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A medical student learns to listen with her hands

By Angelica | Mar 8, 2021 | Comments Off on A medical student learns to listen with her hands

In my first quarter of medical school, we learned the pulmonary exam.  We were told to watch the patient’s breathing, feel for any asymmetries, use our hands to gauge resonance and listen to all lung fields with our stethoscopes. It didn’t seem too difficult. Our instructor demonstrated the exam on one of my classmates, and…

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Security First’s new cat bond jumps 125% to $225m, prices down 16%

By Angelica | Mar 8, 2021 | Comments Off on Security First’s new cat bond jumps 125% to $225m, prices down 16%

Florida headquartered Security First Insurance Company is now set for its largest catastrophe bond transaction yet, as its new First Coast Re III Pte. Ltd. (Series 2021-1) issuance has more than doubled in size to $225 million while being marketed. At the same time the pricing on Security First’s second catastrophe bond has come in…

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New Label Will Help You Buy the Best Mask for Blocking COVID-19

By Angelica | Mar 8, 2021 | Comments Off on New Label Will Help You Buy the Best Mask for Blocking COVID-19

Photo by MandriaPix / Shutterstock.com In one short year, slipping a face mask over your nose and mouth has become part of everyday life. The vast majority of us wear masks in public to help contain the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. But how do you know if your mask is…

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Pandemic Bill Would Cut Taxes by An Average of $3,000, With Most Relief Going to Low- And Middle-Income Households

By Angelica | Mar 8, 2021 | Comments Off on Pandemic Bill Would Cut Taxes by An Average of $3,000, With Most Relief Going to Low- And Middle-Income Households

Pandemic bill would Cct taxes by an average of $3,000, with most relief going to low- and middle-income households, according to a new TPC analysis…

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Americans Hoping to Lower Costs Are Moving to This State

By Angelica | Mar 8, 2021 | Comments Off on Americans Hoping to Lower Costs Are Moving to This State

Photo by stockfour / Shutterstock.com In 2020, people hoping to cut costs packed up the jalopy and headed to Idaho. The state had the highest share of new residents who said they relocated specifically due to the cost of living, according to the 44th annual United Van Lines National Migration Study. The study — which…

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Munich Re promotes Hawkins to MD of Australasia

By Angelica | Mar 8, 2021 | Comments Off on Munich Re promotes Hawkins to MD of Australasia

Global reinsurance giant Munich Re has named a new Managing Director for its activities in Australasia, promoting former head of Non-Life Scott Hawkins to the role. Hawkins has worked for Munich Re in Australia since 2005 and for the last six years has led Non-Life reinsurance operations in the region for the company. As Managing…

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Winter storm exposed cat bonds stage partial price recovery

By Angelica | Mar 8, 2021 | Comments Off on Winter storm exposed cat bonds stage partial price recovery

After seeing their prices drop significantly in the wake of the US winter storms and severe freezing weather, many of the exposed aggregate catastrophe bond tranches have now experienced a meaningful price recovery in the latest cat bond secondary market price sheets. As we explained last week, a number of winter storm exposed aggregate catastrophe…

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Retirement Business Ideas: 12 Ways to Get Started After 50

By Angelica | Mar 8, 2021 | Comments Off on Retirement Business Ideas: 12 Ways to Get Started After 50

Photo by Iakov Filimonov / Shutterstock.com This story originally appeared on NewRetirement. Some individuals dream of the day when they can do absolutely nothing. To them, retirement is a euphoric future of sleeping in, lounging in the sun, and thinking as little as possible for the next 30 years of their lives. (Others dream up…

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Hong Kong targets issuance of first ILS or cat bond in 2021: IA

By Angelica | Mar 8, 2021 | Comments Off on Hong Kong targets issuance of first ILS or cat bond in 2021: IA

Hong Kong’s proposed insurance-linked securities (ILS) grant scheme, that will pay a share of issuance costs for catastrophe bond sponsors electing to use the domicile once its ILS regulatory regime is ready, is seen as an initiative to enhance the development of the local marketplace and could result in a first transaction being issued this…

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Best of Artemis, week ending 7th March 2021

By Angelica | Mar 8, 2021 | Comments Off on Best of Artemis, week ending 7th March 2021

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 7th March 2021, 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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