The Lloyd’s Building, at 1 Lime Street in London, is the vital, dynamic heart of the London insurance market, as well as the historic center of the global insurance industry. The D&O Diary is on assignment in the U.K. this week, and one of the high points of the business itinerary was a tour
The Travel Issue: London Edition
The D&O Diary is on assignment in the British Isles this week, with the first stop on the itinerary in London. The London sojourn represented a return engagement to a familiar and favorite place, both for myself and for my 18 year-old son, who accompanied me.
Because we have seen most of the major
The Tech Issue: Apropos of iPad Apps
With a relatively recent purchase of an iPad 2, I have made a quantum leap in technology utilization. The iPad is not only a brilliant piece of technology in and of itself, but it is also a platform for a host of brilliant applications. Indeed, there are so many nifty applications that using my iPad
Baseball, Crazy, Baseball: We’re Going to Game Seven
Did you go to bed in the Seventh Inning when Adrian Beltre and Nelson Cruz hit back to back jacks for the Rangers and the Rangers also added an additional insurance run to go up 7-4 in the Seventh Inning?
Did you go to bed in the Eighth Inning when Mike Adams of the
The Top 25 Business Law Blogs of 2011
Everyone here at The D&O Diary is very proud that this blog has been named as one of the LexisNexis Top 25 Business Law Blogs for 2011 by the LexisNexis Corporate & Securities Law Community. The complete list of this year’s designees can be found here.
We are flattered and honored that our
The Hotel Issue
I inhabit a world in which hotels loom unfortunately large. During many work weeks, I spend more nights in hotels than at home. Many of these hotel nights involve nondescript rooms in cookie-cutter chain hotels. These chain hotels are neither good nor bad, merely boring. They are so lacking in distinctiveness that often I am
The Travel Issue
The D&O Diary is on assignment in Europe this week. The first stop on the Continental itinerary was Amsterdam.I had never been to Amsterdam before, but I have traveled to Northern Europe quite a bit, so when I packed I made sure to load up on sweatshirts and a fleece. And an umbrella. As it
The Single Best Night of Baseball Ever?
Three minutes. That’s how long it was between the dramatic moment that clutch Baltimore Oriole hitter Robert Andino drove in Nolan Reimold from second base, bringing about the victory of the Baltimore Orioles over the hapless Boston Red Sox, and the dramatic moment just seconds later that Evan Longorio hit a home run to push
A Blogger’s Reflections
In a few days I will celebrate the fifth anniversary of the day I published my first post on this blog. I had no idea what was going to follow after that first post, but having come so far after so long, it seemed appropriate on this occasion to reflect on the enterprise. It has
Interview with Susan Beck of The American Lawyer
One of the great things about having this blog is that it has brought me into contact with a wide variety of interesting people, among them other bloggers, journalists, academics and writers. Among the interesting people I have come to know is Susan Beck, who is not only a Senior Writer for The American Lawyer