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There are a couple of players that are what I call real insurance companies, and they got out there early and did the right thing. Then there are other players that are more interested in just collecting the premiums and not in resolving claims or issues when they occur. But on balance, given how large and impressive this event was, I would give the industry high marks. Public perception is very influenced by lawsuits that a few people have filed. But if you talk to people in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, there's a much greater level of satisfaction...
...great American Dream. The industry will be just fine. But much better preparedness and a much better way of dealing with these catastrophic events would go a huge way toward not just improving the image of the industry but making people feel like they are ready when these events occur...
...that pain in your stomach the morning after the night you can’t remember (See Scorpion Bowl). Lamont Library: 1. The most social place to study, Lamont offers comfy chairs and textbooks on reserve for all those readings you missed; too bad no studying will ever occur here. 2. Home of the language lab for those suffering through the first-year foreign language requirement. 3. During reading period, you will spend hours here surfing Facebook.com and watching Sam Teller ’08 climb on desks. Lampoon: 1. A semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used...
...there is one part of the air safety system that has proven stubbornly resistant and where mistakes continue to occur: on the ground. The deadliest crash in aviation history occurred in 1977 when two Boeing 747s collided in the Canary Islands, killing 583 people. And even the best airlines in the world have had problems on the ground - in 2000 a 747 flown by Singapore Airlines on its way to Los Angeles crashed on takeoff in Taipei, Taiwan, when a pilot headed down what was a closed runway and plowed into construction equipment. Planes don't run into each other...
...Katrina to help corporate clients implement contingency plans ahead of natural disasters. He has taken his unapologetic message to Congress. Testifying in February, he blamed his bosses at the Department of Homeland Security for FEMA's response to Katrina and urged "corrective action" so that "disasters don't occur in the future." "If we don't learn from this, then shame on us," he said in an interview with NBC. "I will have been scapegoated for nothing...