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Election results may point to smaller coronavirus package and no stimulus checks
Prior to the election, both President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talked about giving a lavish stimulus package. However, as election results come in, it appears that the funding for the next coronavirus stimulus package will likely be smaller, while checks may even get axed. Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more […]
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Read MoreThese are the 10 biggest cryptocurrencies by market cap
Cryptocurrency is a relatively newer asset class that took the limelight about a decade ago. Since then it has grown by leaps and bounds. From just one cryptocurrency in 2010, the crypto market now has more than 6,000 coins with a total market cap of over $400 billion. If you are also planning to invest […]
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Read MoreProspectus 2021 – last chance to register for our upcoming conference
There is just one week to go until Prospectus 2021 – the new annual reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference brought to you by Artemis in collaboration with sister title Reinsurance News. Prospectus 2021 , held in association with our kind headline sponsor Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA), is a conference focused on issues that…
Read MoreBest Stocks to Buy: Our Latest Dividend Stock Purchases
We are back once again to discuss our recent dividend stock purchases. The two of us are always looking for undervalued dividend stocks to purchase. The market was particularly exciting towards the end of October and presented us with some GREAT dividend stocks to buy. Let’s review our recent dividend stock purchases! The companies we…
Read MoreLloyd’s expects ILS iSPV to be ready for use by year-end
The Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance market hopes to have a new access point for third-party and alternative capital providers, including insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors, ready for the end of the year. In announcing the next phase of its market modernisation and reform plans, the Blueprint Two, Lloyd’s revealed that it hopes to have a multi-arrangement…
Read MoreRSA exhausts aggregate reinsurance retention
RSA Group, the UK based general insurance company, said today that it has exhausted the retention under its aggregate reinsurance program, meaning that any major catastrophe loss events in Q4 will fall to its reinsurance panel. At the same time, the company also reported that its reserves for Covid-19 claims from the pandemic, which it…
Read MoreSidecars & retro won’t pick up many COVID losses from Munich Re: CFO
Munich Re does not expect its collateralised reinsurance sidecar vehicles or its retrocession program to pick up much of its losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the reinsurers CFO. Speaking during a media call this morning, Christoph Jurecka, CFO of Munich Re said that Munich Re continues to focus on being a gross underwriter…
Read MoreFlorida firmly in the cone for a strengthening resurgence of hurricane Eta
The state of Florida is firmly in the cone of uncertainty for the soon to develop tropical system that emerges out of the remnants of recent hurricane Eta, as longer-range forecasts we discussed earlier this week now have an increasing chance of verifying. Having slammed Nicaragua with a devastating blow at near Category 5 strength…
Read MoreLancashire sees new flows in cat & property as market discipline improves
Lancashire Holdings, the specialty insurance and reinsurance group with a third-party capital management platform, is increasingly seeing new business flows that meet its return requirements across a range of business lines, in particular benefiting from growth across property catastrophe reinsurance, property direct and facultative, the company said this morning. Lancashire believes that market discipline is…
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