Monday, August 22, 2022 marked the first anniversary of the fire at the alumina processing plant Jamalco, an event described as one of the worst disasters in the company's 63-year history. Jamalco mines bauxite and refines it into alumina which is exported from its Rocky Point port in Clarendon. It
With just 12 per cent of the working population having a pension and/or retirement scheme, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Senator Aubyn Hill has encouraged VM Pensions Management Limited to go after the remaining market share. The minister was speaking at the launch of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters
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Published:Tuesday | September 6, 2022 | 12:06 AM Previous Next Kenyon Hemans A home that was flooded as a result of heavy rains associated with Tropical Storm Elsa in Old Harbour, St Catherine, last year. 1 2 WITH THE month of September being the peak of the Atlantic hurricane
Growth & Jobs | Students sharpen financial literacy skills at summer camp Share Published:Tuesday | September 6, 2022 | 12:06 AM PreviousNext Contributed Gillian Hyde (centre), deputy managing director, JN Bank; and Jerome Harriot (right), member service representative at JN Bank, explain to Dejario Dickson how to use the
Published:Friday | August 26, 2022 | 12:13 AM Barbados-based regional insurance company Sagicor Financial Company Limited, SFC, has announced its purchase of ivari, a Canadian individual life insurer, in a C$325-million deal. The acquisition, Sagicor Financial said in a release, is part of its geographical expansion and growth acceleration. It
Canopy Insurance has disclosed plans to enter the individual life insurance business as early as the second quarter of next year. Individual life insurance refers to a life insurance policy covering a single life, in contrast to group life insurance, which covers many lives. "We started with group health primarily
the rate hikes could pause. THE Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has raised its key policy rate for an eighth time since October last year, taking it to an almost 10-year high, but is already signalling that it "is prepared to pause" the rate increases "if the incoming data continue to
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Contributed Michelle Anderson (right), chief operating officer, British Caribbean Insurance Company (BCIC), was guest speaker at the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODDS), TODDS/BCIC Blue Ribbon First Responders Holistic Training Programme ceremony on August 11. She is presenting a certificate of completion to a member of the graduating cohort while
