News
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NIC Urges Employers to Submit Outstanding Form C3 and Ensure Compliance
Castries, 27 May 2026 - The National Insurance Corporation (NIC) is reminding employers of the need to comply with the submission of their monthly remittance Form C3. This is essential for maintaining...
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NIC Clarifies Sickness Benefit Claims
Castries, 19 May 2026 – The National Insurance Corporation (NIC) wishes to clarify the requirements governing eligibility for Sickness Benefit. Regulation 29 of the National Insurance Corporation Act...
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NIC Installs Outdoor Fitness Station to Promote Physical Activity
Castries, 26 June 2024 – Saint Lucians looking to increase their physical activity can now do so with an outdoor fitness station installed by the National Insurance Corporation (NIC) at Pigeon Point....
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NIC Introduces the Reimagined Golden Citizens Program
Castries, 18-Dec-23 – The National Insurance Corporation has announced the relaunch of the Golden Citizens Program; an initiative that honours NIC retirement pensioners by partnering with the business...
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Hundreds of students educated on social security as NIC hosts island-wide schools’ campaign.
Castries, St Lucia – The National Insurance Corporation has taken its message of social security to schools across St Lucia. The schools’ education campaign dubbed, Your Future Starts Today commenced...
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NIC Pensions increase amid rise in cost of living
Pensioners of the National Insurance Corporation (NIC) will receive an increase in their payments beginning August 2022. NIC today announced a 4.2% increase in pension payments effective July 1st. Thi...
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NIC urges customers to submit financial account information for benefit payments
The National Insurance Corporation is urging customers who have submitted benefit claims to the organization to provide their bank or credit union account information in order to receive their payment...
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Electronic Signatures
Kindly note the following in respect of all forms to be submitted electronically to the National Insurance Corporation: The official signature and full name of the individual submitting the form must...
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Cabot Repays NIC Loan in Full
On March 17th 2021, the NIC received EC$29.4 million from Cabot Saint Lucia Inc. This amount represented full repayment of the loan of $27 million and interest accumulated to date of $2.4 million. The...
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Submission of Cessation & Closure of Business Forms
In light of the pandemic, many businesses were not operational. As a result, employers are reminded to submit a Cessation of Employment form (Form COE 1) for the months where there was no employment o...
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Vieux-Fort branch all set for reopening
In light of the recent closure of the Vieux-Fort office, the NIC has implemented some temporary changes to its operations at that branch Receipt and payment of claims: Benefit claims must be filed ele...
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Employers Inaction Delays ERP Payment
The National Insurance Corporation (NIC) wishes to ensure that all qualifying persons who applied for income support under the Economic Relief Programme (ERP) prior to the deadline are paid. The NIC i...