Civil War, Slavery, and the Quest for a Color-Blind Society
The American dream… the great job, the picked white fence and the happy faces. People from around the globe have come to the United States to make the dream a reality. But for the dream to exist in the first place,…
Civil Disobedience vs. Moral Freedom: Thoreau, King, and Plato
Conflict between Civil Obedience and Moral Freedom (Free Will and Personal Conscience) in the Discourses of Henry Thoreau, Martin Luther King, and Plato
Strategic Management and Culture in the Bahamian Insurance Industry
The Bahamian insurance industry is divided into two main braches: one domestic, one captive and each operate without regard to the other, overseen by their own act of Parliament (Oxford, 2009). Within this field, around 100 companies are engaged in business, the bulk of them working as brokers, with just a few working as underwriters, working closely together when they do (Oxford, 2009). There appears to be a system of checks in place: agents aren't able to underwrite, and companies cannot engage in sales pitches to prospective customers directly (Oxford, 2009).