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An Easy Way to Save on Holiday Shopping — Plus a Chance to Win $500

By Angelica | Nov 9, 2020 | Comments Off on An Easy Way to Save on Holiday Shopping — Plus a Chance to Win $500

Our partner Rakuten offers a great way to save money on many of the purchases you make online. Now, signing up for Rakuten is potentially even more lucrative: We’re giving away a $500 Visa gift card to one lucky winner. Here’s how you can enter: If you’re not already a member, sign up for Rakuten…

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13 Companies That Hire for Remote Seasonal Jobs

By Angelica | Nov 9, 2020 | Comments Off on 13 Companies That Hire for Remote Seasonal Jobs

This story originally appeared on FlexJobs.com. Fall is underway, and the winter holiday season is right around the corner! Companies want to be prepared for the influx of customers, and that means recruiting, hiring and training seasonal and holiday workers to meet the demands of the upcoming season. This year, though, the pandemic has had…

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Berkshire’s P&C reinsurance premiums leap 63%, but cats & COVID dent result

By Angelica | Nov 9, 2020 | Comments Off on Berkshire’s P&C reinsurance premiums leap 63%, but cats & COVID dent result

Warren Buffett’s conglomerate and re/insurance company Berkshire Hathaway continues to make its surging appetite for property and casualty reinsurance evident, with the company reporting a 63% increase in P&C reinsurance premiums written during the third-quarter of 2020. That takes the premium growth rate for this year so far to almost 33%, as Berkshire’s reinsurance appetite…

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Best of Artemis, week ending 8th November 2020

By Angelica | Nov 9, 2020 | Comments Off on Best of Artemis, week ending 8th November 2020

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 8th November 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 aid in dying is not assisted suicide [PODCAST]

By Angelica | Nov 9, 2020 | Comments Off on Medical aid in dying is not assisted suicide [PODCAST]

“To help the reader understand the issues better, I would like to relate some stories. A friend of mine was dying of pancreatic cancer. He had an implantable morphine pump and was on both hospice and palliative care. Still, he found that his suffering was unbearable and wanted to die sooner. Doctors told him that…

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Tax Strategy: Post-election tax planning

By Angelica | Nov 8, 2020 | Comments Off on Tax Strategy: Post-election tax planning

Biden’s win brings some clarity, but the uncertain state of the Senate leaves questions. Original Article Posted at : https://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/tax-strategy-post-election-tax-planning

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Orthopedic surgery enters the modern age on a chance observation

By Angelica | Nov 8, 2020 | Comments Off on Orthopedic surgery enters the modern age on a chance observation

For thousands of years, bonesetters and doctors could not accurately diagnosis broken bones or differentiate such injuries from joint dislocations and torn ligaments. That changed with a chance discovery almost exactly 125 years ago. Subsequently, perhaps with equal parts of chagrin and enlightenment, doctors began using the new discovery to discount their previous assumptions and…

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The medical community harms patients when they fail to engage in political advocacy

By Angelica | Nov 8, 2020 | Comments Off on The medical community harms patients when they fail to engage in political advocacy

Primum non nocere, or “first, do no harm,” is a fundamental principle in the practice of medicine. Physicians vow to do as much when taking the Hippocratic Oath on their first day of medical school. But where does the buck stop?  I posit that we in the medical community harm patients when we fail to…

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Fairness in medical publishing: Reforming the peer review process

By Angelica | Nov 8, 2020 | Comments Off on Fairness in medical publishing: Reforming the peer review process

In the middle of a busy week of balancing clinical, research, educational, administrative, and parental responsibilities, I receive an email request from a prominent journal to review a manuscript. If I agree, I will spend a couple of hours reading the manuscript, offering comments, and registering my opinion. Several weeks later, I’ll probably be asked…

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The need for on-demand access to medical technologies when treating COVID-19 patients

By Angelica | Nov 8, 2020 | Comments Off on The need for on-demand access to medical technologies when treating COVID-19 patients

It’s well known that New York City was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring, having been the epicenter of U.S. cases for several weeks. As I write this, more than 245,000 of my fellow New Yorkers have been stricken, and an estimated one in ten of them have died. In fact, the…

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