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Capsicum Re unveils ExCo leadership to drive next phase of growth
Reinsurance broker Capsicum Re, a unit of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has announced a new Executive Committee (ExCo) leadership as the company seeks to deliver on further growth. Among those added to the new Capsicum Re ExCo are Managing Partners and divisional heads, including well-known property reinsurance and retrocession broker with insurance-linked securities (ILS)…
Read MoreSingapore’s ILS grant scheme extended to end of 2022: MAS
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has extended its insurance-linked securities (ILS) grant scheme to the end of 2022, as Singapore looks to build on recent positive momentum and attract more catastrophe bond issuers to its shores. Speaking today at our Artemis ILS Asia virtual conference, Mr. Benny Chey, Assistant Manager Director (Development and International)…
Read MoreReinsurance hard market to last till end of 2021 (at least): Jefferies
The current hardening cycle in the reinsurance market is expected to last until the end of 2021 by analysts at Jefferies, who also say the broad-based firming is now being seen in almost all lines of business globally. One concern of analysts and market participants is a narrower hard reinsurance market, where only specific segments…
Read MoreQ2 cat losses may be ~25% above average, with civil unrest a driver: CS analysts
Equity analysts at investment bank Credit Suisse said yesterday that they are anticipating the U.S. catastrophe loss burden for the insurance and reinsurance industry in the second-quarter of 2020 will be around 25% above the 10-year average. Part of the driver for the elevated catastrophe loss load is the recent civil unrest in the United…
Read MoreMonthly Dividend Stock In Focus: Sabine Royalty Trust
Updated on July 8th, 2020 by Nate Parsh Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR) has a high dividend yield of more than 9% based on annualized distributions over the past 7 months. This places Sabine on the high dividend stocks list. You can see all 200+ 5%+ yielding stocks here. Sabine also pays dividends on a monthly…
Read More100 Days Since The Roll Back Of Fuel Efficiency Standards
“100 Days Since…” Trump Rolled Back Fuel Efficiency Standards While Public Health, Economic Fallout Accelerated Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The Rollback Of Fuel Efficiency Standards WASHINGTON, D.C. – One hundred days ago today, the Trump administration finalized its rollback of fuel efficiency standards — a staple climate policy that aimed to lower greenhouse gas […]
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Read MoreTrump Plans To Cut Federal Funding For K-12 Schools
Trump Targets School Funding as PPP Funds Flow to Private and Charter Schools Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Trump Plans To Cut Funding For K-12 Schools WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Trump administration announced that it might cut federal funding for K-12 schools nationwide that refuse to reopen amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, millions from Trump’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) […]
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Read MoreHow to Avoid a Retirement “Tax Time Bomb”
Have you ever considered the potentially devastating impact of taxes in retirement? Most people haven’t because they assume they will pay less in taxes when they retire than during their working years. But many retirees have found this is not the case. Most forms of retirement income are taxed, making tax-deferred retirement accounts such as […]
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Read MoreJDP Q2 Letter: One-Size-Fits-All Accounting Models=Dangerous
JDP Capital Management letter to investors for the half year ended June 2020, discussing the one-size-fits-all accounting models. Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Dear JDP Partner, In the first six months of 2020 JDP was +19.35% (net) versus -3.08% for the S&P 500. This was our largest outperformance in a half-year since […]
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