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Google Says Self-Driving Cars Blameless in 11 Accidents in 6 Years, 1.7M Miles
May 11 2015 // Google Inc. said its self-driving vehicles have been involved in 11 minor accidents in the six years they’ve been in testing, and the automobiles were never to blame for the incidents. All of the accidents during 1.7...
Beyond Cars and Drones, Google Sees Pilotless Airlines
May 6 2015 // The chief of Google Inc.’s experimental cargo-drone program wants to see automated flight go beyond pilotless planes and extend to commercial air travel. Just as automation has proved its worth in factories by...
How Wearable Devices Could Disrupt the Insurance Industry
May 6 2015 // Nearly 50 years after Captain Kirk began using his wrist communicator on the television show, Star Trek, wearable technology is taking hold. From Fitbit and Nike Fuelbands to Google Glass and Golden-I, the technology is...
Agent Support, Ratings Added to Expanding Google Compare
May 5 2015 // The auto insurance comparison website Google Compare is expanding into Texas, Illinois and Pennsylvania, as well as adding ratings and insurance agent support. That announcement was made Tuesday by Stephanie Cuthbertson,...
What Agents Think About Google Compare
May 4 2015 // The independent agency system is no stranger to competition. But one new competitor in the marketplace has some agents and industry experts on watch. Google Compare – which stepped into the insurance ring in March – is...
Could New Insurance Players Disrupt the Market?
Apr 28 2015 // Those with long careers in the insurance industry have seen newer entrants founder on the shoals of our business. Many well-intentioned outsiders don’t understand the innate complexities of the insurance ecosystem...
Compare.com CEO’s Vision for the Future – Right or Wrong
Apr 21 2015 // As early as 2016 or 2017 commercial insurance will likely be bought and sold regularly over the Internet. That likely-to-be controversial opinion is courtesy of Compare.com CEO Andrew Rose. As he speaks to a reporter, in...
Judge Rules Against Mississippi Attorney General Over Google
Apr 17 2015 // A federal judge has ruled against Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood in his effort to keep Google from getting its hands on correspondence between Hood and lobbyists for the movie industry. It’s the latest defeat...
Google Takes the Wheel
Apr 6 2015 // When Google stepped into the insurance ring last month, the industry took note. Some said agents and the insurance industry should be concerned. Others said Google Compare, as the new service is named, is nothing new in...
New Insurance Players: Disruptors or Duds?
Apr 6 2015 // Those with long careers in the insurance industry have seen newer entrants founder on the shoals of our business. Many well-intentioned outsiders don’t understand the innate complexities of the insurance ecosystem...
Google Compare May Go Beyond Auto Insurance
Mar 11 2015 // The way Valen Analytics President and CEO Dax Craig describes it, Google’s move into insurance with Google Compare for auto insurance is an “all-aboard, wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee” call to the insurance...
Compare.com Confirms Partnership with Google Insurance Comparison Site
Mar 10 2015 // Online auto insurance comparison site compare.com is now working with Google on its auto insurance compare and buy platform, Google Compare, in California. Andrew Rose, CEO of Virginia-based compare.com, said Google...
Berkley: Google’s Entry Into Auto Insurance Should Frighten Agents
Mar 9 2015 // That Google is getting into auto insurance should have the voice in the head of every agent who sells personal auto coverage saying: “Be afraid, be very afraid.” OK, that’s not exactly how W.R. Berkley...
Google to Face Same Obstacles Selling Insurance Online, Says Overstock’s Byrne
Mar 9 2015 // Those now running comparison insurance shopping websites believe that they could be helped if Google enters into the business because the giant search engine could draw more attention to buying insurance online. However,...
Google Compare for Car Insurance Has Arrived
Mar 5 2015 // Google Compare for car insurance was introduced on Thursday in California, “with more states to follow,” the tech giant said. “Google Compare for car insurance provides a seamless, intuitive experience...
Judge Halts Google Investigation by Mississippi Attorney General, For Now
Mar 4 2015 // The Mississippi attorney general’s attempt to investigate Google is on hold for at least four more months. U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate on Monday granted Google’s request for a preliminary injunction,...
Berkley: Google’s Entry Into Auto Insurance Should Frighten Agents
Feb 24 2015 // That Google is getting into auto insurance should have the voice in the head of every agent who sells personal auto coverage saying: “Be afraid, be very afraid.” OK, that’s not exactly how W.R. Berkley...
Google to Face Same Obstacles Selling Insurance Online, Says Overstock’s Byrne
Feb 20 2015 // Those now running comparison insurance shopping websites believe that they could be helped if Google enters into the business because the giant search engine could draw more attention to buying insurance online. However,...
Judge to Rule if Mississippi Attorney General Can Investigate Google
Feb 17 2015 // Does Google help criminals by allowing its search engine to lead to pirated music or by having its autocomplete function suggest illegal activities? Mississippi’s attorney general suspects the company does and wants...
State Attorneys General, Citizens Groups, Support Mississippi Google Investigation
Feb 11 2015 // With representatives of the electronics industry saying Mississippi’s attempt to investigate Google should be blocked by federal law, 11 other state attorneys general and other groups are taking the opposite...
