Investments
Bert’s February Dividend Stock Purchases
I thought the end of February was insane for the market. During that time, I took advantage of some great deals in the stock market. But if March has proven anything to me, it is the importance of why you cannot try to time the market. Each day presents a new set of twists and…
Read MoreSBAI warns of potential conflicts of interest between parallel investment funds
The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) has published a new memo that may be of interest to the insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund managers community, regarding the potential for their to be a conflict of interest between parallel fund strategies. It is a relatively common practice for alternative investment managers to operate parallel investment funds…
Read MoreFloridians add to Irma ultimates in Q4, but praise reinsurance providers
In the final quarter of 2019 Florida’s primary insurance carriers continued to add to their ultimate net losses from 2017’s hurricane Irma, demonstrating that the loss creep continued more than two years after the catastrophe event. But these carriers are all too aware of the assistance that their reinsurance panels have provided to them. While…
Read MoreThe Best Big Cruise Line Stocks Ranked: Royal Caribbean, Carnival, & Norwegian
Published on March 11th, 2020 by Josh Arnold Cruise line operators tend to see immense earnings-per-share growth during times of strong economic growth and as a result, their stocks can do very well during such periods. Of course, the reverse is true, and cruise line stocks can become very risky during times of economic distress,…
Read MoreLanny’s Dividend Stock Purchase Activity – February 2020
On your journey to financial freedom or financial independence, you have to stay hungry out there. The stock market volatility from the extreme news & outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) displayed opportunity and one has to be ready to strike on a dividend stock when the price is right. Time to check out my February…
Read MoreAon & Willis Towers Watson to merge
Global insurance and reinsurance broker Aon has reached a definitive agreement to combine with rival broker Willis Towers Watson (WTW), in an all-stock transaction with an implied combined equity value of roughly $80 billion. Rumours have been circulating over the past few weeks of potential talks between the two large brokerage firms regarding a potential…
Read MoreEU windstorms Dragi & Eberhard final loss estimate raised to EUR 782m: PERILS
The final insurance and reinsurance industry loss estimate for the combined impacts of European windstorms Dragi and Eberhard has been set at EUR 782 million (USD 890 million) by PERILS AG, slightly up on its last estimate of EUR 772 million. PERILS announced its first estimate for the two European windstorms, which struck on March…
Read MoreILS’ share to remain smaller at Japanese renewals, but grow in Florida
There is a a likelihood that the renewals of Japanese reinsurance programs at April 1st 2020 continue to see the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market playing a relatively minor role, with share increases harder to come by, but at Florida’s reinsurance renewals at June 1st there could be a chance for ILS players to expand their…
Read MoreBest of Artemis, week ending 8th March 2020
Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 8th March 2020, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and related risk transfer topics. To ensure you never miss a thing subscribe to the weekly Artemis email newsletter updates or get our email alerts for every article we publish. Ten most read articles on Artemis.bm,…
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