The Caribbean, largely made up of small island developing states (SIDS), could soon benefit from regional disaster risk financing, when a catastrophe bond now being designed to service the collective need of countries becomes available. Following a tenfold increase in natural disasters since 1960, worsened by climate change which has
HE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the Federal Reserve (the Fed) — the US central bank — to avoid "misjudging the policy mix" it is using to calibrate the response to runaway inflation, because of the "sizeable costs at home and negative spillovers to the global economy". The US
THE Statistical Institute of Jamaica (Statin) is reporting that the largest increase in employment by occupation group in April 2022 was recorded for 'Service Workers and Shop and Market Sales Workers', which climbed by 18,500 workers to 283,900. This represents a seven percentage point increase, according to the Statistical Institute
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Lawbreakers are to be ticketed electronically for offences committed when surveillance is implemented under the 2018 Road Traffic Act, portfolio Minister Audley Shaw has said. The announcement was made in the Lower House on Tuesday, where Shaw, the minister of transport and works, outlined a raft of new provisions under
“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
