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2. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank 3. The Spy Who Loved Me (1962) by Ian

Redemption (1982) by Stephen King Fleming
"Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" is a novella The James Bond novel 'The Spy Who Loved Me' by Ian
by Stephen King from his 1982 collection Different Seasons, Fleming is the ninth book in the series. It is the shortest and
subtitled Hope Springs Eternal. The novella has also been often considered the most sexually explicit of Fleming's
published as a standalone book. novels. But don't let that distract you from the fact that we
are here to look into the book's insurance connection.
You may better know the movie The Shawshank
Redemption (1994), the screen adaptation by Frank A portion of the book is about Bond foiling an insurance
Darabontwhich went on to be nominated for seven Academy fraud involving the owners of a hotel who want toburnit
Awards the same year, including Best Picture. down to ultimately collect insurance money. In this process,
he also ends up seducing a member of the hotel staff, hence
While there are considerable departuresin the movie the title.
adaptation, in the novella, the story is told entirely by the
character Ellis Boyd Redding, nicknamed Red. Red is in The book, for many reasons, was received unfavourably by
prison for the murder of his wife by way of tampering with critics and fans and eventually resulted inFleming
the brakes of her car, but only after first taking out a life himselfbeing unhappy with the book.So much so that he sold
insurance policy on her! the rights to the movie only on the condition that no aspect
of the book's plot must be incorporated in the movie; which
In the words of Red, "I also hadn't planned on getting is why the movie The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), the tenth
caught, but caught I was." Get your hands on this novella, in the movie franchise, has anentirely different plot!The only
and you will find yourself caughtin its grip, unable to put it similarities between the movie and the book being the title
down until you have read the last page. and a character named Jaws, a villain with metal teeth.

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Interesting Facts about Insurance Industry in India

First Life Insurance Company in India First General Insurance Co. in India
1818 saw the advent of life insurance Triton Insurance Company Ltd., was
business in India with the establishment established in the year 1850 in Calcutta
of the Oriental Life Insurance Company for transacting General Insurance
in Calcutta. Business.

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