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Seven tips to grow a business: transformation for the digital age
Whether you’ve owned a business for just a short time, or you’ve been a business owner for years, there is always a need to grow a business. For most business owners, growing a business starts by scaling it using a technology-driven marketing strategy. It also involves a great deal of innovation. Q2 2020 hedge fund […]
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Read MoreHurricane Laura could exhaust re/insurer cat budgets: Credit Suisse
Should hurricane Laura generate a low double-digit billion dollar industry loss, of around $12 billion or higher, the looming storm, on top of other recent loss activity, would likely use up re/insurers quarterly catastrophe budgets, analysts said today. Hurricane Laura is now moving across the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to intensify into a…
Read MoreGoogle unit Verily enters insurance with Swiss Re backing
Entry of the so-called tech giants into the insurance and reinsurance market has always been a hot topic and today it’s been announced that a Google unit is entering the employer stop-loss insurance space with the backing and support of reinsurance giant Swiss Re. Coefficient Insurance Company is a newly formed subsidiary of Verily, a…
Read MoreNo coronavirus stimulus checks for Americans in ‘Skinny’ proposal
There haven’t been any real negotiations on the coronavirus stimulus package since the talks collapsed on August 7. However, there were reports last week that Senate Republicans are working on a new package that won’t have coronavirus stimulus checks for Americans. Now we have more details on the new package, referred to as the “skinny” […]
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Read MoreGlobal Dealmakers Optimistic As M&A Market Shows Signs of Recovery
Global Dealmakers Optimistic About 2H As M&A Market Shows Signs of Recovery Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Positive Outlook and Consumer Confidence Driving Market Uptick, Though Restructuring Is Also Expected to Dominate Activity Due Diligence Tech Remains Key to Completing Deals Remotely Optimism For The M&A Market Recovery MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – August […]
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Read MoreDividend Stock Watch List: Lanny’s September 2020 Edition
As investors, there are always opportunities out there. The stock market continues the trajectory upwards, making the journey to financial freedom by using dividend income as a passive income source, a little more difficult. I still will say – there is nothing better than dividend income, no matter what time of the year! That’s what…
Read MoreDo Compounding Returns On Pretend Stock Price Gains Produce Real Value?
Buy-and-Holders believe that stock price gains are caused by economic developments. That means that those gains have substance, that they have real and lasting value and can be relied on to finance a retirement. Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more What Causes Stock Price Gains? Valuation-Informed Indexers believe that some stock price gains […]
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Read MoreILS capital down 2.7% in H1. COVID uncertainty to affect capital raising: GC
According to reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter the amount of alternative capital in the market, across insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds, collateralised reinsurance structures and catastrophe bonds, shrank by approximately 2.7% in the first-half of this year. Overall, Guy Carpenter and rating agency A.M. Best estimate that global reinsurance capital rose by 1% in the first-half of…
Read MoreCATCo warns re/insurers’ sale of PG&E claims may reduce subrogation recovery
The fact that insurance and reinsurance companies sold California wildfire related claims to third-parties may ultimately reduce the amount of subrogation recoveries that flow back to reinsurance and retrocessional interests, it appears. This morning, in an interim financial report for the in run-off CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund, the listed retrocessional reinsurance focused investment fund operated…
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