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• Mercer recommends insurance-linked securities to investors

  
  www.Artemis.bm — Authority: 125
  Mercer , the global consulting, investment and outsourcing firm, has recommended that investors revisit alternative investments if they are looking for boosted returns from their portfolio. Mercer highlights a solid opportunity in alternative investments as a great way to find good returns while being uncorrelated ...
  12 hours ago

• Gnaw On This 1.4 – Apocalyptic Fascination

  
  Baptimergent — Authority: 98
  Is anyone else as curious as I am about the increased level of fascination with apocalypse & global catastrophe taking place in our culture. I’m not talking about doomsday prophets and cable access kooks either. Today’s obsession extends well beyond the religious extreme. Cable television has shows like, ...
  21 hours ago

• Five Major Faults With The Health Care Bills

  
  PA Pundits - International — Authority: 549
  By Nina Owcharenko Current efforts by Congress to “reform” the health care system are centered on several flawed policy initiatives that will transfer more power and decisions to Washington and away from patients and families. Rather than create a massive government-based health care system and dislocate ...
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• Lawrence Solomon: Top environmental group downplays global warming threat

  
  FP Comment — Authority: 605
  One of the world’s top environmentalorganizations, the UN-affiliated International Union for the Conservation ofNature (IUCN), has publicly stated that global warming is being overhyped. The Geneva-basedorganization made the surprising comments with regard to the often-heard claimthat global warming is the chief ...
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• Christmas lights turned on for Ed Miliband

  
  Crap Cycling & Walking in Waltham Forest — Authority: 514
  To mark the visit of Ed Miliband , the Energy and Climate Change Secretary , who is coming to Walthamstow later this month to talk about the need for urgent action on climate change (see below), the ‘switch it off’ council has added to its collection of street-lamps which burn brightly all day long in broad ...
  2 days ago

• ‘It isn’t just about the green thing’ – Ed Miliband

  
  Crap Cycling & Walking in Waltham Forest — Authority: 514
  Ed Miliband : It isn’t just about the green thing it’s about doing the right thing by way of energy security. A fascinating choice of words. And so true! When it comes to walking and cycling, it isn’t just about t he green thing , it’s about adopting an invertebrate position to the road lobby . ...
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• Statistic

  
  Crap Cycling & Walking in Waltham Forest — Authority: 514
  We estimate that 250,000 children could be killed by climate change next year," said Benedict Dempsey, Save the Childrens humanitarian policy officer.
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• Why Did He Do It?

  
  Blogs — Authority: 159
  This week a horrible tragedy occurred at Ft. Hood army base. According to the news reports, an army major went on a shooting spree. In the period since the news broke, a consistent focus of discussion has been: Why did he do it? News reports list aspects of his life in articles titled “Motive Probed” and ...
  3 days ago

• Think Health Care Is Expensive Now? Wait Until It’s ‘Free’

  
  PA Pundits - International — Authority: 549
  By Tom McLaughlin Recently, I asked my students how much it costs for a doctor visit. “My mother pays $15,” said one. “Fifteen dollars?” I asked. “Yeah,” he said. “That’s what she paid.” “Okay,” I said, “But is that all it cost?” I pointed out that the average doctor visit costs ...
  4 days ago

• Hamas want Britain to make amends for crimes against Palestine

  
  Sabbah — Authority: 140
  Balfour Declaration By Stuart Littlewood * Hamas marked the 92nd anniversary of the infamous Balfour Declaration by recalling the misery of the 1948 Nakba (Catastrophe) and insisting that European states in general and Britain in particular make amends for the crimes committed against Palestine. It is worth ...
  5 days ago

• I own a business. I see first hand what the recession has done to people’s spending habits.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 449
  They have become frugal and are spending less on everything and buying only essentials. http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2009/10/12/091012ta_talk_surowiecki “Americans have been spending less because they have less money to spend” http://www.cnbc.com/id/31102428 “Consumers to hoard their money and ...
  5 days ago

• The great carbon trading fraud

  
  Crap Cycling & Walking in Waltham Forest — Authority: 514
  In a new report, Friends of the Earth says that to date "cap and trade" carbon markets have done almost nothing to reduce emissions but have been plagued by inefficiency and corruption that render them unfit for purpose. "The majority of the trade is carried out not between polluting industries and factories ...
  5 days ago

• Financial Risks of Climate Change report released

  
  www.Artemis.bm — Authority: 125
  The Association of British Insurers report which they commissioned to look into climate change, the financial risks associated with it and how the insurance industry will cope has now been published. The report was produced by AIR Worldwide and the UK Met Office . As mentioned when I wrote about this a few days ...
  5 days ago

• Would the reinsurance industry survive a Tunguska event?

  
  www.Artemis.bm — Authority: 125
  Risk Management Solutions recently published a paper analysing the 1908 Tunguska asteroid event which hit Central Siberia in Russia and looking at scenarios to determine what might happen should a similar event occur today. If a similar event happened above Manhattan today it could cause over a trillion dollars in ...
  5 days ago

• Two new Howard Rotberg books

  
  KHdN - Kenneth Hynek (dot Net) — Authority: 435
  Howard Rotberg, whom some of you may remember from his dust-up with Chapters a while ago after a Palestinian worker complained about his book The Second Catastrophe , has two new books that he’s recently published. The first, Exploring Vancouverism: The Political Culture of Canada’s Lotus Land , can be ...
  5 days ago

• Bermuda pushing for bigger piece of catastrophe bond and ILS market

  
  www.Artemis.bm — Authority: 125
  The Bermuda First initiative has now released its long awaited report which looks into Bermudas future and how to make it a success. The initiative is a public-private effort jointly funded by the Bermudian government and some of the largest businesses in Bermuda (including reinsurers). The purpose was to better ...
  6 days ago

• Anita Lee covers Bossier v State Farm trial for the Sun Herald

  
  slabbed — Authority: 480
  Pupua admitted under questioning from Bossier’s attorney, Judy Guice, that he was unable to produce any of the reports he used because State Farm later conducted a “Hurricane sweep,” as Guice called it. The company ordered adjusters to return all Katrina documents, including e-mails and adjusting ...
  6 days ago

• (Re)Insurers and Capital Markets: Viable and Reliable

  
  GCCapitalIdeas.com — Authority: 476
  David Priebe, Chairman of Global Client DevelopmentContactA year ago, (re)insurers’ access to capital markets was in doubt. A worldwide financial crisis decimated balance sheets, sent equity... Continue reading...
  6 days ago

• One, two, three, four, five, six, seven!

  
  Crap Cycling & Walking in Waltham Forest — Authority: 514
  The London Borough of Waltham Forest , apart from being a veritable paradise under a frabjous council, is at the forefront of saving the planet. For residents it offers Climate Change Top Ten Tips Turn off lights when they aren’t in use and you could save up to 10% of your energy bill. And now here are seven ...
  1 week ago

• Leaking Timor Sea oil rig catches fire – video news report 02 Nov 09

  
  dailyQi — Authority: 137
  Leaking Timor Sea oil rig catches fire – video report 02 Nov 09 “It’s an environmental disaster that’s now taken a dramatic turn for the worse,” reports Azhar Sukri (Al Jazeera News – 02 Nov 09) Specialist fire crews are attempting to stop a massive fire on a leaking oil rig in the Timor Sea off the ...
  1 week ago

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