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Kilter Finance, the insurance-focused specialty financing company launched by ex-Leadenhall Capital alumni Dan Knipe and backed by private equity giant KKR, is set to invest $89 million into Independent Insurance Group LLC , the parent of life insurer Independent Life. Knipe, who was the Deputy Chief Investment Officer at specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) manager Leadenhall…
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The insurance and reinsurance industry’s relative lack of correlation with broader financial markets is now more important than ever before, Michael Millette explained at our ILS NYC 2021 event. Millette, the Founder and Managing Partner of specialist investment manager Hudson Structured Capital Management explained why ILS and more broadly insurance and reinsurance, are assets with…
Read MoreThis story originally appeared on SmartAdvisor Match, by SmartAsset.com. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many Americans into an early retirement: In fact, the majority of the seven-percentage-point drop in the labor participation this past spring can be attributed to unemployed people who have prematurely decided to exit the workforce for good, according to a paper…
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Everest Re, the global insurance and reinsurance underwriter, has raised new capital for its Mt. Logan Re Ltd. collateralized reinsurance sidecar-like vehicle towards the end of 2020, as the structure reached $900 million of assets under management at January 1st. Mt. Logan Re had started 2020 with assets under management of around $818 million, as…
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Global reinsurer SCOR said today that it grew its January reinsurance renewal portfolio by almost 16%, in terms of premiums, while prices were up by 7.8% across its renewed business, at 1/1 2021. The company said that the reinsurance treaty market “hardened significantly” and that price increases and better terms and conditions were experienced across…
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“The peer-review process is fallible, slow, and biased, and it takes advantage of the scientific community’s altruism. We need to keep pushing the conversation forward about making publishing more equitable, timely, accessible, and fair. An obvious and easy way to begin is to pay the experts who perform the peer reviews. Either the journals need…
Read MoreUpdated on February 8th, 2021 by Nate Parsh Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is a very well-known dividend growth stock, and for good reason. The company is a member of the exclusive Dividend Aristocrats a group of elite dividend stocks with 25+ years of consecutive dividend increases. We believe the Dividend Aristocrats are among the best dividend…
Read MoreThe Internal Revenue Service mistakenly sent letters to many taxpayers saying it would be reducing their Economic Impact Payments to pay off the taxes they owed. Original Article Posted at : https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-erroneously-issued-over-109k-notices-about-reduced-stimulus-payments
Read MoreThe combined average sales tax rate across the country grew to levels not seen in a decade last year, enabling states to collect more tax revenue from online sales. Original Article Posted at : https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/sales-tax-rates-reached-10-year-high-in-2020
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In the past year, the United States has faced compounding challenges as it struggled to control the COVID-19 pandemic and grappled with significant civil unrest. The American pandemic response has been primarily determined by the guidance—or lack thereof—of elected officials and enacted policies at the local, state, and federal levels. Now, with the development of…
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