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December 21, 2015
Insurance brokers rep queries place in NHI scheme

Bahamas Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) President Felicia Knowles told Guardian Business yesterday that, after meeting with the government's National Health Insurance (NHI) team last week, it is clear that the government envisions no place in the NHI scheme for the hundreds of agents and brokers who work in the private health insurance industry.

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December 16, 2015
NHI stakeholder meeting 'six months late', insurance consultant says

With fewer than two weeks left ahead of the government's proposed January launch for National Health Insurance (NHI), private sector stakeholders and the government's NHI Secretariat yesterday held closed-door talks addressing the lingering unresolved issues surrounding the healthcare scheme and its impact on the healthcare sector - a discussion that one local insurance professional argued was "si...

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December 14, 2015
Bahamas engages regional insurance facility after Joaquin denial

Minister of the Environment and Housing Kenred Dorsett yesterday told Guardian Business that the government would likely host representatives from the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) in early January 2016 in part to ensure that The Bahamas is not again denied vital storm insurance following a critical compensation snub from the organization following Hurricane Joaquin.

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November 29, 2015
Finance ministry denies reversal on VAT on insurance

The Ministry of Finance has taken "strong exception" to the suggestion that officials in the ministry and the VAT (value added tax) Department have reneged on the understanding of insurance policies renewed before July 1, 2015 and how they are to be treated under VAT.

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November 30, 2015
Health Insurance industry 'discussing NHI contingency plans'

TENSIONS between the government and insurance stakeholders are likely to grow after PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts likened the industry to a cartel last week, with one industry insider telling The Tribune yesterday that stakeholders are discussing contingency plans in case the Christie administration fails to incorporate some of its proposals into its National Health Insurance scheme...

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VAT on insurance
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November 27, 2015
VAT on insurance

The Ministry of Finance takes strong exception to the report in today?s newspaper, which suggests that officials in the ministry and the VAT Department have reneged on the understanding of insurance policies renewed before July 1st, 2015 and how they are to be treated under VAT.

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November 24, 2015
Bahamians express concern over health insurance scheme

A NATIONAL Health Insurance town hall meeting at the College of the Bahamas last night exposed deep concern and ambivalence among Bahamians about the government's proposed NHI scheme.

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October 21, 2015
A.M. Best affirms ratings of Family Guardian Insurance Company Limited and Famguard Corporation Limited

A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of "A-" of Family Guardian Insurance Company Limited (Family Guardian).

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September 10, 2015
Too early to tell if VAT on insurance dampening industry

An insurance sector professional yesterday stated that while it is too early to tell whether the introduction of value-added tax (VAT) on insurance premiums has driven persons to drop their insurance coverage, a three percent premium tax in place long before VAT was "fait accompli" and is not going away anytime soon.

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August 20, 2015
Insurance association: Govt consultation claims 'disingenuous'

The Bahamas Insurance Association (BIA) has - for the second time in only a handful of days - lashed out at the government's handling of the preparation for implementing a universal health coverage system.

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