QUESTION: What is the difference between a mutual fund and a hedge fund?

– Jaden

FINANCIAL ADVISER: Mutual funds and hedge funds are investment funds that pool investors’ money and invest it in a wide variety of assets, but they

QUESTION: H ow do insurance companies make money? There are a lot of activities in this sector. A Barbadian insurer entered the local market a few months ago. A change in the ownership of the country’s biggest motor insurer

Voila! It’s officially open (left to right) Peter Levy, MD cuts the ribbon to the newly refurbished floor as Doreen Samuels (human resources Manager), Heather Pinnock (GM — Urban Development Corporation), Lori-Ann Glasgow (GM — Marketing), Garth Rowe (GM- Finance)

BCIC expects its motor premium pricing to fall as it rolls out a new ­technology platform and migrates customers online.

The general-insurance company is also upgrading the facilities at its headquarters in downtown Kingston with several changes, which are also customer-centric,