Underwriters need to pay attention to statistics like these for financial underwriting purposes
Scary Chart of the Day – July 17, 2009
business
Creepy Picture of the Day – July 14, 2009
The roof of an airplane in flight from the INSIDE
I stumbled upon an interesting blog written by an airline dork (his words, not mine). It’s only interesting if you like this sort of stuff. The picture is courtesy of an unidentified passenger who took the picture and posted it to Twitter right after sunshine began poking through the roof.
Read the entire article by clicking the following link.
The Cranky Flier – Airlines|Airports|Air Travel Blog
I was doing research on the relationship of airlines outsourcing their maintenance and accidents.
Don’t ask.
Creepy Statistic of the Day – July 13, 2009
I got the following from an email sent by Workforce Recruiting:
NORTH AMERICAN RETAINED SEARCH REVENUE GROWTH VS. YEAR EARLIER
(Percentage change)
| Q1 ’08 |
Q2 ’08 |
Q3 ’08 |
Q4 ’08 |
Q1 ’09 |
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| Korn/Ferry Intl. | 9.6% | 9.1% | -2.2% | -29.5% | -42.8% | |
| Heidrick & Struggles Intl. | -7.3 | -1.4 | -0.2 | -14.7 | -40.0 | |
| Total | 1.9 | 4.1 | -1.3 | -23.1 | -41.7 | |
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Scary Chart of the Day – July 11, 2009
Having fun with numbers.
EconomPic: The “Exhaustion Rate” Underestimates the Issue
Read this blog article to gain a deeper understanding of how bad things really are.
Lincoln Update – July 10, 2009
5th Annual Cow Appreciation Day – July 10, 2009
Chick-fil-A Cow Appreciation Day
Dress like a cow. Get free food.
Scary Chart of the Day
Let's all stop shopping at the same time
Since the Great Crash of 2009 I’ve often wondered if we are experiencing a run of the mill type of recession or something else. I’ve also thought a lot about large scale fundamental shifts in behavior, like if everyone stopped shopping at the same time. Now I think about whether or not consumer behavior has permanently changed?
If the answer to this is yes…
6.0 305 lbs + Sleep Apnea = Standard!
Buy Now! Rates are Rising!
Good Time To Refinance Term Life Insurance – Courant.com
Here’s another article on rising term rates in the industry. If this type of reporting continues, there should be a huge spike in term insurance sales by the 4Q of this year.
Term Life Rates Rising
How to Cope With Rising Life Insurance Rates – Kiplinger.com
Not an extremely informative article but a snapshot of what the mainstream consumer financial press is reporting on the long awaited upswing in term insurance rates.
lifeunderwriter.net 
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