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Cyber Risks Real as Automakers Bring E-Commerce to the Dashboard
Hackers can already take control of a car. And as vehicles become rolling shopping malls, cyber criminals will have an opportunity to snatch your identity, too. Eager for a cut of drivers' purchases ...
2015 Could Be Worst Year on Record for U.S. Wildfires: Munich Re America
When measured in terms of acres burned rather that insured losses, 2015 could go down in the record books as the worst wildfire year, a meteorologist from Munich Re America said last week. Mark Bove, ...
Controversial Trinity Guardrail System Set For Extra Testing in Virginia
Trinity Industries Inc.'s guardrail system will undergo additional crash testing by Virginia, raising new questions about a device on roadways across the country. Some of Virginia's six proposed ...
Allstate Using Promise of Retail Therapy to Entice Safer Driving
Allstate believes it can entice customers to drive more safely with the promise of retail therapy. In theory, the added benefit could also attract new clients. The Illinois based multi-line insurer ...
10 Global Automakers Sued Over Keyless Ignition Defect That Leaves Engines On
Ten of the world's biggest carmakers were sued over claims that keyless ignitions lacking an automatic shut-off endanger drivers and passengers with deadly carbon monoxide fumes. Manufacturers ...
Progressive Insurance Survey: Millennials Want Fulfilling IT Jobs More Than Higher Pay
Progressive Insurance discovered one clue about millennials that could make it easier for carriers to bring them on board in the future: they're looking for fulfillment over money. That's ...
Fitch: U.S. P/C Insurer Results Mostly Unchanged in First-Half 2015
U.S. property/casualty insurers' operating performance remained largely unchanged in the first half of 2015 compared to the same period a year prior, with $25.5 billion in aggregate operating ...
A Strengthened Tropical Storm Erika Heads Toward Florida
Tropical storm warnings were in effect on Wednesday for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as Erika, the fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, closed in on the Eastern Caribbean and ...