The govt. is set to place value-added tax on insurance premiums beginning July 1. This excludes life insurance but includes health insurance and general insurance (home, commercial, auto, marine, contents, etc.). We talk with members of the Bahamas Insurance Association – Lyrone Burrows, President, Family Guardian; Timothy Ingraham, General Manager & Director, Summit Insurance; and Chairman of the Bahamas Insurance Association, Howard Knowles, President & Director, Shield Insurance – about the impact this will have on the insurance sector and on their customers.We also talk briefly about the government’s proposed National Health Insurance plan, and the ongoing CLICO debacle.

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World Water Day Celebrations are kicking off this morning at the College of The Bahamas. UN World Water Day is celebrated every year on March 22. This year’s theme is “Water and Sustainable Development”.We discuss that theme, and what’s planned for the celebrations here locally with COB Professors Lionel Johnson and Dion Hepburn. Those events include lecture series on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the World Water Day Fair on Thursday. The festivities begin with the Opening Ceremony from 10am to 12pm at the Harry C. Moore Library.

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