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IAJ President – Peter Levy- Motor Uninsured
Managing Director BCIC- Speaks on the amount of uninsured motor vehicle on the road in Jamaica and the dangers it creates for the insured driver.

IAJ President – Peter Levy- General Uninsured
Managing Director BCIC- Speaks on the amount of the uninsured population in Jamaica.

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Statistics on The Economy.

Review of Economic Performance
October – December 2018.

The PIOJ presents preliminary estimates on economic performance for each quarter, approximately 6 weeks following the end of the quarter being reviewed. This is based on preliminary information available from the major data providers.

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BOJ RATE POLICY

JAMAICA ECONOMIC DATA

2106, 2021

Low-sugar rejection

The pandemic has led to plummeting sales for drink products aimed at bargain consumers, and may very well have been the last straw that drove Spike Industries into closing down the bag-drink manufacturing division of its beverage business. The…

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20210616/low-sugar-rejection

2106, 2021

Transformation integral to future of retail banking — Scotia’s Perrin Gayle

2106, 2021

US$70-million BPO boost coming

MONTEGO BAY, St James — The burgeoning business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, now operating in 12 of the 14 parishes across Jamaica, is poised for further growth to come from the over US$70 million in projects being prepared by international

2106, 2021

Caribbean Assurance back on track with regional expansion plan

Plans are back on track for Caribbean Assurance Brokers’, CAB, regional expansion, Chairman and CEO Raymond Walker says, after months of delay ascribed to COVID-19 travel restrictions.

The brokerage is otherwise on track with its energy efficiency project, having achieved