Consumers Not Yet Convinced Driverless Cars Are Safer January 19, 2017 Car makers and tech firms are convinced that driverless cars are the future, but they appear to be ahead of...
Bluetooth Toothbrushes, Telematics, Fitbits and Data Tracking Acceptance January 19, 2017 By Suzanne Barlyn Twice a day, Scott Ozawa’s Bluetooth-enabled toothbrush tells his dental insurer if he brushed for a full two minutes. In...
Expect the Unexpected in U.S. Casualty Insurance Market in 2017: Marsh January 19, 2017 Insurers and customers are increasingly embracing the Internet of Things but greater reliance on these technologies could bring problems that...
Report Shows Significant Rise in Number of Vermont Children in State Custody January 18, 2017 A new report shows a significant increase in the number of Vermont children in protective state custody, such as foster...
High-Flying Drone Market Comes Down to Earth Earlier Than Expected January 18, 2017 By Leila Abboud, Bloomberg Gadly Attendees at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month could play around with a dizzying array of...
26% of Natural Disaster Economic Losses in 2016 Were Insured: Aon Benfield Cat Report January 17, 2017 Overall, just 26 percent ($54 billion) of overall economic losses caused by natural disasters worldwide during 2016 were covered by...
Study Links Truck Drivers’ Health to Crash Risk January 17, 2017 Commercial truck drivers with three or more medical conditions double to quadruple their chance for being in a crash than...
Hearst Media Buys Work-Loss Data Institute January 17, 2017 The giant media firm Hearst has acquired Work-Loss Data Institute (WLDI), a provider of healthcare data and guidelines to the...
Tech Firms Collecting Data: How Much Do Consumers Know or Care? January 17, 2017 By Heather Somerville Nearly every technology startup wants the same thing: more data. But in the rush to collect all manner of information...
Airbus Vows Self-Piloted ‘Flying Car’ Prototype by End of 2017 January 16, 2017 Airbus Group plans to test a prototype for a self-piloted flying car as a way of avoiding gridlock on city...