Staring like the Rock

Searched "staring" on Google and found an explanation that said it all :)

No one can stare like the Rock / Dwayne Johnson does. Sometimes I feel he was a lot meaner and meanising when leaner in his WWE days. "Staring" :  https://g.co/kgs/xLkd8u 

The End Of Insurance Agents As We Know It

Your insurance agent is online and faceless.

Technology and innovation is changing things around us for better or worst. The one constant in all this is change, the only constant. Nothing that's old school will last and soon shall become a legacy.

The same is true for our insurance agents too i suppose. I have been managing my policies through my insurance agents for all these years. Both life policies as well as health policies. Recently I got in touch with my insurance agent who is a working professional and a part time licensed insurance agent. I was surprised to know that she had discontinued working as a agent. The Insurance provider had added a new clause asking all agents to acquire a minimum number of new policies per year to ensure that their licenses remain renewed. And the renewal will be done yearly.   

Now, this might not sound as a unreasonable demand from the Insurance provider. But look at the current climate. Private players in the insurance sector are getting more and more aggressive with innovative policies to lure the customers. To add to this, most policies can now be purchased online without much hassle. There are successful and growing services that allow not only to purchase policies from multiple providers from one location, but also do the price and feature comparison before making a purchase decision. They also identify the right policies that would suit your needs. What ever they might be.

So, now you can purchase a policy where ever you are and at what ever time of your convenience. You can research policies and buy online with just your mobile phone. Pitch that against a agent who keeps calling for appointment or cheque collection and limited options for policy purchase and you have the inevitable solution staring right at you. To make matters worst for themselves, many agents dont even sell the best suited policies to their customers as the commissions on the policies are low.

New technology does not destroy industries or professions. They just weed out the redundant, out dated and the down right ineffective (or become ineffective) methods of doing things. Today online services (like PolicyBazaar, Coverfox, Acko and more) are the new agents. Faceless, on demand,  intelligent and customer driven.

5 Quick Health Fitness Activities For Busy Professionals

"Let me say this in the beginning itself that this content was published by HDFC Ergo as a newsletter I received lately. I found it to be very useful and practical self help. The reason for sharing the same is to keep it relevant and not just become a forgotten mail sitting in the inbox only to get deleted. The original mailer is attached below without any alteration whatsoever. "

I hope you find these health tips useful.

Iconic Street Art Of Dr Dadasaheb Phalke In Mumbai

Mumbai is behind when it comes to street art. You can find a lot of street art campaigns along the Tulsi Pipe road along the Western Railways barrier walls. You will find a few here and there, which are more of a nuisance. But hardly one's that are officially created by artists.

Here's one I clicked. Its located on the corporate building of MTNL (Maharashtra Telephone Nigam Limited) and it is dedicated to the legendary Dr. Dadasaheb Phalke, the father of Indian Cinema.

Dada Saheb Phalke painted on MTNL corporate office at bandra, Mumbai. #Streetart #creative #painting #Mumbai

A photo posted by Hemant Nagwekar (@hemantnagwekar) on Jun 10, 2015 at 10:30am PDT

If you ever get a chance, visit this place. Here's how you get there.

Dr Dadasaheb Phalke

 

'The True Cost' 2015 Documentary on price paid by others for the cloths we wear

The True Cost - Documentary

A documentary by Andrew Morgan exposes the reality of the fashion and cloth manufacturing business. Globalization mean low cost for manufacturing and better profits for brands. But it also meant lower salaries, long work time and inhumane work conditions for the people who sweat it out to stitch every piece of fabric that goes into your clothing.

The documentary explores the lives of the people in the sweat shops in South and South East Asia and their daily struggle to make a living under conditions with no elbow room for freedom or fundamental rights.

A must watch documentary.