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Herbicide Dicamba Wreaking Havoc on U.S. Crops
Larry Martin in Illinois says he's never seen anything like it in his 35 years of farming. Arkansas soybean grower Joe McLemore says he faces the loss of his life savings. They're among farmers ...
Farmers Debuts Drone Fleet for Major Storm Claims Assessments
Farmers Insurance disclosed it has started using a fleet of drones to help facilitate the claims process for customers reeling from roof damage after major storms. The drone launch follows a series ...
Cyber ‘Worm’ Disrupts Q2 Corporate Earnings for Many Firms
Costly cyber attacks are having a bigger impact on corporate earnings and are becoming a fact of life for companies as Oreo cookie maker Mondelez, drug maker Merck and others said that a destructive ...
Travelers CEO Schnitzer Adds ‘Chairman’ to His Title
The Travelers Companies' CEO Alan Schnitzer has added the title of "chairman" to his nameplate, ending a management structure put in place after the company's legendary leader, Jay Fishman, died of ...
Executives On The Move at Beazley, Kemper, Nationwide and Guy Carpenter
Beazley named a new executive to help grow its engineering business in the U.S. and Latin America. Nationwide hired a financial industry veteran to be chief of investment research for a key division. ...
Data Breaches Caused by Employee Error Still a Huge Problem: Beazley
Hacking and malware attacks including ransomware attacks continue to be the leading cause of breaches, accounting for 32 percent of the 1,330 incidents that insurer Beazley's in-house Breach Response ...
InsurTech Startup Lemonade Expands to New Jersey, Its Fourth State
Lemonade is now doing business in New Jersey. The New York-based peer-to-peer insurance startup disclosed its latest state rollout on Aug. 2. It is doing business in three other states – New York, ...
The Great Cyber Debate: Product or Peril?
Ask a cyber liability expert to describe the market and you're likely to hear words like "dynamic, "revolutionary," "innovative"—even "radical." And they wouldn't be wrong. The cyber market has ...