Investments
Gold, stocks, or real estate? Comparing investments over time
Investing can be tricky, especially since there are so many different types of investments people can make. Whether someone wants to invest in stocks, mutual funds, gold and precious metals, real estate, or something else, a great deal of research should be conducted before deciding the best option for you. How the pandemic affects these […]
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Read MoreAI And Spotify: The Future Of The Music Industry
The history of Western music begins in the 4th Century as the Roman Empire was crumbling under the onslaught of barbarian invasions. It was adopted and developed within the Christian Church for use in ecclesiastical services, to elevate religious sentiment among the population and to wean the many converts to Christianity off of the pagan […]
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Read MoreRecent Developments In and Around Facebook
Facebook has shown remarkable resilience in the face of a raging pandemic, a consequent economic crisis, and the recent onslaught of anti-trust probes. The Big tech, which is how the highest-earning companies, including Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Google, are collectively referred to, has grown significantly in stock prices during the pandemic. Q2 2020 hedge fund […]
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Read MoreBeach hires reinsurance & capital management focused broker Berkstresser
Beach & Associates has announced the hiring of Warren Berkstresser from Willis Re, who will joins the firms reinsurance division Beach Re in its Seattle office. Berkstresser has a background in reinsurance brokerage and capital management or advisory, having worked on capital market and alternative risk solutions for clients during his time with previous employer…
Read MoreMunich Re hopes COVID won’t dent investor appetite for its retro: Blunck
The issue of challenges in raising capital for insurance-linked securities (ILS) strategies in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic was discussed today and global reinsurance firm Munich Re hopes that ILS investor risk appetites aren’t impacted significantly. Speaking during Munich Re’s ILS Roundtable event, held virtually for this year instead of at the Monte Carlo…
Read MoreDividend Income Summary: Lanny’s August 2020 Summary
Hope everyone enjoyed Labor Day! The stock market continued to surge OVER 7% during the month of August! Then, the HEROES ACT or HEALS ACT still sits in Congress, as they are on recess and they make attempts to finalize the next economic stimulus package. Dividend income, though, continues to be a very hot topic,…
Read MorePCS explores adding elemental loss events to Marine & Energy service
In response to market discussions and recent hurricane activity in the Gulf of Mexico, Property Claim Services (PCS), a Verisk Analytics business, is exploring adding coverage of elemental loss events to its PCS Global Marine & Energy service. PCS launched the Marine & Energy service in 2017, to provide the insurance and reinsurance industry with…
Read MoreMoody’s turns negative on global reinsurance despite hardening
Rating agency Moody’s Investor Service has changed its outlook on the global reinsurance sector to negative, saying that despite rising prices “2020 is shaping up to be another disappointing year.” Moody’s warns that as coronavirus and other catastrophe loss events have already depleted the annual catastrophe loss budgets of many reinsurers, the chances of a…
Read MoreClarity of ILS terms “super-important”, healthy price rises seen: Swiss Re’s Ojeisekhoba
For the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, just as much as for insurance and reinsurance underwriters, the clarity of terms and what is actually covered under contracts is “super-important”, Swiss Re’s CEO of Reinsurance Moses Ojeisekhoba said this morning. During the reinsurance firms virtual media briefing today, held due to the cancellation of the Monte Carlo…
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