Information System.
Remote sensing can measure flooded areas
Flood assessment based on SAR - Bangladesh 07/2004
River gauges
Flood map
Challenges in indexing flood riskTypes of flood risk River inundation flood Flash flood Typhoon induced flood Coastal surge floodChallenges Zoning for insurance purposes Defining “macro” or “micro” level insurance products Pricing flood risk Influence of flood management practices on risk Avoidance of anti-selection Simplifying the product CRMG is still in the research phase Thailand, Vietnam and Bangladesh