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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.

Past Statistics:

Life Insurance (2016-2017)
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General Insurance (2014-2015)
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Claims Payout (2012-2013)
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General Insurance (2014-2015)
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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.

This release of the preliminary estimate is consistent with developments in all modern economies globally, where it is the common practice to release a 1st, 2nd and even a 3rd preliminary estimate before the final official figure is released. Learn More >

Current Statistics

GOVERNMENT FISCAL MONITORING

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT

BOJ RATE POLICY

JAMAICA ECONOMIC DATA

203, 2020

Engage more research for business growth and development — IDB’s Turner-Jones

W ith the growing use of technology, businesses are called to undertake more research in order to attain greater levels of growth and development as well as to create ecosystems in which they can thrive.

General manager and country

203, 2020

No immediate divestment of Petrojam

Indications are that the Government doesn’t plan to act immediately upon the Petrojam Review Committee (PRC) recommendation to divest itself of the scandal-plagued State-owned oil refinery, Petrojam.

Rather, the Andrew Holness Administration has sought to position the entity for increased profitability

203, 2020

Sagicor Foundation recycles 600lbs of plastic bottles after Sigma

KINGSTON, Jamaica— Sagicor Foundation recycled approximately 600 pounds of plastic bottles after this year’s staging of the Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run on February 16.

According to a statement from the foundation, a total of 13,416 bottles were collected at the

2802, 2020

Fatalities climb to 76

A pall of gloom hangs over the George Alleyne Hall at the University of The West Indies’s Mona campus in Kingston, following the death of three residents in a motor vehicle collision yesterday morning.

The victims are identified as 20-year-old Devaughn