Jasmyne Ray

The importance of accurate underwriting has more than justified the substantial investment in time and expertise required. The emergence of insurtech and numerous application programming interfaces (APIs), however, has helped providers find new efficiencies through automation and transition into the digital age — taking some of the headache and cost out of a previously meticulous and expensive essential function. Underwriters, either within the company or through an auxiliary agency, use a comb

The Black Lives Matter protests are the most recent example of a public asking for systematic change. This may have inspired a reckoning to pause and reflect on how your organization’s culture and actions can improve. Inevitably, brands will find something to say, offering support or sympathy, and promises and progress. But customers are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their ability to call B.S. on lofty rhetoric that starts and ends with words alone. Employees increasingly seek work that

Social distancing has changed the nature of gathering for the time being, including those where a comforting touch would be appreciated.

On April 25, CNN partnered with Sesame Street to present “The ABC’s of COVID-19: A CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall for Kids and Parents.” The 90-minute special featured the Sesame Street characters talking with CNN anchors about the pandemic and medical correspondents answering questions about the virus itself. In times like these, programs like these play an integral part in helping children understand what’s going on. However, it’s ultimately up to parents to sit down with their children, experts say.

“There’s a lot of things that the Army does prepare you for, but then some things you have to learn on your own,” Stewart said. The student veterans group has helped her find her “battle rhythm,” she said, with help with everything from tutoring, figuring out which classes to take and having a group of colleagues that are struggling with the same things.

n his office on the first floor of the Lee County Justice Center, 19-year-old Jamie Lowe drew three overlapping circles to illustrate a theory shared with him by Circuit Judge Mark Fellows for finding the “sweet spot.” “The key is to find something profitable, something you love doing and something you can give time to,” Lowe said, explaining that once someone finds the “sweet spot” between the three, that they’ve found something “worth pursuing.”

Pointing out one of many abandoned houses in the Jeter area as the one he was born in, Oscar Penn can list the names of all the families who lived on the street, across the street and around the corner without missing a beat. Penn said he’s noticed over the years that when the children of Jeter residents from his generation grow up and move away, and when their parents pass away and their property is left alone, no one comes back to take care of it. As a result, there’s a surplus of abandoned houses in the area —some of which were used for things that were “contrary to what we were trying to do in the community,” Penn added.

On a campus filled with colorful characters and big personalities, Britt Terrell stands out in a vibrant hue all her own. It radiates from her style, a mixture of thrifted vintage finds and more contemporary pieces; but mainly from her attitude, that of a passionate, contemplative art major with a concentration in printmaking. Having lived in multiple states throughout her twenty-two years, she claims that she doesn’t have a hometown. Before moving to Alabama six years ago, the longest Terrell