We recently had a chance to sit down with South Carolina personal injury and workers’ compensation attorney James Christopher Sproat (“Jim”) to talk about everything from the advice he gives to his clients to why you might find him in the middle of a river in the woods. Early success Jim Sproat knew he wanted … Read more
Louisiana, Florida, and Michigan are the three least affordable states for personal auto insurance, according to a new report by the Insurance Research Council (IRC). The three most affordable states, IRC finds, are Hawaii, New Hampshire, and North Dakota. The state-by-state affordability rankings by IRC – like Triple-I, an affiliate of The Institutes – are … Read more
The Department of Justice has announced a new commitment of $49.85 in funding for the Office on Violence Against Women for grants to provide survivors of gender-based violence with access to legal services and improve interactions with the justice system that impact victims and their families. Over $35 million was awarded to 59 grantees through … Read more
MerusCase, a law practice management software tailored for workers’ compensation, employment and labor, and insurance defense firms, today introduced MerusPay, an e-payments feature built natively in the MerusCase platform. MerusCase says this native online payments capability enables users to now compliantly process payments without the need for additional third-party applications. Read more about MerusCase at … Read more
Workers’ compensation insurer Synergy Comp Insurance Company (Synergy Comp) has named Chris Blough its new president after Lew Kachulis stepped down from the role. Blough has over 20 years of executive leadership experience. Over the years, he had served as the president of a commercial finance company, the CEO of a credit union, and most … Read more
GME Summit: Summer 2022 Hosted in partnership with the Association of MBAs (AMBA), BusinessCAS convened the most recent GME Summit in Boston on July 27th. Leaders from across the full spectrum of GME institutions gathered to discuss the best approaches to managing the complexity of ongoing disruptions. In a field where novel innovations quickly become … Read more
Quiet quitting is taking the younger generation by storm, especially those on TikTok. The idea behind “quiet quitting” is to do no more than what’s asked of you at work and then check out. Once you’re out of the office, there’s no more responding to work e-mails, slack, nada. A quiet quitter does not go … Read more
A vehicle accident is one of the most shocking and disturbing experiences a person can encounter in their life. Among the consequences of this event are not only physical and emotional recovery (which can take years and have many consequences), but also financial recovery after the incident. For many people, this latest recovery may seem … Read more
In People v. Gregor, decided on Aug. 12 by the California Court of Appeal (Justice Elena Duarte joined by Justices Jonathan Renner and Peter Krause), the defendant, a naturalized citizen, “pleaded guilty to a felony sex offense that was later reduced to a misdemeanor and dismissed after early termination of probation”: In April 2011, pursuant … Read more
In general, older cars are cheaper to insure compared to a newer version of the same car. This is largely due to depreciation. After you drive your car off the lot, its monetary value starts to decrease rapidly. Cars lose most of their value within their first year, but the depreciation process continues for around … Read more