Consumer skepticism about the connection between credit history and future insurance claims appears to decline when the predictive power of credit-based insurance scores is explained to them, a recent study by the Insurance Research Council (IRC) suggests. This is just one of the IRC’s encouraging findings. Others include: Consumers are generally knowledgeable about credit, credit … Read more
B-D-S Piotr Marcinski / Shutterstock.com It’s said that to err is human and to forgive is divine. However, sometimes it can feel impossible to forgive our all-too-human selves for things that go wrong. Like the time you invited a pal to a birthday lunch and somehow left the house without your wallet. Or the time … Read more
Three correction officers working at Rikers Island correctional facilities in New York have been charged with federal program fraud in two complaints unsealed in the Eastern District of New York on Thursday. The officers were charged as part of ongoing investigations into abuse of sick leave among New York City Department of Corrections employees that … Read more
As educators teaching in professional studies programs, our aim is to create classroom experiences where our students can work with professional partners, developing projects that have impact in the real world. We believe implementation is a salient part of the professional studies experience. We also know that this is easier said than done, and something … Read more
This year’s report tracks property exposures and losses through long-term claims data for the period between 2015 and 2021. The data represents between 88 million to 91 million homes across all 50 states and Washington DC, showing trends by peril for severity, frequency, and location. “The biggest takeaway might be that we seemed to have … Read more
As social media has proliferated across the globe—Facebook alone has 2.9 billion active monthly users—the questions and concerns about the possible negative impacts associated with social media use have grown. Studies show that social media usage is associated with anxiety, loneliness, depression, and social isolation, among other problems. When a product causes harm to … Read more
At the 2022 Clio Cloud Conference held recently in Nashville, I sat down for a series of in-person LawNext interviews with Clio executives. In this episode, I speak with Ronnie Gurion, chief operating officer With 20 years of experience leading marketplace, e-commerce, and SaaS businesses to achieve rapid global expansion and growth, Gurion plays … Read more
From the New York Times: In “The Asian American Achievement Paradox,” which I wrote with Min Zhou and is based on 162 interviews of Asian, Hispanic, Black and white adults in Los Angeles, we found that Asian American precollege students benefit from “stereotype promise”: Teachers assume they are smart, hard-working, high-achieving and morally deserving, which … Read more
Workers compensation insurance is mandatory for every business with employees in all states except Texas. In most states, the moment you hire your first employees, you have an obligation to purchase workers comp insurance for them. Each state has its own rules that you should look into to ensure you’re compliant, as penalties for non-compliance … Read more
The field of economics has a problem with women. Unlike the gender gaps in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields that have catalyzed highly visible and widespread efforts to increase gender parity, the vast underrepresentation of women in economics has received relatively little attention. Given the outsized impact the field of economics has on … Read more