HSBC Rugby Business Network Meeting at USA 7s, Las Vegas, BABY!

Please attend the HSBC Rugby Business Network meeting, 2.9.13, 9pm in Las Vegas, NV.  After the Saturday matches, we'll be at the Pub and Keg Room, Monte Carlo Casino!

Where will you SCORE/GET HIT with Insurance Costs in 2013...

If you're looking to save money on Insurance this 2013, here's how:

1.  Consolidate all your personal lines with one carrier.  "Huh?"  Call me.
2.  Get a Rugby Supplemental/Accident Only plan.  Got $10,000 laying around?
3.  If you OWN a business:  General Liability and Business Auto rates are good right now... Again, Call me.

Where you're going to get HIT with Insurance Costs in 2013:

1.  Workers Comp:  Business Owners, the Prop will Fall on You...  Have you checked your ExMod lately?
2.  Health Insurance:  Expect either your employer to ask you for a bigger contribution, drop benefits entirely, or just a simple 30-40% increase... Yes, your LineOut Lifters just dropped you...
3.  OLD Ruggers:  Long Term Care insurance.  This is for the 50+ crowd.  Get it, NOW.

Tax-wise, $1,000,000,000,000 (that's 1 Trillion), gets taken this year by the Feds to pay for Obamacare, which doesn't technically start til 2014. Plus, your wages will get pinged another 2%.  So, you'll have less money in 2013 if all else stays the same. 

Your only recourse is to score multiple tries... Or, make more money. 

Rugby Connections and the RBN: Rugby Business Network

Remember James Burke, the "Connections" guy on PBS, some cable channels, and Scientific American?

Over at Gainline.us, Kurt's got a fantastic article about a "found" Eagle.

Rugby Connections are the livelihood of my business, and as I'm discovering, many other Rugger owned enterprises.  Just today, I connected with a financial planner, through a referral, which led me to another business opportunity, in Colorado.... All done through the Game Played in Heaven.

What connections have you made?

TRBN: This FRIDAY, 3.16.12, at the Thirsty Bear

Check it, yo!

See y'all Friday, 3.16.12 after work at the Thirsty Bear, 611 Howard, SF CA.

The Sick Cost More: F@#$ng Brilliance from a Gov't Study...

So, if you're sick, you cost more in terms of health care.  I'm so glad we nailed this down...idiot gov't.

Anyway, for rucks and mauls, check out these three different spins on the same info...

Remember, it's all going to Kaiser.  Our only hope are companies like SeeChangeHealth.com

Stupid Employer Tricks: Misclassifying employees on Workers Comp

The Monkeys are throwing shit against the windows...again.

Sadly, this time, it's the employer who's insisting we quote the wrong class for his workers comp.  Really?  Thank the Scrum Gods that this idiot is a referral, and NOT a Rugby player.

"I won't quote it like that."

"Don't you want my business..."

"Nope."

Expect rising Liability Insurance rates: Big Losses and Lower Revenues

You've noticed your rates dropping.  And, you might have heard of a few disasters this year....

Well, here's the damage. 

Expect your General Liability Insurance rates, and other P&C lines to rise.  If your a Rugby player and business owner, you're already fired up about the sagging economy.  So here's some advice:

Shop as hard as you ruck...