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2012

New Partnership to Improve Mitigation of Risk from Earthquakes in the Caribbean

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, November 9, 2012 – The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) and the Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of The University of the West Indies have entered into a partnership to enhance the Accelerometric Network in the Eastern Caribbean and Jamaica in order to strengthen the evaluation and mitigation of seismic risk across the region.

CCRIF Retains Sagicor as its Insurance Manager

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, June 25, 2012 – The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) is pleased to announce the retention of Sagicor Insurance Managers Ltd. (Sagicor) as insurance manager for the Facility for the next three years, commencing June 1, 2012. CCRIF was launched in June 2007 as a regional insurance fund with sixteen Caribbean countries as members and policy holders.

Caribbean Countries Renew CCRIF Catastrophe Insurance Policies for 2012-2013

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, June 5, 2012 – As the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season begins, all sixteen member governments of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) have committed to renew their hurricane and earthquake insurance for the 2012-2013 policy year. Since CCRIF’s inception in 2007, these countries have incorporated catastrophe insurance into their national disaster risk management programmes by purchasing CCRIF’s parametric hurricane and earthquake coverage. 
 

CCRIF Launches Extra-Regional Scholarship Programme for Caribbean Nationals

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, February 23, 2012 – The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) is pleased to announce the launch of its Extra-Regional Scholarship Programme for Caribbean nationals. Through this programme, CCRIF will provide three scholarships annually for citizens in its member states wishing to obtain a Masters or MBA degree in areas related to disaster risk management at a university in the United Kingdom, United States or Canada.
 



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