Sweet and sour

This morning Natalie came upstairs with her hair in two braids, to model them for me as I dressed. Standing in front of the mirror in the hallway, she excitedly tried to see the back of her head in the mirror by turning her head, rotating her eyes as far to the right as possible, etc. It was beyond adorable.

How about those Greenbergs, huh? I thought it seemed rather coincidental that the CEO's last name was Greenberg, like Maurice Greenberg of AIG. Turns out, it's his frickin dad! I wish my dad would get me a job like that. And brother Evan is at the helm of ACE! So what is it: the world's largest insurance carrier, the world's largest insurance broker (containing the world's largest reinsurance broker, Guy Carpenter), and a significantly sized reinsurer (smaller than Swiss, Munich, and Berkshire Hathaway, but still big), are basically a family fiefdom? Why did it take so long to figure out something was wrong?

Ace is so familial that CEO Evan Greenberg signs letter to staff currently posted on its website simply "Evan."

There was a fine masterpiece theatre on Sunday about the effects of royal families' inbreeding. That one was very sad and touching, the Marsh/AIG/Ace thing is sad and troubling.