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Lloyds, Liverpool Street, and the Gherkin re-visited | black and white

Howard wrote 1 week ago: I did a bunch of scanning of some old black and white negatives the other day. Three pictures here f … more →

Tags: 30 St Mary Axe, Architecture, Black and White, film, film scanning, HP5, Lloyds Building, London, Olympus iS-3000

Swiss Re CEO expects higher premiums in 2010

writejesse wrote 3 weeks ago: Dow Jones Newswires: “Swiss Reinsurance Co. Chief Executive Stefan Lippe said Thursday market … more →

Tags: reinsurance

Swiss Re returns strong profit in third quarter

lupelasano wrote 1 month ago: ZURICH (AFP) – Swiss Re, one of the world’s biggest reinsurers, on Tuesday returned to s … more →

Tags: Business, Profit

Corporate Environmental Responsibility in the Era of Climate Change

Jon Ehrenfeld wrote 2 months ago: The recent flurry of withdrawals from the United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC) by the likes of b … more →

Tags: Apple, Carbon Neutral, Chamber of Commerce, climate change, Corporate Responsibility, Deutsche Bank, Emissions, Environment, Green Business

Insurance for flights

Arhopala Bazaloides wrote 5 months ago: From BS: Private carrier Kingfisher Airlines has had to pay around 37 per cent higher premium to ren … more →

Tags: India, Calamity, Economy, Business, statistical correlations, Air India, icici lombard, AiG, kingfisher, airlines

Young Aussies not afraid of business risk2 comments

Mark Tayar wrote 6 months ago: Young Australian business leaders apparently take more risks than our Asian counterparts. According … more →

Tags: Commentary, Fast Starters, Young Australian Entrepreneurs, business risk, BRW

Life Insurance - Minding The Gap1 comment

bengardner wrote 6 months ago: For the fifth successive year, Swiss Re reported a Life Assurance Protection Gap which, measured in … more →

Tags: Life Insurance, PPI, PAYMENT PROTECTION INSURANCE, Life Assurance, income protection, protection gap, Gardner Finance Ltd, iht, Inheritance Tax

Berkshire Hathaway 2009 Q1 Results

investmentblogger wrote 7 months ago: On Friday May 8 2009, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A / BRK.B) reported 2009 1st quarter earnings: - Profi … more →

Tags: Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Conoco Phillips, Geico Corp, General Re Corp

General Electric, Health Care, and Offshore Banking.

catsden wrote 7 months ago: When I read this particular story last week Obama Takes Aim at Offshore Tax Havens last week, this p … more →

Tags: financial institutions, Politics, Opinionated cat, internet medicine, Banks, obama, Economic Recovery Advisory Board, Jeffrey Immelt, General Electric

AIG and CV Starr: The Spies Who Shagged Us1 comment

sop81_1 wrote 8 months ago: They knew which factories to burn, which bridges to blow up, which cargo ships could be sunk in good … more →

Tags: Insurance, reinsurance, AiG, Steve, OSS, World Warr II

Be Sure to Mark Your Calendars....7 comments

sop81_1 wrote 8 months ago: Dr Ed Duett of Mississippi State has all the finest insurance crooks coming to speak at MSU’s … more →

Tags: Insurance, Sop, Claims Dumping, Claims Handling, Mike Chaney, Allstate, bad faith, George Dale, State Farm

Man- and- nature- made- catastrohy1 comment

wordfish wrote 9 months ago: -english excerpt: The swiss assurance "Swiss RE" issued a statistic about "Castastrophes of 2008". C … more →

Tags: Aktuell, 2008, birma, Burma, Man made and nature made, Myanmar, Nargis

Swiss Re shareholders approve all proposals put forward by the Board of Directors at the 145th Annual General Meeting

maciekmaciek5 wrote 9 months ago: Swiss Re shareholders approve all proposals put forward by the Board of Directors at the 145th Annua … more →

Tags: Swiss Re shareholders approve all proposals put forward, Annual General, Directors at the 145th, Swiss, approve all, The Board, of Directors at

News from the cat house......1 comment

sop81_1 wrote 9 months ago: Time is short so I’ll not offer much analysis and what analysis I offer is in the form of the … more →

Tags: Insurance, Weather Modeling, Sop, reinsurance, Transparency, regulation, Cat bonds, Economics & Finance, tarp

Take it from someone who lost everything in 2005

sop81_1 wrote 10 months ago: The sun will come up tomorrow and the next day. Still in all working at AIG, Swiss Re or the Hartfor … more →

Tags: Sop, Economics & Finance, AiG, toxic paper, Allstate, the hartford, Subprime; Cat Bonds; Toxic Paper

Anyone else curious why Allstate's SPE WillowRe's bonds are trading at half their par value?3 comments

sop81_1 wrote 10 months ago: Russell emailed me the answer and as is typical of what Russell digs up on complex securities and de … more →

Tags: Sop, reinsurance, Allstate, Cat bonds, Economics & Finance, toxic paper, Allstate; Willow RE, Subprime; Cat Bonds; Toxic Paper, Asset Backed Securities (ABS)

On Assignment - with the Entrepreneurs

Mike wrote 1 year ago: I recently shot for an up-and-coming FOREX company called Rational FX.  Having started out only thre … more →

Tags: On Assignment, Commercial, Portraits, media kit, CEO, Power, Portrait, north room, Photo

11/08/2008 06:47

katetakesphotos wrote 1 year ago: The Seventeenth floor … more →

Tags: London, tower block, View, landscape, Urban, summer, cloud, The Gherkin, 30 st marys ax

The Seventeenth Floor 10/08/2008 13:40

katetakesphotos wrote 1 year ago: … more →

Tags: London, tower block, View, landscape, Urban, summer, cloud, The Gherkin, 30 st marys ax


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