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Hudson Structured joins Standards Board for Alternative Investments as signatory
Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd., which undertakes insurance and reinsurance investment business as HSCM Bermuda Management Company, has become the eighth specialist ILS fund manager to join the Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) as a signatory. Hudson Structured Capital Management is a specialist alternative investment manager focused on insurance-linked securities (ILS), reinsurance and transportation-related…
Read MoreInvesting in the coronavirus pandemic and other difficult markets
Investing is a challenge during the best of times, but what do you do during the coronavirus pandemic or other difficult times? As it turns…
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Read MoreStock Market Crash – Your Decision And Numbers
Before investing, you must know that stocks can crash 70% anytime and 50% of individual stocks will likely deliver negative returns or below 2% while…
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Read MoreHow to call IRS for update on coronavirus stimulus check?
Talk of a second round of coronavirus stimulus checks is getting serious now. However, many still haven’t received the money promised by the first stimulus…
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Read MoreTropical storm Bertha forms as second pre-season storm of 2020
Tropical storm Bertha has formed off the coast of South Carolina to become the second named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season and relatively unusually the second to form before the official start of the season on June 1st. Tropical storm Bertha does not pose a major threat to the Carolina’s, although rainfall totals…
Read MoreILW price sheets slip further from reality, don’t reflect Florida firming
We can’t speak for every reinsurance broking team that puts out a regular sheet of pricing indications for industry-loss warranty (ILW) protection, but all of the ones we’ve seen in the last couple of weeks (which include some of the biggest players) haven’t updated their price indications for Florida wind ILW’s since 2019. As a…
Read MoreU.S. commercial property insurance rates rising fastest since 9/11: CIAB
U.S. commercial property insurance rates are now rising at their fastest pace since 9/11, according to the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB). The statement supports recent data from broker Marsh who explained that commercial property insurance rates were up 21% on average during the first-quarter of 2020, which provides further impetus to reinsurance…
Read MorePRIA bill introduced with Pandemic Risk Reinsurance Program
H.R. 7011, or the Pandemic Risk Insurance Act of 2020, has been introduced by politicians and industry leaders including insurance and reinsurance market representatives and proposes the creation of a Pandemic Risk Reinsurance Program to compensate for business interruption caused by future pandemics. The bill has been in the works for a number of weeks…
Read MorePhilippines to invite new bids for $19.6bn state asset & infrastructure reinsurance
The government of the Philippines will go back to the global reinsurance market to invite fresh bids to provide the capacity to underpin its roughly US $19.6 billion insurance of state-owned assets and infrastructure, with the application process now simplified somewhat. Last December we reported the Philippines government had entered into a 1 trillion pesos…
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