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Leaving Your Work Silos in Place Can Contribute to Dishonest Company Culture
Executives might want to try harder to make sure their companies' various silos communicate and work better together with each other. That's because poor "cross-functional collaboration" can lead to ...
Crop Insurance Planting Deadlines Stressed by Massive U.S. Farmland Flooding: Reuters
At least 1 million acres (405,000 hectares) of U.S. farmland were flooded after the "bomb cyclone" storm left wide swaths of nine major grain producing states under water this month, satellite data ...
InsurTech Startup Sees Room for Chatbots for Workers Comp Claims
For years, automobile insurers have used automatic dialogue devices, called chatbots, to field calls from policyholders when they report claims. Last year, personal insurance startup Lemonade took ...
Family Sues Boeing in U.S. Over Ethiopian Airlines Crash
A lawsuit against Boeing Co was filed in U.S. federal court on Thursday in what appeared to be the first suit over a March 10 Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash that killed 157 people. The lawsuit was ...
InsurTech Will Revolutionize Inland Marine by Cutting Costs for Customers, Carriers
InsurTech advances will soon drive down unacceptably high expense ratios in the inland marine sector, making it possible to insure even hard-to-place small or one-off inland marine risks at the best ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb and Nationwide
Chubb has enhanced its global digital platform with an eye on better serving its multinational clients and brokers. Nationwide's digital insurance platform designed for small business clients has ...
Another, Last-Ditch Brexit Parliament Vote Is Coming
Theresa May is making a desperate push to get her Brexit deal approved in Parliament to avoid a huge delay to Britain's divorce from the EU, even though she's facing what seem to be impossible odds. ...
China Pledges Broader Market Access for Insurers, Banks and Securities Firms
China will sharply expand market access for foreign banks and securities and insurance companies, especially in its financial services sector, Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday, as senior U.S. ...