Financial
AXA Climate uses VanderSat data for parametric drought & soil moisture insurance
AXA Climate, the parametric specialist risk transfer unit of global insurance and reinsurance company AXA, has partnered with Dutch satellite technology firm VanderSat on a range of products to enable drought and soil moisture related exposures to be hedged. AXA Climate will utilise data sourced from VanderSat’s microwave data from satellites to derive triggers linked…
Read MorePlease don’t adjust your dials.
Hey, friends. Some good news! First up, I finished my “intro to FIRE” course course for Audible and turned in the manuscript. Once the script is approved, I’ll head to the recording studio. Not sure about any projected release date, but we’re moving along. At the same time, it looks like development on the brand-new…
Read MoreThe SECURE Act: What accountants should know when advising their business clients
The act makes extensive changes to the rules affecting tax-qualified, employer-sponsored retirement plans. Original Article Posted at : https://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/the-secure-act-what-accountants-should-know-when-advising-their-business-clients
Read MoreWorld Bank pandemic cat bonds & swaps not triggered for payout yet
The World Bank issued pandemic catastrophe bonds, as well as the pandemic risk-linked swaps that were issued at the same time, have not yet been triggered by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic as the growth rate hasn’t reached the necessary level to breach the parametric trigger. No loss payment is due at this time, as the…
Read MoreMarch & early April saw $3bn+ severe weather, hail & tornado loss in the U.S. – Aon
The month of March 2020 saw billions of dollars of economic and insured losses caused by a number of outbreaks of severe and convective weather, characterised by hail and tornadoes as well, according to Aon’s Impact Forecasting. The weather forecasting and risk modelling division of insurance and reinsurance broker Aon analysed severe weather activity in…
Read MoreBest of Artemis, week ending 12th April 2020
Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 12th April 2020, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and related risk transfer topics. To ensure you never miss a thing subscribe to the weekly Artemis email newsletter updates or get our email alerts for every article we publish. Ten most read articles on Artemis.bm,…
Read MoreWho & What are Dividend Aristocrats?
The name of the game is dividend investing. For nearly 6 years, we have talked non-stop about dividend growth investing on this website. We are always talking about Dividend Aristocrats, as we always focus on finding companies that increase their dividend. However, I realized that we have never taken a step back to explain what…
Read MoreLanny’s Dividend Stock Purchase Activity – March 2020
March was the most interesting month, in quite some time, to say the least. We witnessed many down and up days of over 5%. As I am typing this, the market has had their best 4 day run since 1974, literally 46 years ago. This just goes to show you how low the market hit…
Read MoreRetro seen more exposed to pandemic claims than property reinsurance: Survey
Retrocessional contracts are seen as likely more exposed to any claims that find their way through from the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, according to the respondents to our recent market survey. The results are now in from our market survey that we launched recently alongside sister publication Reinsurance News asking the insurance, reinsurance and insurance-linked securities…
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