Employers Waking Up to Costs of Employees Falling Asleep on the Job June 14, 2018 An employer with 1,000 employees can expect to lose more than $1 million each year in missed workdays, lower productivity...
Ease Up On Commercial Drones, Scientists Advise Safety Regulators June 14, 2018 By David Koenig Science advisers to the federal government say safety regulators are hindering the spread of commercial drones by being too cautious...
FEMA Staffing Stretched Thin as Hurricane Season Gets Underway June 14, 2018 By Andy Sullivan As Hurricane Irma bore down on Florida last September, the top U.S. disaster response official ordered all hands on deck....
Trump ‘Probably’ Will Back Lifting Federal Ban on Marijuana June 13, 2018 By Michael R. Blood President Donald Trump said last Friday that he was inclined to support a bipartisan effort in Congress to ease the...
Accenture Offers Way to Erase Gender, Racial, Ethnic Bias in Artificial Intelligence June 13, 2018 By Jeremy Kahn Consulting firm Accenture has a new tool to help businesses detect and eliminate gender, racial and ethnic bias in artificial...
FEMA Looking to Expand Disaster Reinsurance Program June 13, 2018 By Christopher Flavelle The federal government, seeking to protect itself from the growing cost of natural disasters, is borrowing a technique from the...
Financial Services Industry Boosts Blockchain Spending June 13, 2018 The financial services industry is spending about $1.7 billion per year on blockchain, as banks and other firms move beyond...
Republican Leaders Undercut Trump AG’s Bid to End Pre-Existing Conditions Coverage June 13, 2018 By Steven T. Dennis and Anna Edney Even after the Trump administration chose not to defend Obamacare’s protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions in court, Republican...
Cyber Business Interruption Remains Area of Uncertainty for Insurance June 12, 2018 By Elizabeth Blosfield Although the insurance industry may have had plenty of time to wrap its mind around managing physical property threats, what...
Allianz Eyes M&A Targets Zurich, Hartford, QBE, Argo and More After Missing Out on XL June 12, 2018 By Dinesh Nair, Julie Edde and Ruth David A $94 billion financial behemoth is keeping the market on tenterhooks about its next move. Europe’s largest insurer, Allianz SE,...