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Public Notice: The National Insurance Board (NIB) invites suitably qualified accounting firms

Public Notice: The National Insurance Board (NIB) invites suitably qualified accounting firms

12/29/2021 7:37:52 AM
Public Notice: The National Insurance Board (NIB) invites suitably qualified accounting firms to submit a proposal to serve as independent auditors for the audit of the National Insurance Fund's consolidated financial statements, for a three-year period commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. Interested firms may access details on the Government of the Bahamas EProcurement and Supplier Registry Portal at https://suppliers.gov.bs/ Deadline is January 17th, 2022 The National Insurance Board Reserves the right to accept or reject any of all bids/interest that have been submitted for consideration.

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Direct Deposit
5/19/2010 7:30:11 AM
In February 2006, the National Insurance Board (NIB) began the initiative to have all long-term benefit and assistance payments deposited directly into pensioners’ bank accounts. Apart from the efficiency gained as a result of the direct deposit, NIB considered the initiative to be a significant step forward in ensuring that the actual process of paying pensions and assistance payments was more humane and individualized, as well as confidential.
The National Insurance Board and The Bahamas Pharmaceutical Association announced on Thursday that they are working together to successfully launch the National Prescription Drug Plan (NPDP) in August of this year.
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The National Insurance Board Press Release on Unemployment Benefit
Prime Minister the Right Honourable Hubert Ingraham this week approved the request from the National Insurance Board (NIB), to close out the interim phase and begin the next, permanent phase of the Unemployment Benefit with effect from June 1, 2010. His authorization is in accordance with the Unemployment Benefit Regulations which allow for the Minister with responsibility for National Insurance to advise on the effective date of the permanent phase of the approved program. This new phase will afford unemployed workers the same level of coverage and benefit provisions as the interim phase, but with different qualifying conditions, and a modest increase in contributions.
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Who is Eligible? In the first phase of the National Prescription Drug Plan coverage has been extended to three specific groups. These groups include NIB pensioners, NIB invalids and children under 18 (or under 25 if in full- time education). For persons of these groups to be eligible for membership in the Plan, they should have been diagnosed with one or more of the 11 chronic diseases covered by the Plan.