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Belize Requiring All Visitors to Purchase Travel Insurance

Insurance Rates Likely to Rise for Caribbean Hoteliers

By Dana NilandCJ Contributor Caribbean hoteliers should plan now for an increase in insurance premiums anticipated to range from 10 to 40 percent following the two Category 5 hurricanes that struck destinations in September. This recommendation came from Scott Stollmeyer, …

Haiti Insurance Company Receives $2 Million in New Investments

Above: a farming project in Haiti, which is reportedly seeing increased interest in insurance (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Alternative Insurance Company has received $2 million in new investments, according to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. …

Haiti’s Martelly Opens Therapy Centre, Launches Insurance Card Initiative

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly with airport “Red Cap” workers, some of the first beneficiaries of a newly-launched insurance card programme (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly officially opened a new physiotherapy department at the …

Bermuda GDP Falls Again in 2011, But Tourism Industry a Bright Spot

Above: Bermuda (Photo: BT) By the Caribbean Journal staff Bermuda’s economy contracted by an estimated rate of between 1.5 and 2.5 percent in 2011, following a 1.9 percent decline in 2010, according to the National Economic Report of Bermuda 2011 …

Grenada Amends Insurance Law

Above: Grenada’s Parliament Parliament has passed an insurance amendment act 2011 which seeks to change certain provisions of the Insurance Act 2010, highlighted by a broadening of the definition of “local company.” The amended california state car seat laws will …