RJR NEWS Damage in Dominica caused by Hurricane Maria Estimates from insurance firm Swiss Re says disasters in 2017 caused losses of US$306 billion. The figure represents a 63 per cent jump from last year, and is well above the average of the last decade. Local insurers in

RJR NEWS The Insurance Association of  Jamaica is urging property owners to maintain their property insurance amidst the upcoming increase in premiums. News came on Friday that property insurance rates in Jamaica will be going up by as much as 35 per cent as reinsurers try to recover from the massive losses

Hurricane damage in Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda, in September. Barbuda was devastated by Hurricane Irma. (Photo: AFP) Jamaicans with property insurance should anticipate increases in premium rates as international reinsurers, still reeling from a flurry of claims received due to hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, will be raising coverage costs

A giant in media and in life is how the journalism fraternity, the country's leaders, and noted public figures described the late Ian Boyne following the shocking news of his passing yesterday. The 60-year-old veteran journalist, a media celebrity and self-made success, died yesterday morning at the University Hospital of

Banana and plantain farmer Winsome Crosdale (left) shows off a bunch of her bananas during a tour of her Global GAP certified farm in Spring Garden, Portland, along with (from left) Janet Conie, General Manager, The Banana Board; Ricard Bardia Divins and Stefano Cilli of the European Union Delegation to

A surprised Jill Bell (third left) of Wisconsin, USA, the four millionth visitor to Jamaica this year, shows off an autographed copy of a book of 50 colourful photographs of Jamaica she received from Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett (second right), on her arrival at the Sangster International Airport

Sharon Smith (right), senior manager with responsibility for the JN Individual Retirement Scheme at JN Bank, is greeted by Superintendent Hillary Williams (left), a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Non-Geographic Formations Unit, ahead of a financial planning seminar sponsored by JN Bank. Looking on is Rose Miller, grants manager,

President of the Jamaica Medical Doctors' Association (JMDA), Dr Elon Thompson, is of the view that chronic deficiencies within the public health sector will remain unless Government injects more funding into the sector. Commenting on the state of high-risk clinical delivery service areas, two years after significant deficiencies were uncovered,

The Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ), says Jamaicans should brace for an increase in property insurance rates. According to the IAJ, property owners will see their premiums go up by between 30 and 35 per cent as reinsurers have been adjusting their rates to recover from the massive losses