I am privileged during my life to know, and have known, many of the political and business leaders of Jamaica. I respect most of them for the contribution and sacrifice they have made to Jamaica, because the truth is that we are all replaceable commodities in this cycle called life,

SAGICOR Real Estate X Fund yesterday reported a 41 per cent, or $202 million, growth in profit for the first quarter ending March 2019. “Profit attributable to shareholders totalled $695 million for the quarter vs $493 million for the corresponding period last year,” the company said in a news release.

CHARLES Ross, CEO of Sterling Asset Management Limited (SAM), has stated that the reduction in the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) policy rate and reserve requirements could lead to increased economic activity for Jamaica. He reasoned that the reduction in rates will spur banks to grow their consumer and business loans

CHRISTCHURCH, Barbados: Regional insurance fund CCRIF Spc plans to implement new insurance products for utility providers and vulnerable professions. CEO Isaac Anthony argued that vulnerable groups, such as fishers and farmers, tend to be hardest hit by natural disasters and often cannot, or do not, qualify for insurance, while the

From left: Stacey Halsall Peart, chief operating officer, AIS; Doug Halsall, chairman and CEO, AIS; Sean Scott, CEO, Canopy Insurance New entrant to the group health and life insurance market, Canopy Insurance Limited, has partnered with technology firm Advanced Integrated Systems (AIS) to utilise its Provider Access System (PAS) that

Carube Copper Corporation made new gold and copper finds in Jamaica and wants to drill for the metals, according to the Canadian company’s latest market filings . There are strong levels of gold in the soil and rocks, and the Main Ridge project will “rapidly advance to drilling stage,” said

Jamaica’s life insurance companies continue to manage more than 50 per cent of local pension funds, according to the latest data from the Financial Services Commission, FSC, which is also reporting that the market has grown to $601 billion in value. As of December 2018, there were 26 licensed investment

Gleaner articles provide the subtext for today’s piece. One was headlined ‘Safeguarding our Children.’ It was written by Cecelia Campbell-Livingston and published on May 18. Mrs Campbell-Livingston writes about family, religion and other matters. She previously wrote about an accident in which 11 students from Edwin Allen High School in

COK Sodality Cooperative Credit Union is working with two foreign outfits to develop a financing programme for renewable energy products targeted at micro, small- and medium-enterprises and low-income households. The EcoMicro programme is a partnership between COK and Enclude BV, a Netherlands-based microfinance platform, in conjunction with the Inter-American Development

Licence plate-recognition software that will allow law-enforcement authorities to nab delinquent motorists is to be introduced in Jamaica this year, the National Works Agency (NWA) has warned. According to the NWA’s manager of communication and customer services, Stephen Shaw, everything is in place to make the system work. “We are