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Allianz ART hires Peter Kiernan (ex-AXIS) as Head Reinsurance, North America

By Angelica | Mar 23, 2020 | Comments Off on Allianz ART hires Peter Kiernan (ex-AXIS) as Head Reinsurance, North America

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has hire Peter Kiernan, formerly the CUO and a President in Bermuda at AXIS Re, to the role of Head of Reinsurance North America for the Allianz Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) division. Allianz Risk Transfer AG is the unit of the insurance and reinsurance firm that manages the ART…

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Coronavirus may trigger $196m World Bank cat bond & swap payout

By Angelica | Mar 23, 2020 | Comments Off on Coronavirus may trigger $196m World Bank cat bond & swap payout

The payout from the World Bank issued pandemic catastrophe bonds, as well as the pandemic risk-linked swaps that were issued at the same time, may reach just under $196 million in total, if the ongoing Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak triggers the financial instruments. The impact from the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has more than surpassed the levels…

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Global reinsurance, U.S. P&C outlooks negative on coronavirus: Fitch

By Angelica | Mar 23, 2020 | Comments Off on Global reinsurance, U.S. P&C outlooks negative on coronavirus: Fitch

Underlining the magnitude of the challenge that the Covid-19 coronavirus poses to the re/insurance industry, Fitch Ratings has revised its outlooks for the global reinsurance market and U.S. Property & Casualty insurance to negative. The fundamentals or sector outlook for the reinsurance market and U.S. P&C insurers have both been revised to negative from stable…

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I’m a Retiree — Should I Rent or Own My Home?

By Angelica | Mar 23, 2020 | Comments Off on I’m a Retiree — Should I Rent or Own My Home?

Welcome to the “2-Minute Money Manager,” a short video feature answering money questions submitted by readers and viewers. Today’s question is about whether you should rent or own your home after you retire. Watch the following video, and you’ll pick up some valuable info. Or, if you prefer, scroll down to read the full transcript…

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Australia bushfire insured losses rise 6% to pass A$2bn

By Angelica | Mar 23, 2020 | Comments Off on Australia bushfire insured losses rise 6% to pass A$2bn

The insurance and reinsurance market loss from claims caused by the bushfires that burnt across Australia in late 2019 into early 2020 has risen another 6% and passed A$2 billion for the first time. While the cost of claims has only risen by 6% since we last reported on the data provided by the Insurance…

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Best of Artemis, week ending 22nd March 2020

By Angelica | Mar 23, 2020 | Comments Off on Best of Artemis, week ending 22nd March 2020

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 22nd 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,…

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Medical trainees need knowledge and education on health care systems and policy

By Angelica | Mar 22, 2020 | Comments Off on Medical trainees need knowledge and education on health care systems and policy

As medical trainees, we will shape the rapidly changing health care environment in this country. We are fiercely advocating for our disadvantaged patients, debating the price of life-saving medications, and carefully considering how the upcoming elections will shape the health care system in which we both provide and receive care. All the while, we handle…

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Doctors will die. My friends will die.

By Angelica | Mar 22, 2020 | Comments Off on Doctors will die. My friends will die.

I looked at the door.  Standing there, in a paper gown, my hair tucked back into a ponytail, mask, and shield across my face, gloves on, boot covers over my shoes and legs.  Behind that door was a woman I had known for years, whose youngest I had delivered, whose children I still cared for. …

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Are administrators disciplining doctors who wear masks too often?

By Angelica | Mar 22, 2020 | Comments Off on Are administrators disciplining doctors who wear masks too often?

We are in crisis. Hospitals have become, in addition to repositories for the pandemic, infectious with moral illness. From an emergency medical physician: I have been told not to wear a mask in every room, only in rooms of people with infectious symptoms. And we are talking about [just] a surgical mask. I have emails…

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Infection preventionists are true heroes, and other things we’ve learned so far

By Angelica | Mar 22, 2020 | Comments Off on Infection preventionists are true heroes, and other things we’ve learned so far

We are in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it’s already very clear that the infection prevention community in the U.S. has never faced such an enormous challenge. Reflecting back on the past two weeks, we have learned many things that will make us better prepared for the long term. My goal is…

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