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Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, July 29, 2021. Following Tropical Cyclone Elsa, CCRIF made two payouts to the Government of Barbados under the country’s tropical cyclone and excess rainfall parametric insurance policies, totalling US$2.5 million. CCRIF also made payments totalling US$528,512 to three other member governments – Haiti, Saint Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines – under the Aggregate Deductible Cover (ADC) feature of CCRIF’s tropical cyclone policies. Hurricane Elsa was the fifth tropical cyclone in the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season.

Read more: CCRIF Makes First Parametric Insurance Payouts of the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season

Kemol King

June 19, 2021 - The Civil Defense Commission (CDC) has held a virtual pre-deployment briefing in conjunction with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) for a Detailed Damage Sector Assessment (DDSA) to be conducted, following the wide-scale flooding here.  

Today’s session followed the arrival of officials from CDEMA, the Regional Security System (RSS) and Pan American Health Organization.

Read more: CDC, CDEMA to begin detailed flood impact assessment