Consider Micro-Pension Schemes to Ease Looming Crisis

By JN Life Insurance

Hugh Reid, General Manager, JN Life Insurance Company Limited wants Jamaica to consider a micro-pension scheme, as one key strategy to increase the number of persons enrolled in a retirement scheme and reduce the possibility of a pension crisis in the future. Mr Reid said with only roughly 20 per cent of the labour force…

Life Insurance A Good Financial Tool to Have for Generational Wealth

By JN Life Insurance

Life insurance is a good tool to have if one wants to build generational wealth because it provides coverage against major illnesses and can be used to protect the family’s income in the event of the death of a breadwinner, explains Othneil Blagrove, senior manager, sales JN Life Insurance Company. The insurance manager explained that…

Jamaicans Urged to Treat Pension Planning as an ‘Urgent Matter’

By JN Life Insurance

Retirement is mandatory regardless of career, and more Jamaicans in their working years need to see pension planning as urgent and not a matter for senior citizens, says Othneil Blagrove, senior manager – sales, JN Life Insurance Company. Mr Blagrove said receiving a pension can actually mean an individual is able to live comfortably, or…

JN Life Further Strengthens Share of Life Insurance Market

By JN Life Insurance

JN Life Insurance Company Limited strengthened its share of the life insurance sector in 2023, while recording creditable performances across its business lines. Delivering remarks at the company’s 2023 Staff Awards ceremony dubbed the Golden Triumph Awards Gala at the Spanish Court Hotel on March 1, managing director of the JN Financial Group, Curtis Martin,…

Pension Contributions Have Major Benefits to Economy – Economist

By JN Life Insurance

An economist has joined the call for employed Jamaicans to be automatically enrolled in a pension scheme to strengthen pension contributions and the retirement safety net.  Keenan Falconer, economist with the UN Jamaican Economy panel, stressed that pension contributions are beneficial to the economy because they can be used to advance areas, such as education,…

Why You Should Consider Life Insurance  in 2024

By JN Life Insurance

Life insurance can be a springboard to generational wealth because it provides coverage against major illnesses and can be used to protect the families, income in the event of the death of a breadwinner, explains Othneil Blagrove, senior manager, sales, JN Life Insurance Company. Types of Life Insurance The insurance manager explained that there are…

Jamaicans Urged to Plan for Retirement as More Persons Live Longer

By JN Life Insurance

Mr Othneil Blagrove, Senior Manager, Sales and Marketing, JN Life Insurance is urging more persons to plan for retirement because more Jamaicans were living longer. He added that if this was not done, there would be a heavy burden on the Government to provide for the elderly. The life insurance executive pointed out that a…

Lessen Dependence on Others When Planning for Retirement

By JN Life Insurance

Othneil Blagrove, Senior Manager, Sales and Marketing, JN Life Insurance has urged Jamaicans to lessen their dependence on others when it comes to retirement planning and start preparing for their golden years by enrolling in approved retirement schemes. Mr. Blagrove said the number of Jamaicans being eligible for a pension upon retirement is low, especially…

Starting Retirement Planning Early Has Benefits – Blagrove

By JN Life Insurance

Othneil Blagrove, Senior Manager, Sales and Marketing, JN Life Insurance is encouraging young persons to begin contributing to a retirement scheme as early as possible because of the benefits of starting young and also Jamaica’s rapidly aging population. Mr. Blagrove points out that the number of elderly persons in Jamaica’s population is expected to be…