Finance Minister Colm Imbert - Vidya Thurab Finance Minister Colm Imbert said Tuesday that the initial financial cost to government to bring self-employed people into the national insurance system (NIS) would be prohibitive. It was not certain this cost could ever be recovered, he added. Speaking to the Senate, in response to a question by Independent Senator Amrita Deonarine, Imbert said a 2020 report of the high-level working committee on the inclusion of the self-employed into the national insurance system is being reviewed by the Finance Ministry. He said the committee will make a presentation to him on its findings and recommendations shortly.