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Google Driverless Car Hit from Behind, Again
A Google driverless car was involved in the fleet's first collision to result in injury. One of Google's vehicles braked during a green light because of congestion, and the car behind hit it at 17 ...
Verisk Insurance Solutions Launches Device Reputation Service
Verisk Insurance Solutions, a source of information about property/casualty insurance risk, and Portland, Ore.-based iovation announced the launch of the Verisk Device Reputation Service, a tool to ...
Padgett Plaintiffs Ask Florida Supreme Court to Decide Workers Comp Constitutionality
A legal challenge to the constitutionality of Florida workers compensation system that was thrown out by a state appeals court may be headed to the Florida Supreme Court. The plaintiffs in the case ...
Cell Phone Alerts Impair Focus Even When Calls Not Answered
Whether you are alerted to an incoming phone call or text by a trendy ringtone, an alarm bell or a quiet vibration, just receiving a notification on your cell phone can cause enough of a distraction ...
Former Oppenheimer Exec Sentenced to Prison in Insurer-Sale Fraud
A former Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. executive was sentenced to almost two years in prison for his role in a fraud that prosecutors say led to the collapse of an Oklahoma insurance company. Allen ...
Boeing, Airbus Assessing Impact of Blast at U.S. Zodiac Aerospace Plant
A powerful blast at a Zodiac Aerospace factory in Washington state made some portions of the building unsafe to enter, raising concerns that the assembly of Boeing and Airbus aircraft could be ...
How Insurers Can Wield Social Media to Attract Millennial Customers
Bloomberg has reported that the rate of home ownership in the United States is at its lowest level in 20 years and the number of first-time buyers entering the market is at an almost 30-year low. The ...
Cyber Risk Insurers Lag in Buying Cyber Cover
As recently as two years ago, only half of the top 10 carriers writing cyber insurance had purchased cyber coverage themselves, a broker specialist said recently. During an interview at the Standard ...