90% of Healthcare Firms Hit by Cyber Attack: Ponemon May 7, 2015 By Shannon Pettypiece A rise in cyber attacks against doctors and hospitals is costing the U.S. healthcare system $6 billion a year as...
Employers Try Adding Genetic Testing to Employee Wellness Mix May 7, 2015 By Tom Murphy Employers may one day help determine if employees’ genes are why their jeans have become too snug. Big companies are...
The Hanover Enhances Builders Risk Coverage May 7, 2015 The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has enhanced its Hanover Builders Risk insurance coverage forms to offer more flexible, comprehensive coverages...
Beyond Cars and Drones, Google Sees Pilotless Airlines May 6, 2015 By Thomas Black The chief of Google Inc.’s experimental cargo-drone program wants to see automated flight go beyond pilotless planes and extend to...
Zenefits Rises Quickly to Join Billion-Dollar Start-Up Club May 6, 2015 By Sarah McBride Human resources software company Zenefits said it had raised $500 million in venture funding, giving it a valuation of $4.5...
Allstate Says Profit Up 13% in Q1; Will Raise Auto Rates May 6, 2015 By Sonali Basak Allstate Corp., the largest U.S. publicly traded seller of auto and home insurance, said first-quarter profit rose 13 percent as...
JLT Re Names 4 to Senior Posts for North America May 6, 2015 Reinsurance broker JLT Re in Philadelphia has made a number of senior appointments for its North American business: George Daddario...
First Licensed Autonomous Freight Truck Hits the Road in U.S. May 6, 2015 In a ceremony at Hoover Dam, Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) unveiled the Freightliner Inspiration Truck, what it says is...
Insurers See Impact from Wearable Devices Within 2 Years May 6, 2015 Nearly two-thirds of insurers expect wearable technologies to have a significant impact on the industry, according to a survey in...
How Wearable Devices Could Disrupt the Insurance Industry May 6, 2015 By Denise Johnson Nearly 50 years after Captain Kirk began using his wrist communicator on the television show, Star Trek, wearable technology is...