Home Daily News Jury finds millionaire litigant guilty in… Criminal Justice Jury finds millionaire litigant guilty in lawyer’s murder By Debra Cassens Weiss September 23, 2022, 2:29 pm CDT David Jungerman. Image from the Jackson County Detention Center inmate search website. A Missouri man has been found guilty of murdering a Kansas City, Missouri, lawyer … Read more
This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Hurricanes. Wildfires. Earthquakes. What do they have in common? If you’re in the insurance industry, the answer is that they’re all guaranteed to trigger weather and disaster claims from those with disaster coverage. For carriers and adjuster firms, that ultimately means activating an emergency response … Read more
Among the clearest trends in American higher education today is that online education is one of the core drivers of growth. As noted in the RNL 20222 Online Student Recruitment Report, the number of online learners was increasing steadily between 2012 and 2019 before it skyrocketed as a result of the pandemic in 2020. Between … Read more
Stealing candy from a baby may be easy, but abusing older adults is more profitable. And, unfortunately, very popular. Despite the universal ideal that we must respect anyone older than us, older adults are abused across cultures and classes in the United States. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services estimates that one in … Read more
Petitions of the week By Kalvis Golde on Sep 23, 2022 at 4:51 pm The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. Defendants appealing a case in federal court have to follow a series of … Read more
Max Dorfman, Research Writer, Triple-I The workers compensation field is “responding and adapting remarkably well to economic changes,” according to Donna Glenn, chief actuary, National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI). “The pandemic brought new occupational illnesses into the system, but it was offset by a reduction of other types of claims back in 2020.” Glenn made … Read more
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The ongoing sentencing trial of Nikolas Cruz, the 23-year-old Florida man who in 2018 murdered fourteen students and three staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day, will test whether the seven men and five women on the jury hearing his case can hate the sin but muster the courage to spare the … Read more
Since the onset of COVID-19 several years ago, the popularity of online learning has rapidly increased. Due to the flexibility, many students prefer pursuing their college degrees from home at their own pace and time that works around family and work obligations. As an online instructor and faculty development practitioner for over 20 years, I … Read more
The adjuster is not on your side! The larger your personal injury claim, the more likely the adjuster contacting you will be nice and friendly. The smaller your claim appears to be to them, the more likely they may be rude and abrupt. Suppose an insurance company perceives that they have a significant loss exposure. … Read more