Catastrophe protection gap hit 64% in 2020, $171bn goes uninsured: Aon

The global catastrophe protection gap reached 64% in 2020 as roughly $171 billion of natural catastrophe and severe weather losses were not covered by insurance and reinsurance, one of the largest brokers Aon has said. Aon’s latest annual catastrophe report highlights climate influences on a significant number of impactful events in 2020 and the brokers’…

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SCOR Investment Partners gets ILS allocation from City of Zurich pension

SCOR Investment Partners, , the asset management company of the global reinsurance group SCOR, won a new investment mandate from the roughly $20 billion City of Zurich Pension Fund in recent weeks. The City of Zurich Pension Fund is one of the largest in Switzerland and operates pensions and other insurance benefits for all employees…

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Best of Artemis, week ending 24th January 2021

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 24th January 2021, 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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How China’s Economy Powers Ahead While The Rest Of The World Stumbles?

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The Chinese economy continues to recover at a steady pace, despite the new coronavirus pandemic and a marked decline in GDP in other countries. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Beijing managed to achieve positive dynamics scorning the pessimistic forecasts of some economists. How has China been able to overcome its difficulties and […]

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IBM, Intel, And Schlumberger Plunge Post-Earnings

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Commenting on IBM, Intel, and Schlumberger’s post earnings plunge and today’s trading so far, Gorilla Trades strategist Ken Berman said: Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The major indices are all trading lower at midday following a clearly bearish overnight session and a brief morning bounce on Wall Street. The much better-than-expected Markit […]

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Google threatens to block Search in Australia if new law passes

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Lawmakers in Australia want to force Google, Facebook and others to pay for news that appears in search results and on their platforms. Now Google has threatened to block Search in Australia if the bill passes. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Google may stop allowing Search in Australia According to The Sydney […]

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