Adjusting

About five to seven years ago, I had a friend briefly tell me about becoming an insurance claims adjuster. He didn’t tell me much, other than it was very lucrative and you need to be licensed. It wasn’t until September of 2021 that I really investigated becoming an adjuster. I…

I’ve been back to my zoom life for a bit now since work started up again on 6 September. With how all-consuming our move prep was for me it’s not surprising that the first question (or the second) people ask me is, “how is Spain?” “¡Es bueno! ¡Estoy bien!” This…

Passage by Passage: Luke 12 series, episode 11 by: Marven T. Baldo For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge and the judge deliver you to the officer and…

June 5th My yearly summer road trip starts tomorrow morning, and I am feeling quite guilty about it. Not about the trip, per se. I want and deserve my vacations, and the road trip is the best way to spend my time off work. I did all the preparation yesterday…

We are halfway through 2022. Which is the best time to reflect and do some stock-taking. Mid-year reviews are very important as they help us evaluate our progress through the past six months as well as allow us to adjust our goals for the last six months of the year…

We have, at some point, moved to a new place or be in a changing situation with or without our consent. Some changes that are happening around us or even in ourselves may put us in uncomfortable situation somehow. Events as simple as moving forward to a new semester in…

Often, we work with datasets containing variables representing rates, which we use to make comparisons between groups or as factors in our models. For those comparisons to be meaningful or more accurate, we need to correct for possible confounding effects in those rates, and use adjusted rates instead. What is…