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IBM’s Watson Teams Up With USAA on Customer-Facing Application
Fresh off of six months of training with a team from USAA, IBM's Watson is poised to answer questions from USAA's members in the first commercial use of the artificially intelligent computer as a ...
Global Terrorism Fatalities Up 30%: Maplecroft
Global fatalities from acts of terrorism have risen 30 percent over the last 12 months compared to the five-year average, according to a new security monitoring service from global risk analytics ...
Colorado Regulators See Real Link Between Quakes and Wastewater Wells
Colorado regulators said on Thursday that the disposal of oil and gas wastewater at a well in Weld County likely caused a series of small earthquakes this year, in another sign that a U.S. drilling ...
New Breed of ‘Go-Anywhere’ Investors Transforming Emerging Markets
New types of long-term investors and flexible, "go-anywhere" investing styles are helping transform emerging markets by making the once-volatile sector less prone to the sweeping sector-wide ...
Australia’s About-Face on Climate; First Nation to Pull Back on Emissions Levy
Australia's decision to repeal its levy limiting fossil-fuel pollution makes it the first nation to turn back from a market approach to fighting global warming. Prime Minister Tony Abbott's ...
Cat Losses Ding Travelers’ Q2 Net Income
The Travelers Cos. began 2014 with a bang, giving investors a first quarter of soaring net and operating income, thanks in part to a major acquisition. For Q2, however, higher catastrophe losses ...
U.S. at High Risk for Cyber Terrorism, Says 9/11 Commission
The terrorist threat against the U.S. remains dangerous 10 years after the 9/11 Commission issued its first report—only now the risk is greater online. In a report issued Tuesday, panel members who ...
Bain: Few P/C Outfits Excel at Both Attracting and Keeping New Clients
When it comes to building new business, the property/casualty insurance industry has split in two. Some companies in the marketplace are great at acquiring customers; others are brilliant at ...