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Is This Type of Appliance Endangering Your Health?

By Angelica | May 14, 2020 | Comments Off on Is This Type of Appliance Endangering Your Health?

Gas-powered appliances such as stoves, ovens and water heaters in your home can increase your risk of developing respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and may even lead to premature death, according to a new study. Researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health found that after just 60 minutes of using a gas-powered stove and…

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Did a Social Security Staffer Give Me Bad — and Costly — Advice?

By Angelica | May 14, 2020 | Comments Off on Did a Social Security Staffer Give Me Bad — and Costly — Advice?

Welcome to the Social Security Q&A. You ask a Social Security question, our expert provides the answer. You can learn how to ask a question of your own below. And if you would like a personalized report detailing your optimal Social Security claiming strategy, click here. Check it out: It could result in receiving thousands…

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Pricing leaps on Citizens new cat bond, reflecting Florida renewal rates

By Angelica | May 14, 2020 | Comments Off on Pricing leaps on Citizens new cat bond, reflecting Florida renewal rates

In a clear sign of ILS fund demands for higher returns from underwriting catastrophe risks in the Florida reinsurance market, pricing for Florida Citizens’ new $300 million Everglades Re II Ltd. (Series 2020-1 & 2020-2) catastrophe bond has leapt significantly above the top-end of guidance. As we explained earlier today, ILS funds are hoping for…

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ILS fund underwriters down pens on Florida renewals

By Angelica | May 14, 2020 | Comments Off on ILS fund underwriters down pens on Florida renewals

We’re told that underwriters from some of the biggest insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund managers have effectively “downed pens” on the Florida reinsurance renewals, in reaction to the pricing and terms on offer. The Florida reinsurance renewals at June 1st 2020 were always going to be contentious. Enough has happened over the last few years in…

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Lloyd’s estimates non-life pandemic industry loss at $107bn

By Angelica | May 14, 2020 | Comments Off on Lloyd’s estimates non-life pandemic industry loss at $107bn

Lloyd’s of London, the specialist insurance and reinsurance marketplace, has estimated that the non-life insurance industry faces as much as $107 billion of losses from the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic to the 2020 underwriting year alone. It’s a massive figure, sitting above the top-end of consensus estimates and reflects the enormous toll that the industry faces,…

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How the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need for class consciousness among physicians

By Angelica | May 13, 2020 | Comments Off on How the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need for class consciousness among physicians

What labor struggles do a grocery worker, custodian, and doctor in the United States have in common? A few months ago, many people’s answers may have been – not much. But ever since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, our shared challenges are becoming ever more apparent. The pandemic is revealing that physicians, under our current for-profit…

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Democrats’ $3 trillion aid bill has seeds for eventual GOP deal

By Angelica | May 13, 2020 | Comments Off on Democrats’ $3 trillion aid bill has seeds for eventual GOP deal

Republicans universally rejected a $3 trillion stimulus measure drafted by House Democrats to bolster the U.S. economy, but the draft plan has the seeds for an eventual, smaller compromise. Original Article Posted at : https://www.accountingtoday.com/articles/democrats-3-trillion-aid-bill-has-seeds-for-eventual-gop-deal

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How coronavirus took my grandfather’s life

By Angelica | May 13, 2020 | Comments Off on How coronavirus took my grandfather’s life

As a first-year internal medicine resident in NYC, the physical and emotional toll this has placed on me is unmeasurable. My attending physician reminds me of someone commanding a battlefield: my “allied” residents, doctors that chose different specialties but are now deployed to my floor, “coalition” doctors, students that graduated early to help us. Medicine…

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StormDamage May be Covered

By Jo Gardner | May 13, 2020 | Comments Off on StormDamage May be Covered

With the peacetime emergency order expected to be extended through June 12, it looks like you might be hanging around your home a little longer Minnesotans.  But if your home had storm damage or hail damage that you have been postponing until you know about the pandemic, let us help take some of that stress…

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In the aftermath of COVID-19, plaintiff attorneys will have a field day

By Angelica | May 13, 2020 | Comments Off on In the aftermath of COVID-19, plaintiff attorneys will have a field day

Before COVID-19, the health care system was plagued by another epidemic: malpractice lawsuits.  Much is expected of doctors, and disappointments have consequences. Lawsuits are too often a consequence. Under normal conditions, there are 46,000 malpractice claims per year.  One-hundred percent begin with the allegation of medical negligence.  Seventy-three percent end deciding there is none. In these 33,800 cases are no…

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