Kingston, Jamaica: Children awaiting heart surgery at the Bustamante Hospital for Children will see their chances improve as General Accident Jamaica (GenAc), the National Blood Transfusion Service and Chain of Hope join forces to provide life-saving donations of blood through GenAc’s third annual blood drive. This year’s blood drive, hosted in honour of World Blood…

For Read Across Jamaica Day 2023 General Accident Insurance Company joined two schools in showcasing the fun of reading. Staff volunteers visited Dunrobin Primary School and St Joseph’s Infant School. Under the theme “ Reigniting a passion for reading: Read more, read better” a whopping 17 staff members read to over 20 classes. Back by…

General Accident Insurance Jamaica (GenAc) explored the basics of computer programming with Drews Avenue Primary School students through the global Hour of Code initiative on December 10. The Hour of Code is a worldwide movement introducing tens of millions of students worldwide to Computer Science.  Having started out as a one-hour coding challenge, the Hour…

General Accident Insurance Company (Genac) kicked off the holiday season with an exciting day of activities and giveaways for customers at its customer appreciation day December 9. Customers visiting the general insurer’s Kingston office were met with musical entertainment, a photo booth, discounted insurance premiums and a chance to spin a wheel for other prizes.  …

As part of its long-standing commitment to protecting the natural environment, General Accident Insurance Company has launched a new eco-drive policy for electric and hybrid vehicle owners. With custom duty fees on electric vehicles having seen a further 20% reduction, General Accident Managing Director, Sharon Donaldson, acknowledges that there are more incentives to use an…

With 62 units of blood in the bag, June 15 marked another successful year of blood donations at General Accident Insurance Company’s annual blood drive. The GenAc Blood Drive, held each year in June, recognizes the life-saving gifts of blood on World Blood Donor Day (celebrated on June 14). Staff, customers and passersby alike joined…

General Accident Insurance Company’s Managing Director is the new head of Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ). The appointment was announced at the IAJ Annual General Meeting held recently. Sharon Donaldson, Executive Director and CEO of General Accident Insurance Company (GenAc) previously served the IAJ as the Vice President. No stranger to adding new titles to…

General Accident Insurance Company joined the annual Read Across Jamaica initiative by reading to the students of Dunrobin Primary School virtually. This year, the company celebrated the return of face to face classes by reading to the Dunrobin Primary students in person on National Read Across Jamaica Day 2022. General Accident Marketing Associate Sha Vaughn…

In recognition of World Down’s Syndrome Day and the hard work of the members of the Jamaica Down’s Syndrome Foundation General Accident Jamaica donated $100,000 to support the services provided by the organization. The handover was done on Tuesday April 20, 2022 at the offices of the Jamaica Down’s Syndrome Foundation in Kingston. In the photo…