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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 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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PROPERTY INSURANCE

HEALTH INSURANCE

RETIREMENT INSURANCE

3006, 2019

Infrastructure fund, solution for projected excess liquidity

Chief executive officer of NCB Capital Markets (NCBCM), Steven Gooden, is advising that the increasing liquidity in the economy might result in heightened risk to the financial market, if left unchecked.

This, he says, is against the background of the

3006, 2019

Big gain for NCBCap from Advantage General deal

NCB Capital Markets is selling its stake in Advantage General Insurance Company for nearly 50 per cent more than it shelled out for the acquisition seven years earlier, at least in US-dollar terms.

The investment house struck a US$50.5-million deal to

2606, 2019

Breast cancer patients must be aware of increased risk for cardiovascular disease

Winner of the Best Student Presentation Award at the National Health Research Conference (NHRC) 2018 and Resident Physician at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Dr. Charisse Best, addresses recent JIS ‘Think Tank’, on a study undertaken in

2506, 2019

Growth & Jobs | NCDs could impact productivity – Tufton

Jamaica could lose an estimated $47 billion in workforce productivity over the next 15 years, if more is not done to reduce the impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on the population.

Dr Christopher Tufton, who was speaking during the plenary session