Thousands of Pensioners Expected to Benefit from Collaboration between the NIBTT and the Ministry of Legal Affairs

The National Insurance Board of Trinidad and Tobago (NIBTT) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Legal Affairs on Wednesday 26th February 2014.

Under the proposed MOU, the Register General’s Department will provide the NIBTT with regular access to information on Births and Deaths registered with the department. This will allow the NIBTT to issue automatic payments to beneficiaries of long-term NIS benefits
unless it receives notification of their death. Once implemented, tens of thousands of pensioners will benefit from a reduced Life Certificate process.

Signatories to the MOU are Ms Karen Bridgewater, Registrar General, on behalf of the Ministry of Legal Affairs and Ms Karen Gopaul, Executive Director (Ag.), National Insurance Board of Trinidad and Tobago.

In picture - The Honourable Prakash Ramadhar, Minister of Legal Affairs;
(centre) Adrian Bharath, Chairman, of the National Insurance Board
of Trinidad and Tobago and Bernard Sylvester, Permanent
Secretary, Ministry of Legal Affairs look on as Karen Gopaul,
Executive Director (Ag), National Insurance Board of Trinidad and
Tobago and Karen Bridgewater, Registrar General sign the MOU
between the two organisations.