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Google Compare May Go Beyond Auto Insurance
The way Valen Analytics President and CEO Dax Craig describes it, Google's move into insurance with Google Compare for auto insurance is an "all-aboard, wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee" call to the ...
Delphi to Take on U.S. Coast-to-Coast Driverless Auto Test
Delphi Automotive Plc, a supplier of car electronics, is undertaking the longest test of a driverless auto, going coast to coast in the U.S. with a specially outfitted Audi Q5 sport-utility vehicle. ...
AXIS, PartnerRe and Their $11B Merger Are Back in S&P’s Good Graces
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., PartnerRe Ltd. and their pending $11 billion merger are back in Standard & Poor's good graces, which has affirmed the ratings of both companies after essentially ...
Denial of Earthquake Claims Incurs Warning From Oklahoma Commissioner
With the dramatic increase in the number of earthquakes in Oklahoma — which some say are at least partly attributed to waste water injection wells related to the practice of hydraulic fracturing in ...
Chance of California Mega-Quake Rising: USGS
Scientists are virtually certain that California will be rocked by a strong earthquake in the next 30 years. And now they say the risk of a mega-quake is more likely than previously thought. The ...
‘Threat-Sharing’ Cybersecurity Bill Advancing in Senate
The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee voted 14-1 on Thursday to approve a bill intended to enhance information sharing between private companies and intelligence agencies about cybersecurity ...
Insurers Slow to Maximize Big Data Potential Despite Importance: Fitch Ratings
Big data will become increasingly important to insurer profitability in multiple ways in the coming years, and the industry is starting to comprehend its potential. But carriers have been slow to ...
P/C M&A Worth More Now and Expanding in Scope: Deloitte and Assured Research
M&A activity in the property/casualty industry is increasing in deal value and will likely expand from reinsurers to primary carriers, according to two new industry reports. Deloitte said that ...