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Shared Electric Scooters Are Bringing a Surge of Litigation Possibilities
Over the past few years, cities across America have experienced sudden downpours of shared electric scooters, piling up almost overnight on curbs, sidewalks and front-yards from Atlanta to Los ...
One Concern Envisions Wide Use for Its AI Disaster Mitigation Tech
Ahmad Wani was home in 2014 visiting his mother in Kashmir, in northern India, when the floods hit. For seven days, the family waited for help to come. Luckily, they did not lose their home, but many ...
Damaging East Coast Winter Storms Won’t Fade Away Under Climate Change
Climate change may melt away smaller snow storms but it won't be able to hold back more powerful East Coast systems. Minor storms that drop mere inches of powder will become rare by the end of 21st ...
Decoding the Hidden Value of Unstructured Text Data
Data science is about supporting decisions with insights, advice or predictions based on rigorous analysis of prior business facts, decisions and outcomes. One of the biggest challenges for insurers ...
Everest Re Warns Q4 Catastrophe Losses Will Almost Hit $700M
Everest Re Group Ltd. expects nearly $700 million in catastrophe losses for the 2018 fourth quarter due to wildfires, a hurricane and a hailstorm. Everest's prediction of $695 million in catastrophe ...
Regulators Clear California Utility of 2017 Wildfire Liability
As PG&E Corp. barreled toward bankruptcy last week, just one analyst kept a "buy" rating on the shares, largely on valuation. On Thursday, the stock surged by the most ever, rising 75 percent to ...
Workers Comp Is Ongoing Target for Technology Investments: Fitch Ratings
Workers compensation insurers are ongoing targets for technology investments designed to keep the sector competitive and boost performance. Without it, market consolidation is likely, Fitch Ratings ...
Amazon Autonomous Delivery Robots Coming to Seattle Suburbs
Amazon.com Inc. will use robots to deliver packages in the suburbs north of Seattle, its latest experiment to automate the last-mile of delivery that's a labor-intensive and costly component of ...