Don’t Count on Home Insurance to Cover Cost of Rebuilding: Viewpoint April 12, 2019 By Liam Denning Own a home? No doubt you’ve insured it. Very sensible of you. But if that home were, say, burned to...
Young Small Businessowners Don’t Like Insurance Agents. Uh, Not Really. April 12, 2019 By Mark Hollmer Patricia Ross, Raphael Strumlauf and Kate DeNeveu each have at least one thing in common: They’re generally happy with their...
U.S. State Department Adds Kidnapping Risk to Travel Advisories April 11, 2019 The risk of being kidnapped or taken hostage is being added to the travel advisories issued by the State Department....
Records Show Sensors Linked to Boeing 737 Max Crashes Vulnerable to Failure April 11, 2019 By Alan Levin and Ryan Beene The crashes of two Boeing Co. 737 Max jets in five months have focused attention on a little-known device that...
How Real Are ‘Ethical Artificial Intelligence’ Efforts by Tech Giants? April 11, 2019 By Matt O'Brien and Rachel Lerman The biggest tech companies want the public to know that they’re taking special care to ensure that their use of...
Insurtech Lemonade Raises $300 Million; SoftBank, Allianz, Alphabet Among Investors April 11, 2019 By Anna Irrera Lemonade, the insurance company built around artificial intelligence and behavioral economics, announced the signing of a $300 million Series D...
Top 10 Causes of Most Serious Workplace Injuries April 11, 2019 The annual Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index documents the top 10 causes of the most serious workplace injuries – those...
States, Congress Questioning Pharmacy Benefit Managers’ Role in Drug Prices April 11, 2019 By Robert Langreth Several states are probing pharmacy-benefit managers’ business practices in government-sponsored health programs, adding to the scrutiny the middlemen face in...
Applied Systems Acquires Agency CRM System TechCanary April 10, 2019 Agency technology firm Applied Systems said it has acquired TechCanary, an insurance customer relationship management (CRM) system built on the...
Gun Maker Remington to Appeal Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Ruling to Supreme Court April 10, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Having failed in Connecticut state court to block all claims brought by families of children killed in the Sandy Hook...