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Insurers Tracking Fitness: Too Accurate for Comfort?

Someday soon, Big Brother may be watching you. Only his name will be “John Hancock.” The insurer is rolling out a program in the U.S. similar to ones already deployed in other parts of the world, where your life insurer …

Wearable Device for Weight Loss Or Unbearable Loss of Privacy?

To fight rising medical costs, oil company BP Plc last year offered Cory Slagle — a 260-pound former football lineman — an unusual way to trim $1,200 from his annual insurance bill. One option was to wear a fitness-tracking bracelet …