Alex Azar On People Waiting Too Long For Antibody Treatments

Alex Azar

CNBC Transcript: Health And Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on CNBC’s “The News With Shepard Smith” tonight, discussing people being hesistant to seek out Coronavirus antibody treatments. Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more   Azar: People are waiting too long to seek out antibody treatments   Shep Smith: The Health And Human Services […]

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Global catastrophe losses running 8% above 10-year average: Jefferies

So far in 2020, global catastrophe and severe weather losses falling to the insurance and reinsurance market are running approximately 8% above the 10-year average, according to analysts at Jefferies. Overall, insured losses from catastrophes and severe weather are roughly 18% higher than the long-term average, closing in on US $80 billion for the year,…

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Bitcoin Hits All-time High, Surging Past $20000

Bitcoin reached an “all-time price high” by surging past $20000 on Wednesday afternoon on the deVere Crypto exchange, it is revealed. Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Bitcoin Surges Past $20000 Just after 1 pm GMT, the price of the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation was $20,637.18 according to the app owned […]

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Hurricane activity could be elevated in 2021, say Swiss Re, CSU & TSR

The climate conditions seen in the North Atlantic ocean at the moment are conducive to the formation of tropical storms and hurricanes, so suggest a chance of elevated hurricane activity in 2021 and beyond, according to global reinsurance firm Swiss Re, something the main forecasters are also pointing towards. The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season saw…

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Schroders raises $420m for new Life Insurance-Linked Security (ILS) fund

Global investment manager Schroders has raised $420 million of capital from third-party institutional investors for a new life insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy that it has launched. The newly-launched Life Insurance-Linked Security (ILS) fund, Life Insurance Linked II, offers its investors a way to gain significant diversification against traditional asset classes, Schroders explained. The life…

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Hamilton’s Easton Re cat bond priced 16% below mid-point of guidance

Hamilton’s new Easton Re Pte. Ltd. (Series 2020-1) catastrophe bond transaction has now been priced at the low-end of already reduced guidance, with the coupon now fixed some 16% lower than the initial guidance mid-point. Hamilton, the Bermuda based insurance and reinsurance holding company, will be delighted with the result of its first full catastrophe…

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Study reveals benefits of operationalising ESG in risk transfer & ILS

Market participants across risk transfer, including insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance, have a lot to gain from further operationalising Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) within their core businesses, our now published study reveals. During the third-quarter of 2020 we teamed up with boutique consulting firm Synpulse Management Consulting to conduct a survey of the maturity…

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WHO discusses catastrophe bonds to close COVID funding gaps

The World Heath Organization (WHO) has raised the subject of catastrophe bonds as a potential source of capital for funding development of tools to help in the response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator is an initiative set up by the WHO alongside partners, with the goal of delivering…

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