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...“I do worry that there is a risk that we lose sight of the climate imperative,” said Harvard University professor Meghan O’Sullivan, in a panel discussion that followed....
...Joe O’Dea, an analyst at Vertical Research Partners, said investors were on alert for any sign of a slowdown. “It’s with a market backdrop that is extremely anxious about rates of change,” he said....
...It will be launched at the Cop 21 climate summit in Paris, and will be co-chaired by Stephen Catlin, deputy chairman of XL Catlin....
...- Felix Salmon proposes a modern art relative value trade… - Something different: live wind map of the United States....
...Insurance and risk management groups XL Group and Marsh & McLennan also jumped, both citing second-quarter profit boosts that topped analysts’ forecasts....
...O’Reilly Automotive was down 0.8 per cent to $55.15 while Advance Auto Parts was 0.1 per cent lower at $62.63....
...Insurer AIG gained 3.6 per cent to $29.10 after agreeing to sell its American Life Insurance unit, one of its overseas insurance operations, to MetLife, a US life assurer, for $15.5bn....
...The transformation is particularly palpable at Frank Crystal & Co, a boutique US financial insurance broker....
...Those standards ban multi-year guarantees and call for 40 to 60 per cent of bonuses to be deferred for several years s o that they can be clawed back if results go bad....
...“At last, a co-ordinated show of force,” said Ian Shepherdson of High Frequency Economics....
...Currently, our international students can borrow up to $40,000 each year towards tuition without a US co-signer and can borrow up to the full cost of attendance with a US co-signer....
...By mid-morning in New York, the S&P 500 had fallen 2.9 per cent to 1,215.89. led by a 3.8 per cent drop in financials....
...The S&P closed 2.9 per cent lower, 0.7 per cent above its March 10 low....
...Having said that there is a question over whether some of the insurers, which include the monoline insurers as well as other large insurance companies such as AIG, will be able to honour their insurance....
...Joined Goldman in 1986 and became a senior analyst for non-life insurance stocks in 1992. Named a managing director in 2002....
...In a further sign of convergence between insurance and the capital markets, there have been a number of initiatives to trade insurance and reinsurance risks as derivative contracts....
...Holliday Jr., Chairman and CEO, DuPont, USA Kunio Ishihara, Member of the Board, President, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co....
...Steelmakers were in strong demand, pushing the S&P Steel Index to a three-month high. US Steel climbed 4.7 per cent to $63.39, while Nucor pushed up 3 per cent to $52.67....
...Wall Street made strong advances this week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaching a fresh six-year high – to bring it within about 150 points of its all-time record – while the S&P 500 reached its...
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