Our AT&T Dividend Pays for Our AT&T Internet

  Over the last several months, I have been increasing my position in AT&T. In fact, the Top 5 Foundation Stock has become one of the larger positions in my dividend stock portfolio.  When preparing my November dividend income summary, it hit me. My AT&T dividend covers my interest bill. You guess it, I use…

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Liberty Mutual’s new Mystic Re IV cat bond grows 50% to $300m

The new Mystic Re IV Ltd. (Series 2021-1) catastrophe bond transaction sponsored by insurance giant Liberty Mutual has been upsized during its marketing, growing by 50% to now feature an issuance of $300 million of notes to support reinsurance protection for the carrier. Liberty Mutual returned to the catastrophe bond market recently to sponsor its…

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Vantage can leverage ILS to be creative & expand the pie: CEO, Hendrick

Combined with advanced technology and great talent, Vantage sees the range of insurance-linked securities (ILS) structures as a means to be innovative and expand the set of risks that are covered by the risk transfer space, according to co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Greg Hendrick. Speaking with Artemis around the new re/insurance carrier’s launch…

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Hurricane Eta US industry loss estimated around $550m by Aon

Insurance and reinsurance broker Aon has said that hurricane Eta has likely caused around $550 million of insurance market losses in the United States, but its economic toll in Central America was significantly higher. Hurricane Eta struck and caused extensive losses in Nicaragua in November, also impacting Honduras and Guatemala in Central America. The hurricane…

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October 2020 Queensland hailstorm industry loss said A$1.231bn

The insurance and reinsurance market loss from the October 2020 south-east Queensland, Australia hailstorm event has been preliminarily estimated at A$1.231 billion by PERILS AG. The hailstorm was designated as the first catastrophe to strike Australia of the 2020-21 season by the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA), with an expectation that it could drive a…

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The 5th Anniversary Of The Paris Agreement

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S&P Global Ratings’ Michael Wilkins offers comment as the Paris Agreement turns “5” this Saturday Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more What The Paris Agreement Has Achieved So Far With the UNFCCC celebrating the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement this Saturday, Michael Wilkins, Global Head of Research and Analytics, Sustainable Finance, S&P […]

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Facebook deals with antitrust cases that call for breakup

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Facebook faces a pair of antitrust cases filed by 46 states, the District of Columbia and Guam, and the Federal Trade Commission. The lawsuits allege that Facebook became dominant in the social media industry through anticompetitive tactics stretching back years. Those tactics included the acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram, which could have become serious competitors […]

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