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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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Life Insurance (2016-2017)
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Statistics on The Insurance Sector.

The insurance industry in Jamaica is one of the largest in the Caribbean. In 2017, Jamaica’s insurance sector had over 795 Sales Representatives in Life Insurance servicing among 6 life insurance companies. In 2017, Jamaica’s insurance sector had over 500 Sales Representatives in General Insurance servicing among 10 general insurance companies. Learn More >

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1411, 2021

Ruthven NHT apartments create twitterstorm

Pricing is now available for the much-anticipated Ruthven Towers apartments completed by the National Housing Trust (NHT) on Ruthven Road in Half-Way-Tree, St Andrew.

After a decade of planning, the NHT — which is the island’s biggest housing supplier — has

1411, 2021

Policymakers have been operating at cross purposes – Lyew-Ayee Jr

Policymakers, over the years, have been operating at cross purposes by expanding the built environment at significant damage and cost to the environment, according to the executive director of the Mona GeoInfomatics Institute at The University of the West Indies,

1411, 2021

Guyanese central bank wants uniform banking fees

Guyanese commercial banks are protesting a proposal by the Bank of Guyana (BOG) for service fees to be the same across the board. Reports by the Starbroek newspaper indicate that the BOG has begun industry consultations on

511, 2021

Victoria Mutual rebrands to VM Group

Victoria Mutual, whose core business is mortgage lending, has rebranded officially as VM Group in the midst of a five-year transformation programme to recognise the diversity of services the financial house now provides.

The change comes at VM’s 143rd year