With the increasing need to conduct business virtually Billy Craig Insurance Brokers has launched a new online portal — a singular hub through which clients can conduct all their business in the areas of employer and public liability as well as group personal accident insurance in one convenient location. The

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain said Friday it was pushing the United States to form a club of 10 nations that could develop its own 5G technology and reduce dependence on China's controversial telecoms giant Huawei. The issue is expected to feature at a G7 summit that US President

Fitzgerald Mitchell(left), senior director at the University Hospital of the West Indies; Shekar Reddy Sanumpudi (centre), business development manager at Advanced Integrated Systems (AIS); and Mr. Douglas Halsall (right), CEO at Advanced Integrated Systems, enjoys each other's company at AIS Celebratory Dinner in Norbrook, Kingston. Given the advent of COVID-19

Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett says tourism-dependent countries, such as Jamaica, must put strategic plans in place to prepare workers for a reopening of the industry, in the shortest possible time. According to Bartlett, it is against this background that the most urgent priority is to secure the health and

THE pride in R Danny Williams' voice is unmistakable as he reflects on the birth of Life of Jamaica (LOJ) 50 years ago. The process, he reveals, was guided by a zeal to create a truly Jamaican financial sector. “In 1970 when Life of Jamaica started, we had a very,

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has said international trade is set to drop “precipitously” in the first half of 2020 as coronavirus wreaks havoc on global supply chains and consumer demand. The WTO’s gauge of the health of global trade fell to 87.6, its lowest reading since the goods trade

Government Senator Donald Wehby wants the proposed independent Fiscal Council to be established “as quickly as possible”. Senator Wehby made the call during the debate on the amendments to the Financial Administration and Audit Act (FAAA) in the Senate last Friday. They amendments are aimed at, among other things, giving

FINANCIAL services conglomerate Sagicor Group Jamaica is looking to spread its tentacles further into the Americas as it eyes “continued” growth 50 years after breaking ground in the health and insurance industry. With Sagicor being the number one ranked insurance company locally; number two in investment banking and three in

Jamaica's homicide rate is at an alarming level, with murders being recorded on the island at nearly eight times the global average. For the purpose of statistics, the murder rate is the number of murders per 100,000 people within a country. According to data compiled by World Population review, Jamaica