EconomPic: “Japanese Wages in Record Plunge”
This is what happens to the people who make the stuff we used to buy.
Scary Chart of the Day – August 4, 2009
business
Another New Link! (sorry, not a remote underwriting job site)
I’ve added a link to the US Courts website page on the basics of bankruptcy.
Read up. You’ll be underwriting a lot more bankruptcy cases in the years to come.
SCOR Update – July 22, 2009
XL Re Life Goes To SCOR – Companies/Financial – Life and Health Insurance News
“This small acquisition . . . proves that SCOR is able to profit from market opportunities in the current environment,” SCOR Chairman Denis Kessler says in a statement.
No, this small acquisition proves you can make a small acquisition. XL Re Life America in Stamford, CT had $31.2 million in premiums in 2008.
Scary Chart of the Day – July 17, 2009
Underwriters need to pay attention to statistics like these for financial underwriting purposes
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…
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