Three hours later, after my flight back to New York, I'm greeted by Steve Rubino, a former police detective from Florida who has been hired to be my "personal protection professional" (read: bodyguard).
He comments Hao can also mean "a 'knight errant' in poetic translation, or in prosaic terms a professional strongman and bodyguard.'" This means Zhou was a local hero from Tangyin County, Anyang prefecture, Henan province (the same area as Yue Fei).
Swiftcover's list of uninsurable occupations also includes gambling, modelling, professional sport, bailiffs and bodyguards.
Kennedy's only security was provided by former FBI agent William Barry and two unofficial bodyguards, former professional athletes.
Just one highly trained bodyguard — "personal protection professional," in the industry parlance — can run $200 an hour, and a full-time driver can cost an executive $150,000 per year.
But is hiring a bodyguard -- or executive-protection professional, as many guards prefer to be called -- really necessary?
Leo Reed has been a professional football player, a police officer and bodyguard to Sylvester Stallone.
After lunch, Trump and I played eighteen holes, accompanied by a bodyguard and John Nieporte, the club's head professional.
Service is snappy and professional, but it also exudes a kind of confidence associated with bodyguards, or rock climbers.
