“AM Best has assigned a financial strength rating of B++ (Good),” the insurance company stated in a release. According to BCIC, “The outlook assigned to this credit rating is stable. The rating reflects BCIC’s balance sheet strength, which AM Best assesses as very strong, as well as its strong operating
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Rome, Italy — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have issued a stark warning of multiple, looming food crises, driven by conflict, climate shocks, the fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic, and massive public debt burdens —
The sudden passing of the chief breadwinner can often throw a family into chaos, especially if there was no financial plan in place to provide for the family’s expenses. It is why Rose Miller, team lead for the JN BeWi$e Financial Empowerment Programme, is urging persons to purchase life insurance
According to a report published by the Royal Gazette, Bermuda-based payment platform provider Powertranz and Atlanta payment security firm Bluefin are partnering to support the Jamaican JETS Multilink debit card. The companies introduced the first self-integrated contactless kiosk for the Caribbean last year with NRT kiosks. Bluefin, Powertranz and NRT
Lucia<strong>.</strong> History and growth of CBIs Citizenship-by-investment (CBI) programmes began in 1984 in St Kitts and Nevis, followed by Dominica in1991, by Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada in 2013 and then St Lucia in 2015. Since 1984, several changes and adjustments were made to the various schemes. Basically, however, there
or vendors doing business in different Caribbean territories. Jamaica and Barbados will, in the next six months, become the first two territories to access a new pan-Caribbean digital payment settlement system called CaribDollar (Carib$). Carib$, a stablecoin or kind of cryptocurrency, is being developed by partners Abed Ventures Inc out
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Minister of Transport and Mining, Audley Shaw, has appealed to motorists to act responsibly on the roadways, given the growing number of crashes and fatalities being reported. The minister was speaking at the launch of Road Safety Month, on June 8 at the Future Energy Source Company (FESCO)
As global supply chains continue to be impacted by the novel coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine, calls have intensified on especially vulnerable Caribbean states to ramp up food production and to advance plans for food security. Speaking at a Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB’s) seminar held recently, Isaac Solomon,
