In life insurance, most consumers don’t wake up suddenly wanting a life policy, they slowly build awareness and contextual background on why a policy may financially make sense via a human professional such as a financial advisor or insurance agent, and therefore the demand generation comes from human context and interaction, not from spontaneous desires. This explains why despite all the D2C innovations going on in the P&C space with Home and Auto, over 95% of Life Insurance premiums are still distributed in some way via a human being. Drenik: It seems like the vast majority of technology inn

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Columbia County’s Sheriff’s Office gets ‘perfect audit’ Published: Sep. 17, 2021 at 6:03 PM EDT|Updated: 21 hours ago COLUMBIA COUNTY, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Columbia County Sherriff’s Office getting recognition Friday after receiving a perfect audit for the way they handle information. It all comes down to their “Terminal agency coordinator.” The TAC serves as a close communicator between the agency and state and today Georgia and Columbia County rewarded one of their very own after he helped them have a clean audit. “It’s always nice to be recognized for doing a good job,” said Captain Paul

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Start small by committing to eating more meals together as a family, said Anne Thorndike, M.D., MPH, associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, director of the Metabolic Syndrome Clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and volunteer chair of the American Heart Association’s Nutrition Committee. “Routines can be a good way to provide structure and clarity during busy or stressful seasons, so scheduling in meals at home or regular exercise is not only good for physical health, but good for managing stress as well.” When it comes to mealtime, there are plenty of clever ways to add in n

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The field had to be cleared after players from both teams began shaking hands, thinking the game was over. Three plays (and a backbreaking false start penalty) later, Derek Carr threw an interception that bounced off the helmet of a Ravens defender . After a Lamar Jackson fumble, the Raiders got the ball back and won the game (for real this time) on a 31-yard pass from Carr to Zay Jones. It was the kind of game that leaves you with your head spinning, even if you’re just sitting on the couch, not rooting for either of the teams. But Carr was totally composed when speaking on the field with ESPN’s

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27 in Missoula. The University of Montana and Montana State University are receiving a four-year, $1.9 million grant for a program that helps students learn how to serve individuals with mental health care needs. The Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program is funded by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration. It aims to equip students pursuing careers as psychiatric mental health and nurse practitioners, clinical psychologists, licensed social workers or licensed professional counselors with the skills needed to work with people affected by mental health issues.

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Meyer joined the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) IL-Task Force 1 about 10 years ago after his former Lieutenant encouraged him to. This is the first time he has been deployed on a national mission for about a week. Meyer joined other team members across the state and deployed on Aug. 30 with all the supplies and equipment needed to support his team of rescuers and surveyors in the most devastating parts of the storm. That's including in Addis, Louisiana. It's a town in West Baton Rouge Parish. Meyer put his logistics services to use and assembled a base camp with five western shelter

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By hiring at least one data scientist, colleges can better ensure their use of algorithms represents their broader institutional goals and the needs of their student body, rather than the metrics that vendors choose to communicate. Maintain student financial support: Finally, and perhaps most critically, in using algorithmic enrollment management, colleges should seek to become more efficient and fairer in their scholarship distribution, but not reduce overall per-student scholarships. If algorithms do lead to reduced scholarships, colleges should consider using the additional tuition to

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