NU Online News Service, Sept. 23, 11:00 a.m. EDT

Despite close to five years of experience in the field and more than four million participants, the growth of micro-insurance programs face some key hurdles for expansion and providing the world's poor with the security of insurance, according to an Allianz executive.

Earlier this week the company took advantage of the United Nations meeting of government officials in New York to discuss with them barriers insurers face in broadening the micro-insurance market.

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