When my dog, Gracie, heard that Legolas, Zurich’s Carrie Von Hoff’’s cat, was the official spokes-cat for Insurance Key Issues, she went barking-mad.

“This is what I get,” she said bitterly, “for allowing you to rub my belly, feed me snacks, kiss my face and take pictures of every one of my cute poses.  I do all that for you and there’s a spoke-cat!?  What am I, chopped liver-flavored cat food?”  

So, of course, I apologized and told my beloved Gracie (born on the Caribbean island of Anguilla, interestingly) that she could be the Insurance Key Issues spokes-dog.  She accepted, begrudgingly.  She warned me that, because she was so hurt, she could not put her full effort into the job.  If you want a spokes-animal who really cares, she said, “talk to Legolas.”