QUESTION: In 2019, I took out a credit card and always paid my bills on the due date. When COVID-19 came about, I had to use the card to help with getting food supplies for my household. I was then out of a job when my workplace was closed…. https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20210620/oran-hall-restoring-your-credit-score To access this article in […]
Construction, which is captured as a goods-producing sector in the counting of national output, was a star in the real economy last year. But real estate, which is classified as a service, was unable to match it. Although the number of real estate… https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20210620/covid-halts-real-estate-momentum
Jamaica’s main insurance umbrella group has warned vehicle owners and operators enlisting with ride-sharing service Uber that they could compromise their coverage if they fail to disclose the arrangement to their insurers. The Insurance Association… https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20210618/insurers-blow-horn-against-below-radar-uber-drivers
MEMBERS of the Caribbean Community of Retired Persons (CCRP) — a non-profit membership organisation for people 50 years or older — are welcoming the opportunity of accessing home and auto insurance at a reduced cost, courtesy of a partnership between JN General Insurance Company (JNGI) and insurance broker CGM Gallagher. The JNGI Silver Shield, now […]
TOURISM Minister Edmund Bartlett says that tourism sector employers will start contributing to the new Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme (TWPS) in January 2023, at a rate of five per cent per annum. He told the House of Representatives Tuesday, as he closed the 2020/12 Sectoral Debate, that the fund administrator, Guardian Life, is now in […]
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Jamaica’s main insurance umbrella group has warned vehicle owners and operators enlisting with ride-sharing service Uber that they could compromise their coverage if they fail to disclose the arrangement to their insurers. The Insurance Association. https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20210618/insurers-blow-horn-against-below-radar-uber-drivers
Chris Berry, executive chairman of Mayberry Investments Limited, says he believes that many small enterprises may not be able to comply with the Data Protection Act, 2020 due to lack of resources. Berry, a businessman who sits on numerous boards for various established companies, indicated that larger enterprises have a financial advantage in complying with […]
As a part of its mandate to cross-list shares in Guardian Holdings Limited (GHL), NCB Capital Markets Limited (NCBCM) executed on a market-making strategy to create liquidity in the stock on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE). This initiative, along with the support of other brokers, saw over 2,550 new shareholders being added to the registry […]
