The aim of most micro-insurance programs is to act as a social security mechanism and to provide defense against social
and financial exclusion for people whose existing coping strategies are failing (Mosley, 2009). The idea is that if people’s livelihoods
are protected it would encourage investment among lower-income groups and raise overall investment and growth
rates. In other words, micro-insurance should reduce the incidence of ‘‘poverty traps’’ by providing low-income households,
farmers, and businesses with access to post-disaster liquidity and securing or rehabilitating their livelihoods and habitations
(World Bank, 2009). Moreover, insurance is thought to enhance the creditworthiness of the insured households and farms,
thereby promoting investments in productive assets and/or higher-yield crops