Sampathkumar Sampath
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Sampspeak - the thoughts of an Insurer
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a Blog on Insurance especially Marine Insurance, Sports and Current Affairs
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Enterprise Act 2016 ~ Insurers Will Have to Pay for Delay (in UK)
Enactments get refined with passage of time. A Govt. Press release states that the UK’s 5.4 million businesses are set to benefit as the Enterprise Bill receive... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2017 SOCIETY -
Saahore Bahubali ~ Insurable Risks ~ Bahubali, the Conclusion !!
Insurers take care of risks ~ not all risks are insurable. Ideally, some basic criteria of risks being definite, financially measurable, not too unique posing... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2017 SOCIETY -
MV Rangatira Stranded in Timaru for 2 Years Ordered to Be Sold !!
The name sounding more of a South Indian name attracted me, it eventually turned out to have no connection at all ! Timaru is a port city in the southern... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2017 SOCIETY -
Hoof of Famous Horse Marengo Found After Almost 2 Centuries !!
It had been languishing in a plastic bag at the back of a kitchen drawer in a Somerset farmhouse once owned by the wealthy family and dates back to 1815 !!... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2017 SOCIETY -
EU Migrant Crisis ~Chinese to Blame Says EU Commissioner for Migration !!
Dimitris Avramopoulos is a Greek politician of the conservative New Democracy party, and former career diplomat,in news now. After serving various high-level... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2017 SOCIETY -
Remembering the Revolutionary Pritilata Waddedar
Remember that there was a scene in Rajnikant starrer Maaveeran, where a British soldier would like natives to dogs and would say that both dogs and natives are... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2017 SOCIETY -
Banganapalli Mango Gets GI Tag : பங்கனப்பள்ளி மாம்பழம்
** பெரிய மாக்கனி, பலாக்கனி,... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2017 SOCIETY -
Rahul Tripathi's Rains Boundaries; Puyol to Launch Sales & Kheleo ??
Engrossed in IPL ? - do you know or heard of ‘Kheleo’ (what ?) or Carles Puyol set to launch ticket sales ?? (honestly I read about them just now !! Read more
Posted on 04 May 2017 SOCIETY -
Dazzling Headlights ~ Dumb Deer ! Older You Are, More Changes You Get !!
The phrase – ‘be like a deer caught in the headlights’ – would mean : to be so frightened or surprised that one cannot move or think. Read more
Posted on 02 May 2017 SOCIETY -
Which Font Do You Use ?? ~ Dubai Becomes First City to Have Its Own Font
Do you know what groups : Aabohi, Amudham, Anangu, Bamini, Boopalam, Eelanadu, Jaffna, Kalki, Kalaimakal, Keeravani, Kilavi, Nagananthini, Azhagi, .. .. .. Read more
Posted on 02 May 2017 SOCIETY -
Fail Fast, Fail Often ~ Experiments Do Fail; Thermocol Puts TN Minister in Meme...
In 1941, researchers in Dow's Chemical Physics Lab found a way to make foamed polystyrene. Led by Ray McIntire, they rediscovered a method first used by... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2017 SOCIETY -
Cassini Begins Its Final Dive - in & out of Saturn's Rings !!
If you live away from a City or visit a village, the great opportunity is ‘star gazing’ in the night – away from city light refractions, you can easily spot mor... Read more
Posted on 26 April 2017 SOCIETY -
RCB : Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, AB De Villiers ~ All out for 49 in 9.4 Overs !!
7 0 1 8 9 8 2 0 2 5 0 7 ~ and this entry of Umpires did not look any innovative to me ! The game of Cricket has undergone many and varied changes since its... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2017 SOCIETY -
Haryana Impersonated Alleges Anju George ~ 14th National Youth Athletics...
In Big bash league, in the commentary box, former Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds tried impersonating the Yorkshire accent of former England batsman... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2017 SOCIETY -
Vistadome Coach at Araku Valley ! - Kilimanjaro Machu Picchu ..
The Incas were brutally conquered in the 16th century by the Spanish, who made Peru one of the capitals of their empire, and sent a steady stream of gold and... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2017 SOCIETY -
Elephant Calf Comes Calling Home .. .. ....
‘depredation’ ~ (noun) would mean an act of attacking or plundering. This word is often associated with the ravage/ raid and resultant damage caused by... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2017 SOCIETY -
Famous Jeweller of Dehradun Sentenced for Holding Bank Account in Swiss !!
In early 2011, several reports Indian media alleged Swiss Bankers Association officials to have said that the largest depositors of illegal foreign money in... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2017 SOCIETY -
United Air Gets People off Air and is in News !!!
Even today, we feel that Train travel is for the masses and elites travel by air ! – till a couple of decades ago, the most arduous part was standing in long... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2017 SOCIETY -
Heritage Home Damaged by Fire at Dorset ~ What is Indemnity ??
‘And near that day one of his soldiers with his sword casually killed Lady Strode in that same place.’ - So wrote A. R. Bayley in his book, The Great Civil War... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2017 SOCIETY -
Liability of Railway Company for Missing Goods ! ~ Interesting Judgement
When processing a quote for Marine transit ~ the first Q of a Marine Underwriter is the mode of transit. Generally, it is Road / Rail / Sea / Air – by Sea, it... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2017 SOCIETY