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Auto Insurance Market Stays Rational Despite Improved Trends, Says Allstate
Allstate Corp. CEO Tom Wilson said he does not expect auto insurers to get more aggressive on pricing as the industry's rate increases seem to have leveled off. For the most part, Wilson explained to ...
Escalating Construction Costs Point to NFIP Rate Shortfalls: Report
Recent analysis indicates that the National Flood Insurance Program's current rate structure is insufficient to cover historical and projected losses due to rising construction costs, according to ...
M&S, Co-op Cyberattackers Duped IT Help Desks into Resetting Passwords
Cyberattacks on Britain's Marks & Spencer and Co-op Group started with hackers impersonating employees while contacting the retailers' IT help desks, technology specialist site BleepingComputer ...
After Fan’s Fall, Safety Measures Examined Across MLB
When a fan flipped over the railing and fell off the 21-foot-high Clemente Wall in right field at Pittsburgh's PNC Park on Wednesday night, it elicited memories of spectators who have died from ...
Texting, Social Media and Calls Top Driver Distractions: Report
U.S. drivers are distracted by their phones for nearly 11 out of every 100 miles driven, or 11 percent of the time, according to more than 1.3 billion miles of driving data from across the country ...
Corporations and Disparate Impact Liability
President Donald Trump recently ordered federal agencies not to enforce laws that prohibit policies and practices with discriminatory impacts that are often unintended. Curbing so-called "disparate ...
Residents Begin to Rebuild After Devastating Los Angeles Wildfires
Nearly four months after wildfires reduced thousands of Los Angeles-area homes to rubble and ash, some residents are starting to rebuild. In the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, construction workers ...
Staff Cuts Help Fuel GEICO Profit; Not ‘Pouring Money’ Into AI: Jain
He's not yet ready to declare "mission accomplished," but Ajit Jain, vice chair of Berkshire Hathaway's insurance operations, said the conglomerate's personal auto insurer, GEICO, is no longer ...