It will soon be easier for the authorities to detect motor vehicles being driven in Jamaica without insurance coverage.
According to the Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) an Insured Vehicle Information System (IVIS) will be operational by the second quarter of this year.
The IVIS, has a database of all the insured vehicles across the island and this will allow Tax Administration Jamaica and the police to have real-time online information on the insurance status of motor vehicles.
“It cuts out the problem of people using forged certificates at the Tax Office. When IVIS is in full effect, the tax office will be able to look up on their sustem whether or not that car is actually insured. This will prevent people driving on the road without insurance,”said IAJ President, Peter Levy.
He also disclosed that a significant number of cars on the nation's roads are not insured.
“As of September 2017, there were 3120-thousand vehicles insured and the government says there are over 600-thousand vehicles that are registered in their data base. So we think it is fear to say that there is a significant gap between the number of insured and uninsured vehicles on the road," he said.
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