HURRICANE HAVOC TRIGGERS INCREASE IN PROPERTY INSURANCE RATES

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IAJ RELEASES ITS YEARBOOK PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2017

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The Jamaican Insurance Industry paid out $16,964,828,345.99 in Life Insurance Health Claims for 2016

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IAJ Press Release GCT on Health Insurance

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Insurance Executive urges greater use of on line platforms and Social Media for Educational Purposes

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BANK OF JAMAICA QUARTERLY PRESS BRIEFING FEBRUARY 2017

Today, the Bank releases the Quarterly Monetary Policy Report (“QMPR”) for the October to December 2016 quarter. As we have discussed on many occasions, years, decades even, of feeding an insatiable appetite for borrowing by the government and its agencies diverted the flow of financial resources from the private sector and made investment harder and […]

REST IN PEACE H. JOHN PATTERSON and HERBERT HALL

H. JOHN PATTERSON, CLU who served as a Branch Manager of the now defunct Mutual Life and President of the Jamaica Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (JAIFA 1984-1985 passed away on January 1, 2017 after a period of illness.  Funeral arrangements will be announced in the newspaper. HERBERT HALL, former Senior Vice President of […]

CHRISTMAS IN NOVEMBER 2016

IAJ CHRISTMAS IN NOVEMBER ALL INCLUSIVE EXTRAVAGANZA FOR MEMBERS OF THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY AND THEIR GUEST HELD AT GUARDIAN LIFE SPORTS CLUB ON NOVEMBER 19, 2016 WAS AN OCCASION TO REMEMBER. PATRONS THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THEMSELVES AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT OCCASION.

Christmas in November 2016

The annual IAJ Christmas in November all inclusive Extravaganza will take place at the Guardian Life Sports Club on Saturday November 19 commencing at 8:00 p.m.  This highly anticipated function is usually well supported by the entire insurance industry and this year every effort is being made to improve on the already high standard that […]

TAJ’s Positive Collections Trend Continues in August

September 16, 2016 Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is advising that preliminary figures indicate that for the month of August the net collections target was exceeded, as the Revenue Authority was able to collect $19.6B, 2.3% over the $19.2B target. This performance continues the trend which was set in the first quarter of this financial year […]