How Tremor helps ceded reinsurance teams in a challenging market. Q&A with Sean Bourgeois, CEO

Artemis spoke with Tremor Technologies CEO and Founder Sean Bourgeois to understand how ceded reinsurance teams are leveraging Tremor’s technology to help them navigate the currently challenging reinsurance market environment. Tremor is an insurtech that is getting increasing traction for its offering of a technology-based programmatic insurance and reinsurance risk transfer marketplace. Through the use…

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African Risk Capacity to start underwriting inwards reinsurance

The African Risk Capacity (ARC), a provider of parametric disaster insurance products to countries and now other entities in Africa, is also planning to further expand its risk pool by underwriting inwards reinsurance thanks to securing a rating from Fitch. African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd), the commercial insurer subsidiary of ARC Group, has secured…

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Stone Ridge ILS fund redemptions slow, cat bond holdings increase

Stone Ridge Asset Management’s mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund assets under management remained relatively flat through the last quarter of record, as redemptions appear to have slowed significantly, while the investor increased its holdings in catastrophe bonds. Stone Ridge’s higher-risk, less liquid interval style mutual ILS fund, the Stone Ridge Reinsurance Risk Premium Interval Fund…

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Hyperion valued at $5bn after HG Capital investment & debt raise

Global insurance and reinsurance intermediary and distributor holding company Hyperion Insurance Group Limited has raised a significant new haul of capital from a key private equity investor and through a private debt issuance, as it targets accelerated growth. The private equity investor in question is HG Capital, a technology focused investor in service industries and…

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Cat bond market in a strong position with busy pipeline: Schultz, Aon

The catastrophe bond market pipeline is expected to be busy through the third and fourth quarters of 2020, according to Aon Securities CEO Paul Schultz, which sets the stage for potential near-record levels of issuance this year. The latest annual insurance-linked securities (ILS) report from Aon Securities, the capital markets division of the insurance and…

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80% Of Professionals Say the future of work involves a hybrid model

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80% Of Professionals Say the future of work will be a remote/in-person hybrid Google’s CEO says the future of work involves a ‘hybrid model,’. On Blind, an anonymous professional network, with 3.6M verified users, 80% of professionals agree with this approach to the future of work. Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The […]

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Larry Kudlow: We Will Rebuild Prosperity

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First on CNBC: CNBC transcript: National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow speaks with CNBC’s “Squawk On The Street” today discussing that we will rebuild prosperity. Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more   We will rebuild prosperity: Larry Kudlow V-shaped recovery is very much intact: Larry Kudlow All references must be sourced to CNBC. […]

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Pandemic, Election May Scare Away Consumers This Halloween

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MUNCIE, Indiana – From a pandemic changing social habits to a highly controversial presidential race, this Halloween retail season “may be the most unpredictable one in recent memory,” said Steve Horwitz, an economics professor at Ball State University. Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more “There are a variety of factors creating a high […]

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