suicide

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  Ending it all

  By Bill Coffin  |  September 1, 2012

  Every year, more people die from suicide than from homicide. Is there anything the life insurance industry can do about it? As it turns out, there is.

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  Don Ritchie (1926-2012)

  By Bill Coffin  |  June 1, 2012

  Sometimes, helping other people is more than a profession you choose...it is a quest that chooses you.

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  Don Ritchie (1926-2012)

  By Bill Coffin  |  May 15, 2012

  Life insurance salesman Don Ritchie saved hundreds of people from committing suicide without any resources other than a huge heart, a willingness to help, and the courage to listen to those who had given up on life itself.

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  Character Sheets

  By Bill Coffin  |  March 7, 2012

  I have a lifelong enthusiasm for role-playing games. You know, those nerdy games like Dungeons & Dragons where you sit around at a table with friends and roll colorful dice with too many sides, and scribble notes and pretend that you are slaying monsters and looting their treasure. It all...