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Rome Notes: Art and Patronage, Then and Now; Angelico's Agility
Papal and Royal Works Prompt a Recurring Question
By Elizabeth Lev
ROME, FEB. 26, 2004 - Discussion and speculation in the Roman world of art and patronage has resurfaced. At noon on Feb. 12 King Juan Carlos of Spain joined Italy's President Azeglio Ciampi in personally inaugurating an art exhibition at the Scuderie Papali, titled "Vel�zquez, Bernini and Luca Giordano at the Baroque Courts."
This show illustrates the close ties between the great royal families of the 17th century: Phillip IV and Charles II of Spain, Louis XIV of France and Leopold I of Austria and their commissioning of specific artists to portray the ideals of their respective reigns.
Vel�zquez formally greets visitors to the exhibition hall with his stiff portraits of Phillip IV and Marianna of Austria. These are astutely balanced on the opposite wall with the lively and piercing images of don Antonio, court dwarf and courtier don Diego de Acedo.
Seemingly outclassed on the billboards as the least known of the three artists, Luca Giordano is the surprise of the show.
This Neapolitan painter's large, bright canvasses rivet the viewer with graphic representations of Apollo flaying Marsyas, and Arachne transformed into a spider. Placed next to the bland, weak-featured portraits of Charles II, the juxtaposition warns those who would challenge their superiors. A stern lesson enlivened by the exuberant drama of southern Italy.
Further along, shimmering silk tapestries shot through with gold thread remind us of Louis XIV's (the Sun King) exemplary use of art as a vehicle of royal propaganda.
But on finishing a walk of the exhibition hall one notes a glaring omission.
The duty of monarchs to beautify their realms started here in Rome, at the papal court. The pontifical court recognized the necessity to use art to communicate not only with the populace of Rome, but with the thousands of pilgrims from all over the world who came to this city. The brilliant mosaics of Santa Maria Maggiore, the astounding frescos of the Sistine Chapel, the monumental statues of St. Peter's still inspire the same awe today that the pilgrim of 500 years ago felt.
Papal commissions were, in fact, the training ground for all three of the artists featured in this show. In Rome, Bernini, Vel�zquez and Luca Giordano developed their distinctive techniques designed to capture viewers' attention. The capital of the Christian world became the exemplar for other aspiring capital cities.
One does encounter a somewhat disjointed representation of the papacy of the 17th century on the upper floor, primarily through the commissions of Popes Innocent X Pamfili (1644-1655) and Alexander VII Chigi (1655-1667). Some of the arrangement falls under the heading of the "Bernini spirituality" where several of Bernini's late works are arrayed, including "The Savior" reputed to be Bernini's last work.
An ironic note -- the beautiful exhibition site, "Le scuderie papali," was built under Pope Innocent XIII as stables to the neighboring papal palace on the Quirinal Hill. This was the papal residence from 1580 until 1870 when the victorious Italian state annexed the palace and Pope Pius IX was sent packing back to Vatican City.
King Juan Carlos lent many works from the Spanish royal collection to this show. Bernini's bronze crucifix from the Escorial, the royal monastery, has never left Spain until now. The vision of the King of Spain strolling through an exhibition embellished by his private art works provided perhaps the most intriguing element of the day, sparking thoughts of patrons, proprietors and the responsibility to encourage national culture.
Walking through the crowd at the opening, I overheard some observers remark with delight that most of these great artists featured in the European courts were Italian, as well as speculations of a more economic nature regarding the costs involved in such projects. All were impressed by the organizational effort involved and a few sharpened their wit with unflattering representations of monarchs. Yet the recurring question was "Could this be done today?"
I asked Raffaele Ranucci, president of Pala-expo and one of the principal forces in bringing all these works together, about the long history of art and patronage in Spain and Italy and how these two culturally rich nations were responding to the challenges of patronage today.
Waving back through the hall he responded, "This is modern patronage. Exporting our culture to the rest of the world and finding common points of cultural reference among the countries of Europe."
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A Model Artist
The subject of patronage came up again at the Feb. 18 general audience on the feast of Blessed Fra Angelico.
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After retiring several years ago as a forensic analyst who specialized in detecting illicit drugs, Fabio Moscher wasn't sure what he wanted to do next, so he decided to volunteer.
Mr. Moscher, now turning 70, contacted the branch of Habitat for Humanity near his home in Whitby, Ont.
He started taking inventory at the volunteer building organization's local ReStore, which sells recycled building materials, but with his background in engineering (albeit chemical engineering), his energy and interest in doing more, he ended up going twice to El Salvador with volunteer teams to build houses.
"I get a lot more out of it than just the idea of giving help," Mr. Moscher says. "I enjoy the company, the people. We all look after each other."
Mr. Moscher is hardly alone among retired Canadians who volunteer their time and work. But he's not in the majority, either. According to Statistics Canada, only 36 per cent of Canada's seniors put in volunteer time in 2010, a lower percentage than any other age group.
Aging and declining health may be partly responsible for seniors' relatively low participation rate. There are also structural, psychological and business-related barriers that inhibit retirees from doing more, Adele Robertson says.
Ms. Robertson, a Toronto resident in her 70s, started a consulting business called The V Generation that advises businesses and not-for-profits how to get the most out of volunteers.
"Over the years I observed that people in the corporate sector who retired got past the 'honeymoon' stage and entered the 'disillusion' stage," says Ms. Robertson, who worked as a corporate sponsorship director at Toronto's Harbourfront before retiring in 2000.
"People get very lost. A lot of people lose their sense of self worth. For years they have been wrapped up in their careers and that's who they think they are.
"It dawned on me that lots of people are retiring and don't know what to do with themselves. Also, the voluntary sector was not as well-prepared as it could be for what to do with new volunteers," she says.
Indeed, a 2012 survey of Ontario by Volunteer Canada, a national umbrella group for the sector, found that 19 per cent of individuals interviewed said they did not know how to get involved as volunteers, 21 per cent did not get the results they expected and 19 per cent said they felt underutilized. While not all the volunteers surveyed in the report were retirees, Ms. Robertson believes that older Canadians are a rich, untapped resource.
"We work with both corporations and not-for-profits, with groups of five to eight people," she explains. Ms. Robertson's pitch to the corporate sector is that keeping retired workers happy and productive, while off the payroll, helps minimize costs to the employer's retiree benefit plan.
"From a corporate point of view, a lot of companies spend a lot on acquisition and retention of employees, but not a lot on when they leave except to pay out benefits," she says.
For the not-for-profits, the benefits are obvious – they get experienced help. Organizations can be more strategic about how they use retiree volunteers, Ms. Robertson adds.
"You might have been an accountant all your life and they shove you in a place where you work with numbers. But it may be a part of your own value system that you always wanted to work with disenfranchised youth, or aboriginals."
When engaged by a company or a not-for-profit, V Generation works with small groups of prospective volunteers, meeting with them and having them fill out online questionnaires to help them figure out what they would most like to do.
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Sovereign have announced that on the 19th of October there will be premium changes to their Life, Disability Income and Living Assurance products. This table outlines the increases:
Posted by Kelly Pulham on October 08, 2015 at 12:41 PM in Pricing and Premiums, Quotemonster, Sovereign, Web/Tech, Weblogs | Permalink
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ANZ's trauma product has been revised with a number of policy wording changes, the only change with a score impact is the addition of triple-vessel angioplasty to the range of trauma conditions.
Posted by Russell Hutchinson on October 08, 2015 at 08:55 AM in ANZ, Bancassurance, Product features, Quality Product Research | Permalink
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Here's a link to the Heart Foundations BMI calculator. Although BMI calculators abound this is good for New Zealand insurance advisers because it is a New Zealand site, and contains more relevant local information.
Posted by Russell Hutchinson on October 07, 2015 at 11:36 AM in Underwriting, Web/Tech | Permalink
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Investment News NZ reports on KiwiSaver at eight years. Link.
Posted by Russell Hutchinson on October 07, 2015 at 07:38 AM in Advisers, KiwiSaver | Permalink
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Pricing Changes
The most interesting change in the overall package is a new discount structure. An old discount structure mainly focused on income protection and mortgage protection benefits has been removed and a new variable discount structure of up to 12.5% has been implemented covering life plus Trauma, Income Protection, Health, and TPD. This probably provides more incentive to broaden the cover base for a client across a range of covers, and offers at least some discount to those that choose not to take Income Protection, which is a substantial majority, sadly.
Other pricing news
We will review the full impact of the pricing changes in the premium comparison tool for insurers. The pricing will be live on the 12th of October on Quotemonster.
Product Changes
New Product Names
AIA will be renaming product set to REAL before each product name. e.g. REAL Life Cover, REAL Trauma Cover. The Product naming will be launched 30 September and rolled out over time
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Pre-launch and Enhancement of Product: Loss of Earnings Premier
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Total and Permanent Disability Cover - Business
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All the product changes are being rated and will be reflected in AIA product ratings from 12 October.
Posted by Russell Hutchinson on October 06, 2015 at 03:38 PM in Advisers, AIA, Income Protection, Life insurance, Pricing and Premiums, Product features, TPD, Trauma | Permalink
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Don Brash, former Governor of the Reserve Bank, has criticised the decision to have the RBNZ act as prudential supervisor for insurers:
"I for the life of me cannot see the logic of the RBNZ supervising insurance companies at all."
His comments focused on the possible increase in moral hazard as government increases supervision requirements. He used the words 'taking responsibility' for insurers.
Our interactions with staff at RBNZ managing the regime has always found them to be very careful about exactly what they are, and are not, responsible for. One of the earliest actions I can recall was when I passed on details of a website which stated (erroneously) that the RBNZ acted as a backstop if an insurer goes broke. It was a matter of hours before the Bank contacted the website owner and got them to change the offending content.
You can read more at this link, in the interest.co.nz article by Jenée Tibshraeny
Posted by Russell Hutchinson on October 06, 2015 at 11:27 AM in Reserve Bank of New Zealand | Permalink
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It has been a very busy time for product changes. In overview we have seen the following changes implemented in a rush in the last few weeks. Some only become effective later this month, but have been announced. Here is a summary list:
We will profile in depth each of the changes and provide links to more details over the coming week.
Posted by Russell Hutchinson on October 05, 2015 at 11:23 AM in Advisers, AIA, AMP, ANZ, Fidelity, nib, Pricing and Premiums, Product features, Quality Product Research, Weblogs | Permalink
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On September 24th Pinnacle Life announced the appointment of Michael Murphy as Director. You can view his public profile on LinkedIn.
Posted by Russell Hutchinson on October 05, 2015 at 09:47 AM in Direct Insurance, Pinnacle Life | Permalink
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The shift to new media is real. I asked in the office yesterday to get someone to name a media company. The first name was Netflix. This chart confirms the trend as a global shift:
In my house the shift to new media happened quite a while ago. When we did our renovations we built a media room downstairs and never put a TV in the lounge upstairs, we meant to, but never got around to it. That was the end of 'casual' TV watching. But we have two family PCs in the home office, the eldest child has a laptop, another has a Chromebook, and there is an Ipad knocking around as well. We all have smartphones. Now on-demand services are consumed in great preference to broadcast services, except when there is a really big game of rugby or cricket that we all want to watch!
This has an impact on how advertisers reach people. I should not, however, suggest that advertising is dying. It isn't: we receive many more advertising messages, and many that are better targeted than before, but it does take a bit more thought. Link.
Posted by Russell Hutchinson on October 05, 2015 at 07:47 AM in Film, Financial Trends, Web/Tech | Permalink
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On 16 October Jeff Watling from Fidelity Life will be playing 100 holes of golf in a single day to raise money for the LBC as part of a Fidelity Life team.
Every day six children and adults in New Zealand are diagnosed with a blood cancer like leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma. LBC is the national charity dedicated to supporting patients and their families, this support that can last months or even years. LBC receives no government funding, so the Fidelity Life team has set a goal of trying to raise $5,000 to support this great cause.
If you would like to make a donation to their team then please click here.
Posted by Kelly Pulham on October 03, 2015 at 01:00 PM | Permalink
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A number of advisers have been asking us if Quality Product Research has a rating for ASB's Easy Life and Living Insurance. They do not, but it is likely that one will be added to the research database soon. In the meantime you are welcome to look at the policy document at this link. A key point to note is the pre-existing conditions exclusion.
If you have any comments or suggestions about rating products with pre-existing conditions exclusions please let us know - there are several on the market right now and the approach will need to be based on good principles in order to work across all the different types.
Posted by Russell Hutchinson on October 03, 2015 at 09:54 AM in ASB, Sovereign, Underwriting | Permalink
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The FMA are seeking feedback on whether corporate vehicles set up by property developers to manage the costs associated with communal facilities in real property, should fall under the Financial Markets Conduct Act (2013) regime. Submissions are open until Friday 6 November 2015. Consultation paper and submission form can be found here.
Posted by Kelly Pulham on October 02, 2015 at 01:26 PM in FMA, Regulation | Permalink
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For insurers underwriting is about two trade-offs:
But what are the trade-offs for the client?
I have heard some advisers talk about how the underwriting process has forced doctors to open up to clients more. I have also had some make a case for more underwriting at outset reducing the scope for 'argument' at claim time. But such a case would be predicated on a combination of factors: an outwardly healthy client, with an unnoticed condition, that wouldn't result in the application being declined, that subsequently claims, and the condition has a bearing on the claim. Such a case could not be common.
We are interested in possible customer benefits from underwriting. Do write and let us know if you can suggest any.
Posted by Russell Hutchinson on October 02, 2015 at 10:39 AM in Advisers, Claims, Customer, Underwriting | Permalink
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Here is a grid containing the total deaths by cause for every country in the world.
You can enter 7 countries into it at one time by selecting from the list on the right. The Cause of Death Rankings are in the column to the far left. Follow the instructions to sort the Causes to match the countries you choose. Country Population will appear in red at the top when you enter it into the Grid.
Posted by Kelly Pulham on October 01, 2015 at 07:17 PM in Advisers, Claims, Customer, Data, Weblogs | Permalink
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Can insurers be technology leaders? Hat tip to Kate Dron for highlighting this article, from Actuarial Eye, which highlights the issue nicely by telling us how insurers, once technology leaders, are now scrambling to catch up with tech firms. Global insurers are worried especially that online businesses are threatening to push them back up the value chain while the tech giants grab loads of user data with which they can do almost anything.
There are several possible futures, here are two.
The first is the Google Car future scenario. Google invests masses of money into the technology that will be at the heart of the car in the future: the brain, the ability to self-drive, know location, find things, predict the requirements of its users, and protect the vehicle occupants. The car industry gets left with trying to do other things cheaper: bolting together the chassis, components, engine, and batteries. Who do you think gets to make most of the money out of such a proposition?
The second is the US Army scenario. A venerable institution (older than virtually every insurer, for example) which has invested in technology continually and has transformed itself. It has a vast fleet of flying robots, so you cannot really get more high-tech than that. But the core function is (depressingly) ancient.
If you want to think of the chances, then play this thought exercise: how many businesses can you think of in the first category? Now how many can you think of in the second category.
The challenge for the industry is to invest, and accept many experiments as a necessary price for the investments that pay off with surviving disruptive change.
Posted by Russell Hutchinson on October 01, 2015 at 04:27 PM in Web/Tech | Permalink
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The concept of a National Adviser Conference works well, we think, so we were delighted to hear that the IFA and PAA are planning another joint conference. But I am conscious that our view is focused on being able to reach and talk with a large group of advisers all at the same time. You might have different priorities. So please drop me a line if you have a strong opinion on whether there should or should not be a joint conference. Link.
Posted by Russell Hutchinson on September 30, 2015 at 08:12 AM in Advisers, IFA, PAA | Permalink
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Posted by Kelly Pulham on September 29, 2015 at 08:22 AM | Permalink
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Apparently eating an insect would be preferable to talking about insurance for 6% of 20 to 30 year-olds (in the United States). So this robo-advice site in Australia knows it has its work cut out for it. Link.
Posted by Russell Hutchinson on September 29, 2015 at 08:11 AM in Australia, Current Affairs, Customer, Web/Tech | Permalink
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Rob Stock has this article attacking 'money for nothing' payments on trail commissions on products where the adviser no longer has the right to advise on a product. Link.
When this issue was first raised in Goodreturns last year I had several advisers approach me pointing out that the financial agreement between the investment or insurance company and the adviser was made years ago, and never included a stipulation that investment advice would be given. So, they say, 'what has the financial contract got to do with the current situation?'
Rob Stock suggests it might cut prices:
"The costs of insurance could drop if calls to end 'money-for-nothing' annual commission payments to financial advisers who are no longer providing advice or service to clients are successful."
But it is very unlikely.
The number of products in the category being discussed is tiny. To provide some context, the premium in the affected category is between $80 million and $110 million, but this pales by comparison with the 1.986 billion not affected (Public FSC summary statistics to 30 June 2015).
Some of those old products are on ancient computer systems which cost a lot to maintain - when costs are properly allocated they may be making losses. I doubt very much that there would be much movement in actual premiums even for the specific products, let alone insurance in general.
Posted by Russell Hutchinson on September 28, 2015 at 12:17 PM in Advisers, Commission, Current Affairs, Customer, FSC, Pricing and Premiums, rob stock | Permalink
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Asteron Life has put together a great series of videos highlighting people overcoming difficulty to achieve their goals, as with this promotion:
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In the states, however, the situation is largely the same or has improved. Of the 12 state legislative chambers that changed party control, New Hampshire is the only state where it is no longer realistically viable to enact pro-life legislation. Alternatively, Alaska, Arkansas and Wisconsin have more viability for bills. Other states, such as Georgia, Indiana, Missouri and North Carolina, have pro-life supermajorities in charge.
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Pyloric stenosis in infants can result in dehydration, weakness and weight loss. It can be successfully treated with surgery.
Trauma is any severe or life-threatening injury, often caused by accidents or violence. Pediatric trauma care at Vermont Children's Hospital has a strong emphasis on prevention, education and providing advanced surgical services to treat children with traumatic injuries.
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So that's her actual talent... TOWIE's Lauren Goodger shows off her skill by dancing with a glass on her head
After rising to fame for doing but being herself in orchestrated situations, Lauren Goodger has finally revealed her true talent.
The star of The Only Way Is Essex headed out to local night spot Nu Bar, in Loughton, to show off her hidden skill, last night.
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Hidden depths: Lauren Goodger showed her real talent by dancing with a glass on her head, yesterday night in Essex
The clearly talented reality TV star was eager to prove that there is a reason she deserves to be famous as she placed the half empty glass on her bonnet.
Once she got started it was impossible to stop her as she then multi-tasked by dancing while still balancing the drink on top of her honey blonde extensions.
Unfortunately for Lauren, her special talent turned out to be pretty average as some other girls displayed the same gift.
Dancing queen: Lauren revealed her party trick while out at her local night spot Nu Bar in Loughton, Essex
Mini me: Lauren was joined by two girls who not only dressed similarly to her but also copied her trick like performing seals
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Goodger was joined by two female friends who did their best to emulate their heavily tanned companion in all areas.
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She tweeted, last night: 'Finally found girls who are so like me!! Not known them long but feel like I have! Made more impact than friends I've known lifetime x'.
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Rheumatology, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics
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Conversión laparoscópica de bypass gástrico a derivación biliopancreática. Modificación tipo Scopinaro
Servicio de Cirugía General. Hospital Virgen de los Lirios. Alcoy. Alicante. EspañaCirugía Española (Impact Factor: 0.74). 10/2008; 84(5):288-289. DOI: 10.1016/S0009-739X(08)75927-X
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ABSTRACT: No bariatric operation has been documented to effect adequate weight loss in all patients. Patients with inadequate weight loss or significant weight regain with an anatomically intact short-limb gastric bypass, of which the Fobi pouch operation (FPO) for obesity is a modification, are usually revised to a distal Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (DRYGBP) to enhance weight loss. A retrospective review of the charts of all patients who had a revision to a DRYGBP at our Center during an 8-year period was carried out and the findings analyzed. 65 patients who had the FPO had a revision to the DRYGBP. Most were super obese patients who, even though they had lost significant weight, were still morbidly obese. Some were patients who had not lost adequate weight or <40% excess weight, and a small number were patients who requested more weight loss even though they had a BMI of < 35. 15 patients developed protein malnutrition requiring supplemental feeding. 6 required rerevision to short-limb gastric bypass. Revision of short-limb gastric bypass to DRYGBP usually enhances weight loss but at a cost of an increased incidence of protein malnutrition.Obesity Surgery 05/2001; 11(2):190-5. DOI:10.1381/096089201321577866 · 3.75 Impact Factor
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