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AAA: Sleepy Drivers Trigger More Auto Accidents Than Expected
Auto insurers take note: Drowsy driving leads to motor vehicle crashes at much higher levels than federal statistics currently suggest, a new study has concluded. The AAA Foundation For Traffic Study ...
XL Group’s CEO Bashes Hedge Fund Insurance Investments
Hedge funds looking for new investments may be pushing too fast into insurance, said Michael McGavick, the chief executive officer of XL Group Plc. McGavick joins Franklin Montross, the CEO of ...
No Explosion in Virgin Spacecraft Crash
An investigation into the deadly crash of a Virgin Galactic spaceship has found that a function to help the craft descend into the atmosphere was deployed early, a federal safety official said on ...
U.N. Report Says Emissions Must be Cut to Zero by 2100 to Curb Climate Risks
Governments can keep climate change in check at manageable costs but will have to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2100 to limit risks of irreversible damage, a U.N. report said on Sunday. The ...
Scientists Offer Predictions on U.S. Ebola Cases; RMS Says Worst Case 130
Top medical experts studying the spread of Ebola say the public should expect more cases to emerge in the United States by year's end as infected people arrive here from West Africa, including ...
Virgin Galactic Spaceship Test Flight Crashes in Desert; Pilot Killed
A spacecraft for Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic Ltd. tourism operator crashed during a test flight in California's Mojave Desert, and CNBC reported that one of two pilots was killed. The ...
PCI’s Gordon: Congressional Leaders Pledge Dec. TRIA Renewal
An executive with the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America said Congressional leaders have offered assurances that they'll reauthorize a version of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, or ...
Mexico at Risk For Another Potential Pacific Hurricane
With just about a month left in the eastern Pacific's hurricane season, Mexico is once again the target of a tropical system on its western coast. The latest system, Tropical Storm Vance, was ...