Insurers Increasingly Embrace Robots over Humans for Customer Service April 19, 2017 By Oliver Suess Frustrated with automated answering machines before you finally get to speak with a customer service representative? When it comes to...
Sen. Grassley Raises Concerns About Conduct at Hospital Operator UHS April 19, 2017 A Republican senator said on Tuesday he had written to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) raising...
Big ‘I’ Advantage Promotes Pierson to Assistant Vice President April 19, 2017 The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”) Advantage unit has promoted Virginia “Ginny” Blake Pierson to assistant...
UnitedHealth Prices 2018 Insurance Plans to Include Obamacare Tax April 18, 2017 By Caroline Humer and Ankur Banerjee UnitedHealth Group Inc. reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results on Tuesday and said it was coping with uncertainty in U.S. healthcare laws...
Apple Soon Will Begin Road-Testing Self-Driving Car Software: Source April 18, 2017 By Mark Gurman Apple Inc. will soon take its self-driving car software platform to public streets for the first time, a major step...
IRobot Sues Hoover, Other Competitors over Robotic Vacuum Patents April 18, 2017 By Jan Wolfe IRobot, the maker of the popular Roomba robotic vacuum, brought a string of lawsuits on Monday accusing rivals including The...
Obamacare Insurers Struggle to Set Plans Amid Threats to Program April 18, 2017 By Zachary Tracer and Anna Edney Obamacare is stuck in limbo, and insurers and state regulators are struggling to set their plans for what’s increasingly shaping...
FGL Pulls $1.6B Deal with China’s Anbang; Other Suitors Interested April 18, 2017 By Sonali Basak Fidelity & Guaranty Life terminated its $1.6 billion agreement to be purchased by China’s Anbang Insurance Group Co. and said...
All Risks Launches Commercial Earthquake Program April 18, 2017 All Risks, Ltd. has introduced a new Specialty Property Earthquake Program with an exclusive A.M. Best “A” rated carrier. The...
Billionaire Investor John Paulson Planning AIG Board Exit April 17, 2017 By Sonali Basak Billionaire John Paulson is planning to step down from American International Group Inc.’s board after his hedge fund sold shares...