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  • 26 May 17

    Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, May 25, 2017 – Today, the Caribbean Development Bank and CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) launched the Integrated Sovereign Risk Management in the Caribbean project.  This project seeks to enable all Caribbean countries to take a more proactive approach towards country risk management, moving beyond planning for natural disaster risks such as climate change and events like hurricanes and earthquakes and recognizing the intrinsic linkages between disaster risk and other types such as economic,

  • 23 March 17
    Belize City, Belize, March 23, 2017 – CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) and the Government of Belize have signed an agreement for CCRIF to provide US$100,000 to the Government to purchase 40-50 automatic weather stations that will provide the Meteorological Service of Belize with access to real-time rainfall data.
  • 26 February 17

    Bridgetown, Barbados, February 23, 2017 – CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) launched its 10th anniversary celebrations at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on February 20th under the theme “celebrating 10 years of innovation in catastrophe insurance… in the Caribbean and Central America”. 
     

  • 15 December 16

    Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, December 12, 2016 - CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) made a payout of US$1,110,193 to the Government of Nicaragua as a result of the passage of Hurricane Otto which triggered a payment on the countryís Tropical Cyclone policy. The payment was made on December 9th ñ 14 days after the passage of the hurricane.

  • 08 November 16
    November 7, 2016. Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Today the CEO of CCRIF SPC, Mr. Isaac Anthony met with Haiti’s Minister of Finance, Hon. Yves Bastien and his advisors to discuss the recent payouts of US$23.4 million to Haiti made under the country’s tropical cyclone and excess rainfall policies, as a result of Hurricane Matthew’s passage through that country last month.

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