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Beazley raises Covid-19 loss estimate to $340m on event cancellation

By Angelica | Sep 22, 2020 | Comments Off on Beazley raises Covid-19 loss estimate to $340m on event cancellation

Beazley, the specialist Lloyd’s focused insurance and reinsurance underwriting business, has increased its estimate of the cost of Covid-19 claims for its first party business by 100% to $340 million, net of reinsurance, in light of the evolving status of the pandemic crisis. Back in April, Beazley revealed an expected Covid-19 claims burden of $170…

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Arch unveils establishment of single managing agency

By Angelica | Sep 22, 2020 | Comments Off on Arch unveils establishment of single managing agency

Arch Insurance International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bermuda headquartered insurance and reinsurance firm, Arch Capital Group, Ltd., has announced the launch of Arch Managing Agency Limited. Formerly Barbican Managing Agency Ltd, the newly established Arch Managing Agency Limited brings together Arch Underwriting at Lloyd’s and Barbican Managing Agency Ltd. into a single operation. Effective…

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What Happens to Your Email and Social Media After You Die?

By Angelica | Sep 22, 2020 | Comments Off on What Happens to Your Email and Social Media After You Die?

Estate planning has gotten a bit more complicated. Not only do you need a will and durable power of attorney, but today you need to make post-death plans for digital stuff, such as photos, email, a Facebook page and a Twitter account. It makes sense to name someone — your legal executor or another trusted…

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FloodFlash scales sensor-based parametric flood cover to larger corporates

By Angelica | Sep 22, 2020 | Comments Off on FloodFlash scales sensor-based parametric flood cover to larger corporates

Insurtech start-up FloodFlash, which offers an innovative sensor-based approach to support parametric flood insurance triggers, is scaling up its offering with the help of major reinsurance carriers to provide protection to larger corporations. FloodFlash’s technology has helped to launch the first property level parametric flood insurance product, utilising water level sensors developed by FloodFlash, which…

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Are Protections Keeping Zombie Businesses Artificially Afloat?

By Angelica | Sep 22, 2020 | Comments Off on Are Protections Keeping Zombie Businesses Artificially Afloat?
Zombie Businesses

Due to financial distress, many businesses have been experiencing, the Government made the decision back in March to relax the rules regarding bankruptcy and insolvency. These relief measures essentially made it much harder for creditors to pursue outstanding business debts, leaving creditors unable to issue bankruptcy notices to any businesses owing debts under $20,000. Q2 […]

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Meet the physician who became a life coach [PODCAST]

By Angelica | Sep 21, 2020 | Comments Off on Meet the physician who became a life coach [PODCAST]

“For the past six months, I’ve spent my free time becoming a certified life coach. I’m a hospitalist, but a little more than a year ago, I was introduced to life coaching. I love the changes it has produced in my life – particularly how it’s changed me as a mother. Coaching helps me to…

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German regulator looks to open probe into Grenke’s accounting

By Angelica | Sep 21, 2020 | Comments Off on German regulator looks to open probe into Grenke’s accounting

Germany’s financial regulator is considering opening a probe into Grenke AG’s accounting practices, wading deeper into the controversy after criticism of its failure to unearth fraud at Wirecard AG. Original Article Posted at : https://www.accountingtoday.com/articles/german-regulator-looks-to-open-probe-into-grenkes-accounting

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Loan fraud, data shortfalls hinder U.S. virus aid, GAO finds

By Angelica | Sep 21, 2020 | Comments Off on Loan fraud, data shortfalls hinder U.S. virus aid, GAO finds

But the federal government has been able to correct some of its earlier missteps, like sending millions of stimulus checks to the deceased, according to the Government Accountability Office. Original Article Posted at : https://www.accountingtoday.com/articles/loan-fraud-data-shortfalls-hinder-u-s-virus-aid-gao-finds

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Small businesses share how they prep for and successfully recover from disaster

By Angelica | Sep 21, 2020 | Comments Off on Small businesses share how they prep for and successfully recover from disaster

Young startup coffee cafe owener open and welcome customer. New small business owener. September is National Preparedness Month, and this years’ theme of “Disasters Don’t Wait. Make Your Plan Today” could not be more timely as many areas of the country experience record-breaking wildfires and storms. On September 16, the Insurance Institute for Business &…

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Tropical Storm Beta Moves Toward Texas Coast

By Angelica | Sep 21, 2020 | Comments Off on Tropical Storm Beta Moves Toward Texas Coast

Tropical Storm #Beta is forecast to make landfall in TX by tonight. If it does so, it will be 9th named storm (tropical storms and #hurricanes) to make landfall in continental US this year, tying 2020 w/ 1916 for most continental US landfalling named storms in a season on record pic.twitter.com/VM65BhdqvY — Philip Klotzbach (@philklotzbach)…

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