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Enhancing remote inspection and estimation capabilities is critical to effectively adjust property claims given Covid-19 and challenges of accessing properties following a wide-spread disaster. BOSTON, May 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Liberty Mutual Insurance’s commercial property claims unit has added to the technology it uses to quickly and accurately inspect and estimate commercial property claims remotely, reflecting…

 With her Mother/Child Dining Table, Maartje Steenkamp reflects on the connection between parents and their babies at mealtime. “[It] goes much deeper than just giving food; mother and child are almost one, as with the umbilical cord before birth,” she says. “In this way the furniture has to be one, too.” She based the orientation…

2of159Nurses and staff from St. Peter’s Health Partners line South Manning Boulevard outside St. Peter’s Hospital where they held a candle lighting ceremony in celebration of National Nurses Month on Wednesday night, May, 6, 2020, in Albany, N.Y. A similar event was held at Samaritan Hospital in Troy. Organizers hope that the ceremony shows that…

Fashion has been tackling sustainability head-on. We’re now paying more attention to where our clothes are made and what the material composition breaks down to, in an effort to become more conscious shoppers. If you feel like you have a pretty good handle on how to outfit yourself in a way that’s more eco-conscious but…

Amazon’s “Making the Cut” isn’t just a fashion competition, it’s about business. The series is looking for a creative artist who’s also an entrepreneur capable of running their own global brand. So with only five contestants left, hosts Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn gave them an assignment that tested their business prowess: the designers not…

For New York–based interior designer Phillip Thomas, the renovation of the Bellport Community Center’s bowling alley is a project that brims with nostalgia. He’s been visiting the charming village since he was just four years old, and when the opportunity arose to restore the 90-year-old alley, he knew it was one he couldn’t pass up….

To say the COVID-19 pandemic has been a disruption to daily life would be an understatement. In New York City, a virus hot spot, routines have been upended for millions. Among the masses are a slew of NYC-based celebrities, including screenwriter Andy Bellin, who recently wrote a column for the LA Times about how his…

 © Kristen Norman / Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS Architect Chheng Lim looks out from the Sheehan Nagle Hartray Architects office on Friday, March 13, 2020 in Chicago. Chicago is an architect’s town. Architectural tours are plentiful in the city, showing off its grandeur and history. New projects are always in the mix, be it a renovation,…

At Target Corporation, where 2019 comparable sales growth at 1,800+ stores was 3.4% and digital sales growth was 29%, the competition never seems far away. Buffeted by Amazon and Walmart, Target has created and stuck to a distinctive and profitably positioned lane. Sprucing up stores, expanding house brands and digital capabilities has proven to be a…

If a person has the taste to desire a beautiful home, the savvy to know she needs help creating one, and – what luck – the money to engage an interior designer, what could go wrong? Oh, baby! Interior designers, like bespoke tailors, a few society hairdressers and sommeliers, are Tastemakers. For most of us,…