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With Billions in Lawsuits From Fire Victims Pending, Shares of California Utility Tumble
Shares of PG&E Corp. plunged before the start of regular trading Monday after a judge ruled that a jury should determine whether it should pay as much as $18 billion in damages to wildfire ...
Carrier Tech, Infracture Investments Drive Record Small Business Customer Satisfaction Levels: J.D. Power
Small business owners are reporting record levels of satisfaction with their insurance coverage, with carrier investment in products, service infrastructure, and technology likely driving the uptick. ...
Millennials Drive While Using Cellphones at Worse Rate Than Gen X, Boomers: Liberty Mutual
Auto insurance carriers remain wary of drivers who increasingly use their phones while behind the wheel. Millennials are the worst offenders, according to a new global driving study from Liberty ...
Apple Copyright Infringement Suit Seeks to Shut Down Correllium’s ‘Perfect’ iPhone Replicas
Apple Inc. accused upstart Corellium LLC of illegally selling virtual copies of the iPhone and iPad operating systems under the guise of helping discover security flaws. In a copyright-infringement ...
Only 42 Percent of H1 Global Economic Losses Were Covered by Insurance: Swiss Re
Natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in the first half of 2019 were responsible for $44 billion of economic losses globally, according to Swiss Re Institute's preliminary sigma estimates. This ...
Facebook Users Reportedly Not Told Contractors Transcribe Audio Clips
Facebook Inc. this week confirmed that it ran a program to allow contractors to listen to and transcribe some users' audio clips. The social network said that the only people who were affected were ...
Investor Expects Berkshire Hathaway to Keep Growing After Buffett Is Gone
Bill Ackman said he invested in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. because he believes it will continue to generate significant returns even after Warren Buffett is no longer running the company. Ackman said in ...
Travelers Adds Chief Sustainability Officer to Executive Ranks
The Travelers Companies Inc. has added a chief sustainability officer to its executive roster, a first for the property/casualty insurer. Yafit Cohn is tasked with leading Travelers' environmental, ...