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The private pensions sector was pronounced healthy and strong last week, but the Financial Services Commission (FSC) is also warning that it has detected signs that could lead to insolvency of some plans if left unaddressed.The FSC defines a healthy...

Last week, the Financial Services Commission hosted its annual pension seminar in Kingston where consulting actuary St Elmo Whyte suggested that avoiding insolvency begins with vigilance of the trustees and fund managers.Whyte advised that trustees...

Motor insurance coverage is among the most risky for insurance companies to underwrite, and with the exception of one period in the last decade, has consistently been a loss-maker for general insurers. In the ten-year...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has never been one to share decision-making authority. Now, the voluble socialist strongman may have no choice but to designate a successor...

Two of Jamaica's high-profile family-run companies announced Thursday that they would be backing a small new financial firm that is just being set up in New Kingston, called BCW Capital.Neither poultry producer Jamaica...

With less than a month to go until Athens faces an amortisation of €14.4 billion, the Greek government finally set the date for its 'voluntary' debt swap. Bondholders will have three days, March 8-11, to tender their bonds.Although the prospectus...

A widely asked question is: "Why won't my orchids bloom?" Although there isn't a simple solution to this question, there are a few guidelines which will help you understand how to improve your orchids' flowering.

GOVERNMENT IS to provide $30 million in emergency aid for the coffee industry to help address the alarmingly high coffee berry borer infestation rate which now threatens the local crop.

MORANT BAY, St Thomas: IF HE ever gets to documenting even just a portion of his vast expertise, Michael Black would not only rewrite the manual on coconut cultivation but add some new chapters as well. The impact of his hands-on experience garnered...

Thierry Mayard-Paul, Haiti's minister of the interior, said the earthquake-ravaged, French-speaking country may soon receive the first cruise ship to berth there for more than 25 years.Mayard-Paul described the upcoming event as another instance ...

The US Virgin Islands joint venture Hovensa LLC says it has completed the shutdown of what was once one of the region's largest oil refineries. Hovensa says the refinery on St Croix will operate as an oil storage facility.

Scotiabank has announced a full take up of J$500 million worth of loans under its special productive sector growth fund...