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The Na­tion­al In­sur­ance Board of Trinidad and To­ba­go has alert­ed em­ploy­ers and work­ers that Na­tion­al In­sur­ance con­tri­bu­tions will in­crease from 13.2% to 16.2%, from Jan­u­ary 5, 2026.

The ad­just­ment fol­lows the pas­sage of the 2025 Fi­nance Bill and ap­plies across the Na­tion­al In­sur­ance Sys­tem.

The NIB said the in­crease is in­tend­ed to ad­dress the grow­ing num­ber of ben­e­fit re­cip­i­ents along­side a de­clin­ing pool of con­trib­u­tors, a trend it said threat­ens the long-term sus­tain­abil­i­ty of the sys­tem if left unchecked.