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Twelve Capital ILS funds get ESG classification under Article 8, EU SFDR

By Angelica | Mar 22, 2021 | Comments Off on Twelve Capital ILS funds get ESG classification under Article 8, EU SFDR

The commingled insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bond funds managed by specialist Twelve Capital have achieved an ESG relevant classification under Article 8 of the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). As environmental, social and governance (ESG) becomes an increasingly important topic for the ILS fund manager community, Twelve Capital has responded by working to…

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First volcanic eruption cat bond issued for the Danish Red Cross

By Angelica | Mar 22, 2021 | Comments Off on First volcanic eruption cat bond issued for the Danish Red Cross

The very first catastrophe bond covering pure volcanic eruption risk has now been completed, with a $3 million privately placed issuance brought to market by Replexus and Howden Capital Markets and backed by leading cat bond investors for the Danish Red Cross. The catastrophe bond covers the risk of eruption of 10 volcanoes across three…

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4 Reasons to Talk About Money with Family and Friends

By Angelica | Mar 22, 2021 | Comments Off on 4 Reasons to Talk About Money with Family and Friends

Photo by LightField Studios / Shutterstock.com This story originally appeared on NewRetirement. It’s taboo. It’s not polite. It’s personal. These are all things you’ve probably heard when it comes to talking about money. Keeping your lips sealed about your personal finances is pretty common, but your financial future may be in jeopardy if you’re not…

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Best of Artemis, week ending 21st March 2021

By Angelica | Mar 22, 2021 | Comments Off on Best of Artemis, week ending 21st March 2021

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 21st March 2021, 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 Science Behind The Elevator Algorithm

By Angelica | Mar 22, 2021 | Comments Off on The Science Behind The Elevator Algorithm

You press a button and wait. For anyone who has partaken in the delicate dance of pushing ‘up’ or ‘down’ and letting fate decide when that carriage door opens, you’ll understand the mystery of the elevator algorithm. It might seem like elevators have a mind of their own — and well, in many ways, they […]

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One physician’s journey from burnout to bliss [PODCAST]

By Angelica | Mar 21, 2021 | Comments Off on One physician’s journey from burnout to bliss [PODCAST]

“As a young girl, I’d stand on my tiptoes, craning my neck to watch her sweep cerulean eye shadow across lids and smear foundation on sunken cheeks. While my high school friends resorted to secondhand eye shadow instruction from the pages of Teen magazine, I learned by watching my mom transform the face of a…

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Health care workers get the applause, but our families are essential, too

By Angelica | Mar 21, 2021 | Comments Off on Health care workers get the applause, but our families are essential, too

Leanne, a nurse, sits next to me in the ICU. She says into the phone, “Now, Johnny, you be good for Nana.” We’re only halfway through another 12-hour shift, and she won’t be home until after her 5-year-old son is ready for bed. Such calls to palliate separation have long been part of the fabric of…

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Does pain change your brain?

By Angelica | Mar 21, 2021 | Comments Off on Does pain change your brain?

I consult on many patients because they are suffering from pain. In fact, their pain is so severe that they are considering spinal surgery. More than 100,000 Americans decide to undergo surgery, and millions more have invasive procedures for low back pain or sciatica every year. You almost certainly know someone who has struggled with…

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Accelerated by COVID-19, technology carves new pathways for everyone to access health care

By Angelica | Mar 21, 2021 | Comments Off on Accelerated by COVID-19, technology carves new pathways for everyone to access health care

Before COVID-19, clinical research was a little-known part of health care. Despite this process being responsible for determining the safety and efficacy of all the drugs, medical devices, vaccines, and other medical therapies available, less than 5 percent of the U.S. population actually participates in clinical research. One reason why clinical research has little awareness…

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Physicians and the midlife dip

By Angelica | Mar 21, 2021 | Comments Off on Physicians and the midlife dip

It seems that the midlife “slump,” “crisis,” or “malaise” phenomenon is actually something that has been studied and written about a lot in the last 40+ years. The phrase “midlife crisis” was originally coined in the 1960s, as explains Jonathan Rauch in his 2018 book, The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50.  He…

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