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Coronavirus stimulus check talks on brink of collapse?
Negotiators are having discussions daily to develop a consensus on the next coronavirus relief package. Despite agreeing to a timeline (for this week), it seems the coronavirus stimulus check talks could end up in failure. The two sides – Democrats and Republicans – are still far apart and have major differences. Q2 2020 hedge fund […]
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Read MorePredictions of Things to Come
Back in the 1950s, every Sunday evening my family listened to Drew Pearson’s very popular radio program. A highly respected columnist carried by hundreds of newspapers, Pearson would close with his “predictions of things to come.” Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Before Pearson made these four or five predictions, the announcer would […]
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Read MoreSecond Covid-19 wave likely a second loss under reinsurance: Allianz CFO
The subject of how a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic would be treated under reinsurance contracts came up during insurance giant Allianz’s earnings call this week and the companies CFO said that he’d expect it to be classed as a second loss event. Defining the pandemic in terms of specific loss events is going…
Read MoreRKH adds APAC reinsurance hires, makes Warwick Head of Treaty APAC
RKH Reinsurance Brokers (RKHRB), part of the global Hyperion Insurance Group and the dedicated reinsurance arm of RKH Specialty, has named Steve Warwick as its new Head of Treaty Reinsurance APAC and added two more significant hires, also from RFIB, as it looks to expand in the Asia Pacific region. Warwick will take on responsibility…
Read MoreEverest Re adds to Mt.Logan Re AuM in Q2 2020
Everest Re, the global insurance and reinsurance firm, managed to add some assets under management to its Mt. Logan Re Ltd. collateralised reinsurance sidecar-like vehicle during the second-quarter of 2020, executives explained yesterday. Mt. Logan Re had sat at around $818 million in terms of assets under management (AuM) at January 1st and this shrank…
Read MoreIAG’s Orchard catastrophe bond “fully exhausted” by bushfires
Australian primary insurance group IAG has revealed that its Orchard ILS Pte Ltd catastrophe bond was triggered and then fully exhausted by claims suffered from the severe bushfire season in the country. The Orchard ILS catastrophe bond was the first to be sponsored Insurance Australia Group (IAG) back in February 2019 and also became the…
Read MoreHurricane Isaias industry loss seen over $1bn: Aon
Hurricane Isaias, which impacted the Caribbean, made landfall in the Bahamas, then raked the Florida coast, after which it made landfall in the Carolinas and went on to impact the U.S. northeast including New York, is expected to cause insured losses of more than $1 billion. Reflecting on hurricane Isaias’ impacts, insurance and reinsurance broker…
Read MoreSiriusPoint to form as Third Point Re and Sirius Group agree to combine
Global insurance and reinsurance group SiriusPoint will be formed after Third Point Re and Sirius Group reached agreement to combine in a cash and stock transaction. The transaction is valued at $788 million and is set to create a new global company with approximately $3.3 billion of tangible capital and around $2.5 billion of pro-forma…
Read MoreTips for Picking a Company’s Share to Trade
Considering 2020 had so far been a turbulent period to trade shares, picking the right names becomes an even more challenging activity. At the same time, the market has been volatile and in this kind of environment, a lot of short-term and mid-term trading opportunities arise. To improve the process of choosing the right shares […]
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