WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Department of State says Caribbean ambassadors and diplomats here have met with a senior official of the administration of President Donald Trump to discussing ways to improve access to catastrophe insurance to support disaster recovery across the Caribbean.
The State Department said Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan hosted representatives in this meeting of almost a dozen Caribbean countries: The Bahamas, Belize, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad andTobago.
“This meeting was a follow-up to the U.S.-Caribbean Resilience Partnership, which the Deputy Secretary, together with representatives from key US agencies, and leaders from 18 Caribbean countries, launched in April 2019 to enhance collaboration for disaster recovery and preparedness,” the statement noted.
Last month’s meeting also included insurance industry chief executive officers from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA).
Participants also discussed “shared interests in achieving greater resilience to natural disasters and sustained cooperation to promote security, prosperity and democracy in the Western Hemisphere.”
