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Healthcare Coverage Is Still A Winning Issue
During the mid-term election two years ago, the Democrats won by emphasizing the importance of protecting the Affordable Care Act of 2010, aka Obamacare, and expanding healthcare coverage for more Americans. But in 2020, the deep recession, the pandemic — and to a lesser degree, racial justice – have become the dominant issues. Q2 2020 […]
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Read MoreReducing Post-Ruth Bader Ginsburg Risk
Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The Passing Of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Raises The Temperature American political tensions were at a low boil earlier this month, when former Trump administration official Michael Anton warned of a coup. Reactions over the weekend to the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg suggest her death has raised […]
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Read MoreBLM Wild Horse Management Adding Fuel To Wildfire Flames!
At a time when we need more large-bodied herbivores like wild horses grazing-off grass and brush wildfire fuels in and around rural and wilderness lands (public and private), we have the obtuse removal of wild horses from remote wilderness areas by the BLM. Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The actions of the […]
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Read MoreIndia moots parametric Pandemic Risk Pool, with bonds part of capacity
A working group of the Indian insurance and reinsurance regulator IRDAI has proposed the creation of a parametric Indian Pandemic Risk Pool, which could use pandemic bonds as part of its capacity. The regulator and Indian government tasked an industry working group with exploring the possibility of creating a pandemic risk pool focused on the…
Read MoreHurricane Sally losses estimated between $1bn and $3bn by AIR
The insurance and reinsurance industry loss estimates for recent hurricane Sally are coming in thick and fast, with catastrophe risk modeller AIR Worldwide now releasing an official estimate for insured losses of between $1 billion and $3 billion. Photo by: Tony Giberson, Pensacola News Journal AIR’s estimate is based on industry insured losses to onshore…
Read MoreHurricane Sally insured onshore property losses said $2bn by KCC
Onshore property losses for the private insurance and reinsurance market from recent hurricane Sally are estimated at just $2 billion by catastrophe risk modeller Karen Clark & Company. The estimate released today includes private insurance market losses caused by wind and storm surge damage to residential, commercial, and industrial properties and automobiles. KCC said that…
Read MoreCostly August takes insured catastrophe losses above average in 2020: Jefferies
After an impactful month of August, analyst firm Jefferies believes that insured catastrophe and weather losses are running above average and that for most insurance and reinsurance firms they will now be ahead of budgets in 2020. Jefferies team has analyse severe weather and catastrophe activity through the year so far and estimated its cost…
Read MoreAsia-Pacific mortality gap hits US $83tn, suggests role for ILS & insurtech
An estimated 75% of households in the Asia Pacific region will face financial stress in the event of the death of the main breadwinner, according to research from Swiss Re. The reinsurance firms recent research highlights the significant lack of uptake of life insurance products in the Asia Pacific region, as well as the massive…
Read MoreGC / MMC’s Isosceles ILS platform in $25m private cat bond issuance
Isosceles Insurance Limited, the transformer and segregated cell structure operated by Marsh & McLennan Companies and reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter to issue privately placed insurance-linked securities or catastrophe bonds has completed issuance of another transaction. This $25 million Isosceles Insurance Ltd. (Series 2020-C1) transaction is the second deal to come to light from the issuance…
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