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COVID-19 from the New York City frontlines [PODCAST]

By Angelica | Jun 1, 2020 | Comments Off on COVID-19 from the New York City frontlines [PODCAST]

“As a physician anesthesiologist who has previously been on assignment for Doctors Without Borders in a resource-depleted region fraught with conflict, I’d like to say there’s little I haven’t seen. But now, after four weeks of staffing COVID intensive care units and emergency response teams throughout New York City, I struggle to distinguish between the…

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FCA testing UK BI wordings. Zurich & RSA highlight reinsurance covers

By Angelica | Jun 1, 2020 | Comments Off on FCA testing UK BI wordings. Zurich & RSA highlight reinsurance covers

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), one of the key financial market regulators and part of the Bank of England, is to run a test case to help establish the validity of business interruption claims from the Covid-19 pandemic. Numerous major global insurers are involved, including leading players such as AIG, Allianz, Arch, Argenta, Aspen,…

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This Hidden Feature Makes Credit Cards Easier, Safer to Use

By Angelica | Jun 1, 2020 | Comments Off on This Hidden Feature Makes Credit Cards Easier, Safer to Use

Do you have a credit card? The answer almost certainly is yes, so pull it out of your wallet and scan for something that looks like the Wi-Fi symbol you see on laptops and cellphones. If you find this symbol, your credit card is contactless. That means the next time you make a purchase at…

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Tokio Marine HCC sees renewable opportunity with GCube acquisition

By Angelica | Jun 1, 2020 | Comments Off on Tokio Marine HCC sees renewable opportunity with GCube acquisition

Tokio Marine HCC, the specialty insurance underwriter and part of the Tokio Marine Group, is aiming to create a ‘centre of excellence’ focused on renewable energy insurance, now that its acquisition of GCube has completed. GCube is a managing general agent (MGA) and underwriter focused on the renewable energy sector as well as weather risk…

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Should I Take Social Security Now and Invest It, or Wait Until I’m 70?

By Angelica | Jun 1, 2020 | Comments Off on Should I Take Social Security Now and Invest It, or Wait Until I’m 70?

Welcome to the “2-Minute Money Manager,” a short video feature answering money questions submitted by readers and viewers. Today’s question is about Social Security; specifically, whether you’re better off taking Social Security at full retirement age and investing it, or simply waiting to take it at age 70. Watch the following video, and you’ll pick…

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TWIA’s new Alamo Re 2020 cat bond doubles in size to $400m

By Angelica | Jun 1, 2020 | Comments Off on TWIA’s new Alamo Re 2020 cat bond doubles in size to $400m

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association’s (TWIA) new Alamo Re II Pte. Ltd. (Series 2020-1) catastrophe bond issuance has successfully been doubled in size thanks to strong demand from investors and will now provide the residual market property insurer $400 million of reinsurance protection. TWIA returned to the catastrophe bond market last month, with a new…

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R&Q: Managing legacy risks for third-party investors a key business goal

By Angelica | Jun 1, 2020 | Comments Off on R&Q: Managing legacy risks for third-party investors a key business goal

Becoming a manager of third-party capital from investors interested in accessing the returns of legacy insurance and reinsurance business is a “key goal” for Randall & Quilter (R&Q) Investment Holdings, the specialist non-life insurance and reinsurance legacy investor and program manager said today. In announcing its results, R&Q explained that it sees tapping into the…

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Universal buys most cat reinsurance ever. Nephila a key participant

By Angelica | Jun 1, 2020 | Comments Off on Universal buys most cat reinsurance ever. Nephila a key participant

Universal Insurance Holdings, a Florida headquartered and expansive primary insurance carrier, has secured the largest private market catastrophe reinsurance renewal in its history, with capital market support again evident and Nephila Capital a key participant. The insurance carrier group has bought a catastrophe reinsurance tower that extends up to $3.26 billion of coverage, $1.3 billion…

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Best of Artemis, week ending 31st May 2020

By Angelica | Jun 1, 2020 | Comments Off on Best of Artemis, week ending 31st May 2020

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 31st May 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,…

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Hybrid Cloud: The Impact Of The COVID-19 On Technology

By Angelica | May 31, 2020 | Comments Off on Hybrid Cloud: The Impact Of The COVID-19 On Technology
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This research comes from Yellowbrick, the industry’s leading data warehouse for hybrid cloud. There’s new data that shows how COVID-19 has changed us. For example,…

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