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CelsiusPro doubles-down on big-data for parametrics & weather risk transfer

By Angelica | Aug 14, 2020 | Comments Off on CelsiusPro doubles-down on big-data for parametrics & weather risk transfer

CelsiusPro AG, the Swiss headquartered weather index insurance and parametric risk transfer specialist, is doubling down on the use of big-data and advanced technology to create better parametric triggers and indices for weather and natural catastrophe risk transfer. CelsiusPro is already a technology-focused company, calling itself an insurtech as it has placed an increasing emphasis…

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Mortgage rates today, August 14, 2020, plus lock recommendations

By Angelica | Aug 14, 2020 | Comments Off on Mortgage rates today, August 14, 2020, plus lock recommendations

Mortgage rates today are driven by movements in financial markets worldwide. When the economy heats up, bond price drop, and rates increase. When the economy pulls back, interest rates tend to fall. Original Article Posted at : https://themortgagereports.com/68545/mortgage-rates-today-august-14-2020-plus-lock-recommendations

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Consumer tech companies will struggle to disrupt health care   

By Angelica | Aug 14, 2020 | Comments Off on Consumer tech companies will struggle to disrupt health care   

With a combined market cap of more than $2 trillion, technology giants Google and Apple are placing big bets on disrupting the $3.6 trillion health care industry. Earlier in the year, Apple CEO Tim Cook repeated a claim that “there will be a day we look back and say Apple’s greatest contribution to mankind has been…

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Should we screen all adolescent girls and women for anxiety?

By Angelica | Aug 14, 2020 | Comments Off on Should we screen all adolescent girls and women for anxiety?

Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illnesses, affecting up to 40% of women and 20% of men in the course of their lifetimes. Women and adolescent girls are at particularly high risk for the development of anxiety disorders, due to differences in their brain chemistry, psychosocial contributors such as childhood sexual abuse, as well…

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This Streaming TV Service Has Grown the Most During the Pandemic

By Angelica | Aug 14, 2020 | Comments Off on This Streaming TV Service Has Grown the Most During the Pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has left us locked behind closed doors — and one streaming service has benefited greatly from that reality, a new survey finds. It's not the usual blah, blah, blah. Click here to sign up for our free newsletter. The share of viewers who say they subscribe to Hulu has jumped 8 percentage…

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Aetna’s medical benefit ratio drops further below Vitality Re ILS trigger in Q2

By Angelica | Aug 14, 2020 | Comments Off on Aetna’s medical benefit ratio drops further below Vitality Re ILS trigger in Q2

For the second-quarter of 2020, the medical benefit claims ratio reported by CVS-owned health insurer Aetna dropped even further below levels where its Vitality Re series of health insurance-linked securities (ILS) transactions could be triggered. This is despite the impacts of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, which might have been thought a caused of elevated health…

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Hudson Structured upsizes investment in insurtech Kin

By Angelica | Aug 14, 2020 | Comments Off on Hudson Structured upsizes investment in insurtech Kin

Insurance-linked securities (ILS), reinsurance and transportation focused investment manager Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd. has participated in a $35 million Series B funding round for home insurtech company Kin Insurance. The Series B is the second time Hudson Structured (doing its insurance investment business as HSCM Bermuda) has backed Kin, having participated in a $47…

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Reinsurance “hard market phase” a cat bond market opportunity?

By Angelica | Aug 14, 2020 | Comments Off on Reinsurance “hard market phase” a cat bond market opportunity?

Reinsurance is now in “a hard market phase” across much of the market as the major players need to protect their earnings and capital against the still potentially unknown losses that could arise from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to analysis from Fitch Ratings. Explaining why the market has hardened so quickly this time around, rating…

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How to Shoot Photos Like a Pro With Your Smartphone

By Angelica | Aug 14, 2020 | Comments Off on How to Shoot Photos Like a Pro With Your Smartphone

The quality of the images cellphone cameras can take just keeps improving. In fact, the camera on your phone is probably more than adequate for snapping Facebook photos of your friends, family or pets. All you really need are some tricks and tools to take great images when you travel or attend events. So, leave…

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30 Companies Hiring for Part-Time, Work-From-Home Jobs

By Angelica | Aug 14, 2020 | Comments Off on 30 Companies Hiring for Part-Time, Work-From-Home Jobs

This story originally appeared on FlexJobs.com. People seek part-time work for all kinds of reasons. Some want the freedom and flexibility that part-time work allows. Other people need to balance outside responsibilities with work. And sometimes people want to work, but not all the time. During the pandemic, part-time work also provides a valuable lifeline…

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