24 Feb, 2012
Munich Re Risks Windstorm Risks
Munich Re has acquired coverage for US hurricane and European windstorm risks with a total volume of $75 million from Queen Street V Re Limited.
The Burmuda registered specialist insurer has in turn placed a catastrophe bond for this amount in the capital markets, maturing on 9th April 2015, and with risk modelling developed by AIR Worldwide.
The catastrophe bond is principal at-risk and has a variable rate of interest based on the risk premium and yield paid from a US money market fund which collateralises the catastrophe bond.
Loss events will be quantified on the basis of county and line-of-business-weighted market losses with respect to US Hurricane and CRESTA-zone-weighted market losses with respect to Europe Windstorm.
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24 Feb, 2012
Life Insurance
If you are wanting to get life insurance, then I bet you want to get the cheapest life insurance possible, right? The reason I say this is because most people try to do whatever they can to get cheap life insurance and most of the time it doesn’t happen. What you need to understand is that getting cheap life insurance is not always the best thing to do but if you have your heart set on it, then there are ways to make it happen.
One of the things that you need to do in order to get cheap life insurance is to first get a bunch of insurance quotes. The reason you need a bunch of insurance quotes is because you will need them to figure out which company offers the best rates. A Read more…
21 Feb, 2012
Honda Motocompo Motocompo
Its a brief case! No, its a motorcycle. No, its a well, a twenty-nine year old Honda Motocompo which, it appears, is a briefcase and a motorcycle.
Designed as part of the Honda City series, this minibike folded up and was made to fit in the trunk of your car. For those who lived in the Tokyo of those times the value of space, on the streets and inside your living room, was the impetus for the designers at Honda who came up with this tiny, 50 cc machine.
The Motocompo died and went the way of many things from its era in the early 1980s the Walkman, say, and the getup the model is wearing in the advertising photo above and its now a largely forgotten exercise in forward thinking that failed to capture the imagination of the motorcycling public.
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20 Feb, 2012
Business Business Sellers
The web is a great leveller for businesses, enabling small companies to compete with their larger rivals nowhere is this illustrated more clearly than on auction site eBay. Currently, eBay is the UKs leading eCommerce site with over 150,000 small businesses selling their wares online.
Here are some tips to help small businesses sell successfully online:
Customer service
Aside from providing the goods as advertised, good customer service is the key to repeat custom in any line of business.
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17 Feb, 2012
Tandon Tandon Information
San Jose, California – Tandon Group a global leader in the field of Technology Design, Manufacturing and Services, having offices in San Jose, CA with presence in 4 major cities in India and an employee base of over 3000, today announced the launch of Infinx Healthcare previously known as TIS BPO.
The Infinx Healthcare brand was launched to bring a singular focus on our expanding portfolio in the U.S Healthcare Billing and Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) services. As part of this re-branding, the new website has been developed to give more corporate and industry insights showcasing our vast service offering along with our commitment and confidence to the Healthcare RCM industry.
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