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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

2807, 2017

Significant opportunities for investment in agriculture — Stanberry

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry (centre), engages in light conversation with (from left): Vice President for Export and Market Development at JAMPRO, Robert Scott; head of Farm Up Jamaica, Neil Curtis;

2807, 2017

EGC report knocks delays at UDC and FCJ

Economic Growth Council Chairman (ECG) Michael Lee-Chin greets junior finance minister Fayval Williams while Galina Sotirova, World Bank country manager for Jamaica, looks on after the EGC presented its third report to the nation at Spanish Court Hotel in

2807, 2017

Public health: We can’t continue like this

Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton’s admission of the inadequacies of Jamaica’s public health system is beyond challenge. Indeed, that fact and many other sordid details of the problems afflicting public health have been exposed ad nauseam in both the print

2607, 2017

No user fee’ health policy a win-win for economy and Jamaicans’ health — IDB study

The government’s no-user-fee policy in health care has contributed US$26.6 million (in purchasing power parity terms) worth of net real production to the Jamaican economy while adding 2.15 additional weekly hours to the labour market, according to a recent publication