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Hard market “has legs”, capital constrained & trapping to come: Barclays analysts

By Angelica | Jul 20, 2020 | Comments Off on Hard market “has legs”, capital constrained & trapping to come: Barclays analysts

The current hard market phase in insurance and reinsurance “has legs” as the levels of capital remain constrained in both traditional and alternative capital markets, analysts at Barclays have said. Market volatility due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the losses it has and is causing, are both adding to a “multi-year squeeze on…

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Catastrophe bond & ILS issuance hits $9.6bn as spreads accelerate

By Angelica | Jul 20, 2020 | Comments Off on Catastrophe bond & ILS issuance hits $9.6bn as spreads accelerate

Issuance of new catastrophe bonds continued apace through early July, helping total cat bond and related ILS issuance reach $9.6 billion as of this time, according to Artemis’ Deal Directory data. While the demand from investors for higher-returns is increasingly evident, as both spreads and multiples-at-market accelerated over recent weeks. Investor returns from the catastrophe…

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12 Ways to Avoid Paying Bank Fees

By Angelica | Jul 20, 2020 | Comments Off on 12 Ways to Avoid Paying Bank Fees

Banks always look for new sources of profit — and often find them at the expense of regular customers in the form of new and increased fees. Free checking accounts are increasingly hard to find in traditional banks. And often they are only granted to customers with high bank balances. In recent years, there have…

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The States That Received the Most (and Least) in PPP Funds

By Angelica | Jul 20, 2020 | Comments Off on The States That Received the Most (and Least) in PPP Funds

Bignai / Shutterstock.com This story originally appeared on Zippia.com. A major component of the $2 trillion CARES Act, a financial aid package built to soften the economic blows of the pandemic, was the Paycheck Protection Program. The mission of the PPP is to help small businesses keep the lights on and workers employed with forgivable…

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Guy Carpenter announces UK property facultative hires from rivals

By Angelica | Jul 20, 2020 | Comments Off on Guy Carpenter announces UK property facultative hires from rivals

Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter has made a string of appointments in its UK focused property facultative broking team, with a number of key hires poached from its rivals. The hires form part of a wider realignment process at Guy Carpenter’s facultative broking arm GC Fac, the company said this morning, as it structures its product…

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Best of Artemis, week ending 19th July 2020

By Angelica | Jul 20, 2020 | Comments Off on Best of Artemis, week ending 19th July 2020

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 19th July 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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AICPA and CPA.com provide PPP loan forgiveness tool

By Angelica | Jul 20, 2020 | Comments Off on AICPA and CPA.com provide PPP loan forgiveness tool

Borrowers or their accountants can fill out the forgiveness application and the tool produces all government-mandated forms automatically. Original Article Posted at : https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/aicpa-and-cpa-com-provide-ppp-loan-forgiveness-tool

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How this physician discovered the power of mindfulness [PODCAST]

By Angelica | Jul 19, 2020 | Comments Off on How this physician discovered the power of mindfulness [PODCAST]

“Could COVID-19 be an opportunity that brings the plight of health care professionals finally to the forefront? Protect us so we can protect you.  Do your part and stay home.  Flatten the curve to give health care professionals a chance.  Donate PPE. Donate food.  And yet through this war, we, health care professionals, along with…

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COVID illuminates silent fear

By Angelica | Jul 19, 2020 | Comments Off on COVID illuminates silent fear

It’s scary. Like 9/11, we have a new reference point touching everyone on the planet: life before COVID-19 and life after. Regardless if you get it or don’t, the unknowns and secondary consequences are scary. Life before COVID was scary, too, minus the urgency. Before COVID, we sensed the weight of living on a sick…

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Why medical students should be taught the business side of medicine

By Angelica | Jul 19, 2020 | Comments Off on Why medical students should be taught the business side of medicine

The field of medicine is always changing. In fact, half of what students learn in medical school will either be wrong or outdated five years after they graduate. As future physicians, medical students must learn to adapt to these changes. In fact, the medical school curriculum itself has evolved greatly over the years. In addition…

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