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Using Virtual Tools To Rebuild “Ghost Neighborhoods”

The Horizons Tracker

” Going back in time The researchers used data from the Sanborn Fire Insurance maps, which are hand-constructed maps of all American cities that were created for fire insurance purposes. The maps allow the team to reconstruct what neighborhoods look like at the building level.

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Starting a Business for the Post-Pandemic World

Strategy Driven

American Express – The credit card company that originally delivered parcels across the country. The Importance of Insurance. One thing that the pandemic has certainly shown is the importance of insurance. However, if they bought wedding cancel or postponement insurance, they were certainly breathing a sigh of relief.

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Top Tips For Starting A Courier Business

Strategy Driven

For example, decide whether you will charge less for letter delivery than you would for a heavier parcel. Check Your Insurance. Make sure that you have insurance that is suitable for a courier company. Make sure you insure the contents of your office as well as your vehicles and your employees.

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No Jab, No Job: Major companies take a hard line on mandated vaccinations

HR Digest

Anthem: The healthcare insurance company is requiring employees to get vaccinated to enter its headquarters or other open offices. It is also the first health insurer to offer financial incentives to employees for getting inoculated. UPS: United Parcel Service will require employees in certain U.S. Starting Oct.

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How the Insurance Industry Can Push Us to Prepare for Climate Change

Harvard Business Review

It might seem, then, that private insurance can be of little help in addressing climate change. There’s concern that for-profit insurers won’t want to insure risky properties, and that individuals won’t have the wherewithal to buy insurance plans in the first place. Dating back to at least F.

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What to Do When Your Future Strategy Clashes with Your Present

Harvard Business Review

The new-growth areas MedStar mapped out included entering the general-population health insurance business as well as creating a major presence in ambulatory care – that is, outpatient locations aimed at preempting visits to the places where nearly all of its 30,000 employees currently worked.

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The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies

Harvard Business Review

United Parcel Service. Direct Line Insurance Group. Technology. American Express. Consumer Goods. Standard Life. Barratt Developments. Consumer Goods. Online Retail. General Motors. Automotive. Hilton Hotels & Resorts. Travel & Tourism. Telecommunications. MasterCard. Vodafone Group. Telecommunications. Kingfisher. Automotive.