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Ledger Investing hires Brad Fischtrom from AIG as Chief Operating Officer

By Angelica | Sep 7, 2020 | Comments Off on Ledger Investing hires Brad Fischtrom from AIG as Chief Operating Officer

Ledger Investing, an insurance technology (insurtech) and insurance-linked securities (ILS) venture-backed start-up, has made a key hire in taking AIG’s Chief Risk Officer for North America General Insurance, Brad Fischtrom as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Ledger Investing launched in 2016 with a goal to create a business-to-business marketplace for the securitisation of insurance…

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21 Steps to More Leisure — and Less Labor — in Your Life

By Angelica | Sep 7, 2020 | Comments Off on 21 Steps to More Leisure — and Less Labor — in Your Life

The average American should expect to live about 78.6 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If you’re lucky, you’re going to spend about one-third of that time sleeping. With the remaining hours, the idea is to spend as many of them as possible doing what you want to do and as…

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Hong Kong consults on rules to restrict ILS to qualified investors

By Angelica | Sep 7, 2020 | Comments Off on Hong Kong consults on rules to restrict ILS to qualified investors

The Government of Hong Kong continues to make progress on its mission to bring insurance-linked securities (ILS) business to the Special Administrative Region, launching a consultation paper on the definition of eligible ILS investor, as well as minimum investment size guidance and penalties should these rules be breached. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HK…

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Best of Artemis, week ending 6th September 2020

By Angelica | Sep 7, 2020 | Comments Off on Best of Artemis, week ending 6th September 2020

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 6th September 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. Last chance to register for our…

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Medicine’s culture forces us to ignore our health [PODCAST]

By Angelica | Sep 6, 2020 | Comments Off on Medicine’s culture forces us to ignore our health [PODCAST]

“Physicians are steeped in a noxious culture that seems to be averse to creating healthy physicians. We ignore mountains of evidence that show exercise, sleep, and healthy eating is beneficial for cognitive function, learning, and performance — all aspects that physicians should optimize. But the current medical training system pushes physicians, residents, and students to…

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Coup 2.0; We Can Strike In Any Direction

By Angelica | Sep 6, 2020 | Comments Off on Coup 2.0; We Can Strike In Any Direction
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What will be the market action from this ongoing attempted color revolution? Coup 2.0 I planned to write two posts over the weekend: one on what look like the preparations for a second coup attempt this year in the U.S. and another following up on my previous post on my system’s market posture. Michael Anton […]

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COVID-19 is causing small but growing fractures in our hospitals 

By Angelica | Sep 6, 2020 | Comments Off on COVID-19 is causing small but growing fractures in our hospitals 

It’s an odd time to be a new physician. One of the best parts about working at a hospital is the sense of friendship and professional camaraderie that you build with other doctors, nurses, therapists, medical assistants, secretaries, etc. However, in the COVID-19 era, group events, bonding activities, dinners, conferences, social events, and holiday parties…

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The story of how a supportive residency program made a difference

By Angelica | Sep 6, 2020 | Comments Off on The story of how a supportive residency program made a difference

An ecosystem of inpatient medicine moved at full speed around me as the news came in. It was the fall of my intern year, and my mother’s glioblastoma was back. Just months earlier, I had begun residency as a liability – a brand new, unproven doctor whose parent in another state was in remission from…

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Clearing the misinformation surrounding medical cannabis

By Angelica | Sep 6, 2020 | Comments Off on Clearing the misinformation surrounding medical cannabis

An excerpt from Medical Marijuana: A Clinical Handbook. Imagine two patients sitting in the waiting area of a clinic. The first is a man in his sunset years who has recently begun treatment for stage 2 lung cancer. His treatment involves the use of chemotherapy, which has significantly reduced his appetite and given him terrible…

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Health care’s tech renaissance during the pandemic extends to medical training

By Angelica | Sep 6, 2020 | Comments Off on Health care’s tech renaissance during the pandemic extends to medical training

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in at least 25 million cases worldwide with a continued spread in the United States, causing global disruption in every sector of society and forcing adaptation to a new normal relying increasingly on technology. Even in the medical field, where there is a pervasive and persistent traditionalist approach to technology…

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