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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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Claims Payout (2012-2013)
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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

304, 2019

Record arrivals for 2018/19 winter season

TOURIST arrivals in Jamaica are projected to climb to 1.5 million visitors for the 2018-19 winter season, which ends later this month.

According to Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, the record visitor arrivals — of which 900,000 are stopover visitors – should

304, 2019

Insurer: Police drivers must set example for other motorists

Chris Hind (left), general manager, JN General Insurance Comany, talks road safety with Trevor Christie, deputy superintendent, National Police College of Jamaica Faculty of Operations Management and Skill Training, and driver upgrading course graduate officer, Ryan Reddie.

GENERAL manager

304, 2019

Cedric Stephens | Analysis of a $35m workplace injury award

“Court upholds $35 million award for workplace injury.”So read one headline in this newspaper’s Business on March 17. The article should be mandatory for owners and aspiring operators of small and medium-sized businesses – an emerging entrepreneurial group. The events

304, 2019

World economy at ‘delicate moment’, vulnerable to tariffs

The head of the 189-nation International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Tuesday the global economy is at a “delicate moment” with a hoped-for rebound in growth later this year being threatened by a variety of factors, such as rising trade tensions