February 06, 2013 economics politics How should countries react to a recession? I seem to be getting into the habit of putting disclaimers at the top of my posts: for the purposes of this discussion, I'm going to ass...
February 04, 2013 personal Melbourne: one year on I read once that there is a Native American tribe who believe that when you travel, your soul follows you at walking pace. This imagery has ...
February 02, 2013 politics I don't get the whole Julian Assange thing I'm not going to write about whether the Wikileaks thing was right or not... that just seems like too much of a can of worms and I have ...
January 30, 2013 economics Cellar Door and Farm Gate Pricing Once upon a time, winemakers and farmers used to sell their goods at discounted prices at the place of production. This made good sense; by ...
January 23, 2013 meta What's with the blog title? I could just Google it for you , but in case you were wondering I'll make it easy. Gell-Mann Amnesia is the name given by Michael Cric...
January 22, 2013 Hawk-Eye I was at the Australian Open tennis last night (quarter final between Djokovic and Berdych, not a bad match) and found myself wondering abou...
November 13, 2011 Insurance The Structure of an Insurance Policy--How to Read It (Part 8 of 8) PART 8—HOW TO READ THE POLICY Assuming you’ve read Parts 1–7 and are still interested in reading your policy, this post is, in my opinion (a...
November 13, 2011 Insurance The Structure of an Insurance Policy--The Endorsements (Part 7 of 8) PART 7—POLICY STRUCTURE The Endorsements Finally, the last pieces of a policy are the Endorsements. These are the other pieces of paper yo...
November 13, 2011 Insurance The Structure of an Insurance Policy--The Conditions (Part 6 of 8) PART 6—POLICY STRUCTURE The Conditions So far in these policy-structure posts, I’ve referenced Twilight and quoted Lee Corso—I’m impressed y...
November 13, 2011 Insurance The Structure of an Insurance Policy--The Definitions (Part 5 of 8) PART 5—POLICY STRUCTURE The Definitions Have you noticed in the previous posts that I keep putting quotes around certain words ( e.g. , ...
November 13, 2011 Insurance The Structure of an Insurance Policy--The Exclusions (Part 4 of 8) PART 4—POLICY STRUCTURE The Exclusions After reading your Insuring Clauses, you might be thinking: “This policy is great! I’ll never have to...
November 13, 2011 Insurance The Structure of an Insurance Policy--The Insuring Clause (Part 3 of 8) PART 3—POLICY STRUCTURE The Insuring Clauses The Insuring Clause is part of the policy that tells you what it does—what it covers. For examp...
November 13, 2011 Insurance The Structure of an Insurance Policy--The Dec Page (Part 2 of 8) PART 2—POLICY STRUCTURE The Dec Page Picking up from my last post, my next several are on the particular parts of a common policy. It’s ...
November 13, 2011 Insurance The Structure of an Insurance Policy--General Overview (Part 1 of 8) Have you ever actually read through your insurance policy? If so, you’re a masochist; welcome to the club. If not, congratulations—you’ve sa...