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Aon & Willis Towers Watson to merge

Global insurance and reinsurance broker Aon has reached a definitive agreement to combine with rival broker Willis Towers Watson (WTW), in an all-stock transaction with an implied combined equity value of roughly $80 billion. Rumours have been circulating over the past few weeks of potential talks between the two large brokerage firms regarding a potential…

EU windstorms Dragi & Eberhard final loss estimate raised to EUR 782m: PERILS

The final insurance and reinsurance industry loss estimate for the combined impacts of European windstorms Dragi and Eberhard has been set at EUR 782 million (USD 890 million) by PERILS AG, slightly up on its last estimate of EUR 772 million. PERILS announced its first estimate for the two European windstorms, which struck on March…

ILS’ share to remain smaller at Japanese renewals, but grow in Florida

There is a a likelihood that the renewals of Japanese reinsurance programs at April 1st 2020 continue to see the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market playing a relatively minor role, with share increases harder to come by, but at Florida’s reinsurance renewals at June 1st there could be a chance for ILS players to expand their…

Best of Artemis, week ending 8th March 2020

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 8th March 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,…

Mailbox Money Math of Dividends

Published March 7th, 2020 This is a guest contribution by Ryan Krueger of investment advisory firm Krueger & Catalano. You can follow Ryan on Twitter @RyanKruegerROI. Growth or Income? There are more than enough Tortoise and Hare investment products to choose from, and even more investment analogies drawn from this great race. A more un-crowded…

Ibotta – Cash Back App – March 2020 Update

Warning: This post may contain referral links Ibotta App – Background Ibotta is an app that allows you to save cash back on everyday grocery purchases. The app offers discounts on name brand products for every aisle in the grocery store. This includes discounts on dairy, fruits, pantry items, beer, wine, magazines, cleaning products,…

2020 Dividend Kings List | See All 30 Now | 50+ Years Of Rising Dividends

Updated on March 6th, 2020 by Bob Ciura Spreadsheet data updated daily The Dividend Kings are the best-of-the-best in dividend longevity. What is a Dividend King? A stock with 50 or more consecutive years of dividend increases. The downloadable Dividend Kings Spreadsheet List below contains the following for each stock in the index, among other…

Keeping up appearances

Spring has sprung here in Portland, and that means yard work. I’ll spend most of March completing my project for Audible and The Great Courses — which means things around here may be slow for a few weeks — but when I’m done hacking in the word mines each day, there’s plenty of mowing and…

Monthly Dividend Stock In Focus: Gladstone Investment Corporation

Updated on March 6th, 2020 by Nathan Parsh It is not hard to see why Business Development Companies—or BDCs—are popular investments among income investors. Consider that the S&P 500 Index currently has an average dividend yield of just 19%. With the 10-year U.S. Treasury Bond recently falling below 1%, bonds are not much better right…