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Cyclone Debbie Causes Australia Mass Evacuations, Mine Closures, Catastrophe Declaration
A powerful cyclone tore into Australia's northeastern coast on Tuesday, forcing thousands of people to flee, shuttering coal to gold mines and prompting insurers to declare a catastrophe. Cyclone ...
Progressive Gives Google Home Customers Chance to Get Auto/Home Tips Through Their Voices
Progressive is getting into the voice-activated customer service game through a new deal with Google. The property/casualty insurance giant says it is now giving Google Home customers the opportunity ...
NICB Experiment: Using Highway Billboards to Combat and Reduce Auto Theft
You know those digital billboards along major highways? An insurance industry group is using ones along Albuquerque freeways as part of a public awareness campaign designed to reduce local automobile ...
The Hanover Launches Online Portal for Professional Liability Risk Management
The Hanover Insurance Group said it has launched an online portal focused on professional liability risk management insurance. Dubbed HanoverProRisk, the portal offers articles, templates, risk ...
Brexit Uncertainty Hasn’t Yet Dented London’s Status as Top Global Financial Center
London has retained the mantle as the world's top financial center, though uncertainty about the implications of Britain's vote to leave the European Union saw its lead over Asian rivals narrow, ...
Trump EPA Cuts Could Mean More Birth Defects, Bad Air: Network Report
President Donald Trump pledged during the 2016 campaign that he would only "leave a little bit" of federal rules that protect human health and the environment. Now about 50 former officials of the ...
AIG Execs Schimek, Sankaran Stay on Message; Financial Goals on Target
American International Group Inc executives have been meeting with investors and analysts to build confidence in the insurer and its turnaround plan amid uncertainty over a replacement for outgoing ...
Another Record Year Likely for U.S. Tornadoes as Thunderstorms Threaten
Another wave of tornado-spawning thunderstorms is set to rip across the Great Plains and South this week, putting the U.S. within reach of a record year for life-threatening twisters. Severe storms ...