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10 Ways to Simplify Your Finances and Enrich Your Life

By Angelica | Apr 20, 2020 | Comments Off on 10 Ways to Simplify Your Finances and Enrich Your Life

Modern lifestyles pull us in all directions. It’s no wonder we are overwhelmed and stressed out by our busy schedules and cluttered homes. UCLA researchers even wrote a book on the subject — “Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century” — and revealed that many families have garages too full to accommodate cars, backyards that…

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How Will a Car Repossession Affect My Credit?

By Angelica | Apr 20, 2020 | Comments Off on How Will a Car Repossession Affect My Credit?

Welcome to the “2-Minute Money Manager,” a short video feature answering money questions submitted by readers and viewers. Today’s question is about credit scores; specifically, how something like a repossession will affect your credit and for how long. Watch the following video, and you’ll pick up some valuable info. Or, if you prefer, scroll down…

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Lack of exclusions, poor wordings the Covid-19 BI threats to reinsurers & ILS

By Angelica | Apr 20, 2020 | Comments Off on Lack of exclusions, poor wordings the Covid-19 BI threats to reinsurers & ILS

The majority of analysts and observers do not believe that the reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) industry faces a tidal wave of business interruption claims as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Ongoing legal action continues to push for claims to be honoured, but in the majority of cases adequate exclusions do exist and it…

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Credit Suisse ILS’ reinsurers Kelvin Re & Humboldt Re have ratings affirmed

By Angelica | Apr 20, 2020 | Comments Off on Credit Suisse ILS’ reinsurers Kelvin Re & Humboldt Re have ratings affirmed

The two Guernsey domiciled rated reinsurance vehicles managed by and backed by capital from the Credit Suisse Insurance Linked Strategies Ltd. team have had their ratings affirmed and their underwriting strategies tweaked to reduce the volatility in their results going forwards. Rating agency A.M. Best highlights the balance-sheet strength of each of the rated reinsurance…

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Best of Artemis, week ending 19th April 2020

By Angelica | Apr 20, 2020 | Comments Off on Best of Artemis, week ending 19th April 2020

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 19th 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,…

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The harsh reality of social distancing in rural America

By Angelica | Apr 19, 2020 | Comments Off on The harsh reality of social distancing in rural America

“They stole my shoes!” she told me with tears streaming down her face. It was 30 degrees Fahrenheit outside, and the woman in front of me at the food pantry only had the clothes on her back, walking around town barefoot. In addition to taking her shoes, most of her items set up around her…

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The hidden adverse effects of COVID-19 on physician caregivers

By Angelica | Apr 19, 2020 | Comments Off on The hidden adverse effects of COVID-19 on physician caregivers

As caregivers, our #1 role is protection — protecting our children, our elderly parents, our patients, even our staff and colleagues. Notice how I didn’t mention protecting ourselves? This is off-radar for most caregivers until they have no choice, until their own survival is threatened. The same is true for physicians. Self-protection is not a…

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Being a pregnant medical trainee just got more complicated in the COVID-19 era

By Angelica | Apr 19, 2020 | Comments Off on Being a pregnant medical trainee just got more complicated in the COVID-19 era

As a cardiology fellow in a busy New York City hospital, my life has snowballed into chaos. Just last week, I was a pregnant doctor completing her second trimester, waddling down the halls of the hospital with an echocardiogram machine in tow, taking care of sick cardiac patients. Now a viral pandemic has invaded all…

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Human values in the age of COVID-19

By Angelica | Apr 19, 2020 | Comments Off on Human values in the age of COVID-19

COVID-19 has brought out the best in people, and also the worst. Daily on social media or in the news, I read heartwarming examples of generosity and kindness that challenge me to be a better person. The doctors, nurses, therapists, and chaplains who are selflessly risking their lives, sometimes with substandard personal protective equipment (PPE),…

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How we respond to COVID-19 can serve us well for the rest of our lives

By Angelica | Apr 19, 2020 | Comments Off on How we respond to COVID-19 can serve us well for the rest of our lives

Many of the patients whom I met during my oncology rotation felt hopeful for a cure. They imagined how once their cancer went into remission, they could go back to their normal lives as they once were. I was struck then when one patient, a 72-year-old male Mr. G, shared with me a different attitude…

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