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Chronic diseases driving up NHF expenditure

IAJ2022-11-29T14:48:05+00:00November 29th, 2022|0 Comments

As many Jamaicans continue to shun healthy lifestyle practices, chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly diabetes, hypertension, heart conditions and poor circulation issues, continue to consume a large share of National Health Fund (NHF) expenditure in [...]

Climate crisis: FSC says risks for the vulnerable have increased

IAJ2022-11-25T15:20:26+00:00November 25th, 2022|0 Comments

EVERTON McFarlane, executive director of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), Jamaica, says the need for inclusive insurance is even greater now given heightened exposure to climate risk. McFarlane, who was keynote speaker at the International [...]

FSC Concerned About Low Insurance Levels In JA

IAJ2022-11-22T22:12:00+00:00November 22nd, 2022|0 Comments

Despite geopolitical and domestic threats to lives and livelihoods, the Executive Director of the Financial Services Division (FSC) says there is still a low level of insurance saturation among Jamaicans. He was speaking at the recently concluded, [...]

Niche Financing, UCC ink educpartnershipation loan partnership

IAJ2022-11-23T07:45:21+00:00November 22nd, 2022|0 Comments

From left: Sandra Lawrence, accounts manager, University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC); Michael Gordon, chief innovation officer, UCC; Richard Mitchell, group manager — digital and social media marketing, UCC; Tennille Howell-Hussey, manager of Business Development [...]

US inflation eases to 7.7 per cent

IAJ2022-11-22T03:28:02+00:00November 22nd, 2022|0 Comments

tile food and energy, rose 6.3 per cent in the past 12 months and 0.3 per cent from September. The numbers were all lower than economists had expected. Helping to drive the inflation slowdown from [...]

ICWI Pink Run almost doubles $5-m target set for 2022

IAJ2022-11-22T03:04:47+00:00November 22nd, 2022|0 Comments

THE Insurance Company of the West Indies (ICWI), title sponsors of Pink Run — a five-kilometre road race to raise funds for Jamaica Reach to Recovery (JR2R) — is reporting a record-breaking $9 million in [...]