Throwing out the 'average clause'
Globe Insurance Company, providers of property and liability coverage, has pioneered a policy that throws out the 'average clause', which its research has identified as a disincentive to the property-insurance market.
Globe Insurance gives Homeowners 'Choices'
Insure the roof of your house only - if that is what you want. Globe Insurance Company, one month ahead of the hurricane season, has launched a policy product that gives homeowners the choice of covering the risk they associate with their homes, and not necessarily the entire property for its full value.
Insurance Helpline - A thief plus a bunch of idiots cause two years of hell
Question: I had a single vehicle accident in July 2006. The repairer told me to report it to my insurers. His estimate amounted to $413,000. The adjuster revised it to $503,390. A cheque in the sum of $251,750 was delivered to the repairer on October 25 to buy the parts. Two months later, the car was not repaired. There was evidence of dishonesty.
The quest for a paperless office - A marriage of e-management systems and the shredder
Management consultant Glen Gill calls himself an evangelist of the paperless age, a quest that, he says, is reflected in the set-up of his offices at Infogroup Limited, a software consultancy firm at the Technology Innovation Centre. Gill says he has no photocopiers, no high-speed printers; but you will find, beside his desk, a shredder.
Virtualisation, a budget cushion for companies
A dramatic shift is taking place in the computing world that has been enabling the most advanced IT departments to manage services in a new way, giving companies more effective methods of managing their budgets.
An increasingly bitter divide over the EPA
They reflect an increasingly bitter divide over the benefits and failings of what has been negotiated, as well as providing an opportunity for long-held political, academic and personal animosities to be deployed in a very public way.
Thailand suggests OPEC-style rice cartel
Asian countries sought Friday to tame the spiralling rice market, with Thailand proposing an OPEC-style cartel for exporters and the Philippines shoring up supplies while aiming to end its status as the world's largest importer.
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