Latest Industry News

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 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 >

Industry Statistics

MOTOR INSURANCE

PROPERTY INSURANCE

HEALTH INSURANCE

RETIREMENT INSURANCE

504, 2019

Pulse breaks into African market via Nigeria

Pulse Investments Ltd, the listed Jamaican company, is now a player in the African lifestyle market. With strong support from media, financial services companies and other partners, Pulse will work from a Lagos, Nigeria base to reach the populous

504, 2019

Local investors to test bitcoin trading on the JSE

Jamaicans will, in a few weeks, will be able to buy cryptocurrencies through their local brokers in the second trial of the Blockstation platform by the Jamaica Stock Exchange, JSE, which comes amid a 25 per cent rise

504, 2019

Lok Jack, NCB considering alternatives to vendor loan in Guardian takeover

Trinidadian businessman Arthur Lok Jack, a key shareholder in Guardian Holdings Limited, GHL, is giving consideration to adjusting a three-year loan arrangement with NCB Financial Group in a bid to appease the finance ministry in Trinidad and Tobago

404, 2019

Jamaica’s bauxite industry highlighted by Bloomberg

A recent article from Bloomberg, the business and markets focused media company with a global following, has brought the resurgence of Jamaica’s bauxite industry into the limelight.

The island’s mining revival is “turning Jamaica’s red earth to gold for a new