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Insurances: Current Challenges for a Dynamic Industry

In the following we’ll be discussing about the current opportunities and challenges faced by the insurance industry. First, what does Insurance really mean? In short, Insurance is a transfer of risk, i.e., risk is transferred from entity A (the policyholder) to entity B (the insurance carrier) in exchange for some amount of money (the premium). This deal implies that A pays to B, and afterwards entity B will bear the risk of any contingent or uncertain loss related to A’s assets and activities. This way, Insurances are essentially a form of risk management… (Continue Reading)

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The Quest for Making Money Online

The Net is full to bursting of sites about how to make money online. But what we really need to know about making money is this: Making money is not easy and All we need to make money is common sense and a well-planned approach to work. But those two points are a secret to no one. Nevertheless, it’s very frequent to find websites and blogs bragging about how much money their owners are making. And they are earning a lot with just an Internet connection, a deluxe Apple laptop, and some coconut water in a paradisiac island. You may … (Continue Reading)

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The Blogger’s Wish List (Edition 1)

Recently, I’ve thinking of replacing my old and faithful Toshiba laptop with a new and more powerful machine. I will surely keep my Toshiba in use, mostly to write articles for Life, Money & Development. However, I work as a manager for a software development company, and frequently have to run several applications that are steadily exceeding my laptop’s computing capacity. Then, it’s time to update. The question raises… what machine I should purchase? Additionally, now that I’ll have to visit the Electronics store, I think it may be a good chance to bring home some gadgets. I’m totally opposed … (Continue Reading)

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The Samurai Approach to Blogging

Nowadays, the net is inhabited by myriad (millions!) blogs. Therefore, to stand out has become more and more challenging. Some people write about excessively specialized or personal topics, which have a narrower audience. On the other hand, topics discussed in plenty of other blogs may appeal to a broader public. Moreover, themes in different blogs touch on similar concepts or ideas, or at least are loosely related. So, blogs have to compete for traffic. Positioning in search engines such as Google and Yahoo is a good example of what I’m speaking about. Thus, the question arises: how to highlight your … (Continue Reading)

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