Ian Bloom

Nov 13, 2024 | thetimes.com | Ian Bloom

First lines in first novels count for a lot. “It is cold at six-forty in the morning of a March day in Paris, and it seems even colder when a man is about to be executed by firing squad.” That was how Frederick Forsyth announced himself with The Day of the Jackal in 1971. It gets your attention. A year later, George V Higgins, another 32-year-old former newspaperman, opened his debut novel in similarly arresting style.

Dec 6, 2023 | policygenius.com | Pat Howard |Jennifer Gimbel |Ian Bloom

Georgia flood insurance: By the numbers Georgia has over 400,000 properties with a greater than 26% chance of severe flooding over the next 30 years, yet only 18% are protected with flood insurance. The average cost of flood insurance in Georgia is $791 per year when purchased through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).