Robots Haven’t Eliminated Many Jobs – So Far: World Bank January 3, 2019 By Natalia Drozdiak The rise of automation has so far had a negligible impact on jobs at a global scale, the World Bank...
Smart Home Product Security Risks Can Be Alarming January 3, 2019 By TAMARA DIETRICH, The Daily Press Say you’re on your laptop at Starbucks, minding your own business, when an acquaintance of yours across the room isn’t...
January Renewals Show Higher Prices for Clients with Poor Loss Records: Willis Re January 2, 2019 Reinsurance placements at Jan. 1, 2019 highlight a pricing gap between accounts with peak peril exposures, or poor loss records,...
Deaths on Passenger Jet Aircraft Rise Across Globe in 2018 January 2, 2019 By David Shepardson The fatality rate on passenger jet aircraft worldwide jumped in 2018 after airlines recorded zero accident deaths on passenger jets...
Reinsurance Prices Drop – Despite 2018’s Big Natural Catastrophe Losses: JLT Re January 2, 2019 By Noor Zainab Hussain JLT Re’s global property-catastrophe reinsurance index fell 1.2 percent in Jan. 1 policy renewals, the broker said on Wednesday, dashing...
Data Show Car Accidents Up in States That First Legalized Marijuana December 28, 2018 Crashes are up by as much as six percent in Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, compared with neighboring states that...
16.7 Million Recalled Takata Air Bags Still Unrepaired and on U.S. Roads December 27, 2018 By Tom Krisher More than three years after the government took over management of recalls involving dangerous Takata air bag inflators, one third...
UK Business Confidence Sinks as Risk of No-Deal Brexit Grows: Report December 27, 2018 Business leaders’ confidence in the British economy has sunk to its lowest level in more than 18 months as the...
Larger Houses Replace Smaller When Rebuilding After Hurricanes December 19, 2018 A study of hurricane-hit areas of the United States has revealed a trend of larger homes being built to replace...
California’s 376 Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2017 Equals Previous Year, Report Shows December 18, 2018 The California Department of Industrial Relations issued a report on Tuesday showing that 376 Californians died on the job in...